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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Roone Arledge Papers, Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Series VI: Realia, undated, 1989-1992
This series is composed of several objects such as commemorative stamps and an award given by the Wrestling Hall of Fame. Of particular interest are several sets of Russian nesting dolls acquired in one of Roone Arledge's many trips to Moscow. These
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" depict political leaders who have had an impact on Russia's cultural and political history. Examples include Mikhail Gorbachev and his cabinet members, Stalin, chief prosecutors (with the names of those that were killed during their time), and the successive heads of numerous secret police organizations leading up to the KGB.
Nobel Peace Prize Stamps, 1989 March 17
| Box 38
,
Folder 5
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Russian Nesting Dolls, 1980s
| Box 39
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Wrestling Hall of Fame, 1992
| Box 40
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