Print Resources Supporting Comintern Research

*Books about the Comintern in the European Reading Room.* Library of Congress, European Reading Room.

The print resources listed here are available to users in the European Reading Room reference collection in support of working with the Comintern standalone database.

In addition to the reference books described below, the Library of Congress has many items in its general collections relevant to the study of the Comintern and workers movements around the globe.

To find such materials search the Library of Congress Online Catalog using authorized subject headings listed below.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

América Latina en la Internacional Comunista, 1919-1943 : diccionario biográfico by Lazar Jeifets and Víctor Jeifets
Call Number: HX110.5.A75
Published/Created: 2015
Spanish language version of work also published in Russian, providing a biographical dictionary of Latin American figures in the Comintern. Includes a timeline of Comintern events related to Latin American participation.
Electronic edition from the Library of Congress: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2019666964.
Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern by Branko Lazitch in collaboration with Milorad M. Drachkovitch
Call Number: HX23 .L35 1986
Published/Created: 1986
English-language biographical dictionary of the most significant figures in the Communist International; also provides a good understanding of the scope and nature of the Comintern's activities. A copy is in the European Reading Room reference collection.
L'Internazionale comunista nel centenario della sua nascita : dizionario biografico : (1919-1923) by Emilio Gianni (editor)
Call Number: HX11.I5 I695 2019
ISBN: 9788886591423
Published/Created: 2019
Four volume biographical dictionary of figures active in the Comintern. Includes persons from countries other than Italy. A copy is in the European Reading Room reference collection.
Komintern : l'Histoire et les Hommes : Dictionnaire Biographique de l'Internationale Communiste en France, en Belgique, au Luxembourg, en Suisse et à Moscou (1919-1943) by José Gotovitch et Mikhaïl Narinski et al
Call Number: HX11.I5 K52117 2001
Published/Created: 2001
French-language biographical dictionary of Comintern figures that supplements Russian and other resources listed here. A copy is in the European Reading Room reference collection.
Коминтерн и Идея Мировой Революций: Документы by А.С. Драбинка et al.
Call Number: HX11.I5 K52114 1998
Published/Created: 1998
This 950+ page Russian-language annotated collection of Comintern documents presents examples of the goals and work of the Comintern over the course of its history. A copy is in the European Reading Room reference collection.
Организационная Структура Коминтерна, 1919-1943 by Г.М. Адибеков, Е.Н. Шахназарова, К.К. Шириня
Call Number: HX11.I5 A6464 1997
Published/Created: 1997
This Russian language reference work gives the history of the high level organization and activities of the Comintern over the life of the organization. A copy is in the European Reading Room reference collection.

Communist International (Comintern) Archives at the Library of Congress

Print Resources Supporting Comintern Research