IRL #7

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/b2bukhar.html

This is a "Speech of Bukharin", which turns into more of a recorded conversation between Bukharin and others, including Stalin, that was translated from the Russian and published online by the Library of Congress. It connects to what we're studying in class because we are learning about the denunciation of Bukarin and those considered "enemies of the state", and in this "speech" Bukharin denies the claims about his "differences of opinion with the party", and later on explains his ideas of membership in the party in accordance with the member's agreeing with the party leaders/ how points of view not in accordance with the leaders are "terroristic". It adds value to what we learned in class by providing a first-hand explanation of the Soviet view of terrorism and the connected goings-on in the party.
The source of this source, as I call it, seems very reliable since the Library's reported purpose is: "to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations." However, using this particular source (Bukharin's speech) has several limitations because A) the source does not give any specific dates for when the speech was made or information about how it was obtained or in what context it was given, and B) there are several "intervening pages of transcript missing", as well as blank spots in the text that were "illegible", so the "speech" is very choppy and does not make much sense when reading through it as a whole.