English translations of Soviet media available somewhere?

by NotAgainDan

I'm curious to see how Cold War era events where covered in Soviet newspapers (and TV broadcasts too for that matter) at the time. Anyone know of an archive or source with English translations of old Soviet news material?

Elend_V

The Foreign Broadcast Information Service has translations of Soviet (and many other countries') media, from between 1974 and 1996. Unfortunately you need to have an account with an institution which has access to the archive - either a university, school, or library.

It's a shame that it is gated behind this, but if you're still in education or have membership at a library somewhere, it might be worth checking to see if they have access to it.

NotAgainDan

Thank you. It is a shame that it's gated that way but I'll look into it.