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A website with a large number of digital copies of publications on Uzbek language, literature, and folklore. Many of these publications are contemporary works, but there is also a large amount of Soviet publications on the website. Apart from literary works and literary scholarship, the website also…
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Project "J-Doc" focuses on state policies of the USSR that affected Jews. It provides free access to various types of sources, including archival documents, periodicals, and oral history interviews.
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A website that collects personal accounts, old photographs, and other types of materials on the city of Tashkent. A lot of posts on the website are dedicated to the city's history.
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The Blavatnik Archive is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving and disseminating materials that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia. This digital archive now contains over 113,000 items of…
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Online database of the official texts of legislation of Uzbekistan from 1925 till today.
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The Telegram channel of a digital project of the same name that shares digitized imperial Russian and Soviet rare books (always on very niche topics), as well as thousands of illustrations and citations from these books.
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LiveJournal page of a website "Istoriia gosudarstva", dedicated to the study of Russian and Soviet history. The LiveJournal blog often shares primary source materials on various topics.
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Digital project that provides open access to about 1000 digitized Soviet rare books (always on very niche topics), as well as thousands of illustrations and citations from these books.
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Historian Sergey Abashin's academic page on academia.edu, where he has uploaded thousands of Soviet academic publications, including monographs and articles, mostly on Central Eurasia, ethnicities, ethnography and anthropology.
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A YouTube channel that presents Soviet films, TV programs, and theater productions.
A YouTube channel dedicated to Soviet films. Here one can find hundreds of films of various genres produced in different regions of the USSR. Most films on this channel were produced before the 1950s.
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Russian and Eurasian collections at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives. Though most items in the collections are not available online, users can still access thousands of Soviet posters and western radio broadcast records related to the USSR online.
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A digital archive and library of Soviet-era and later archaeological reports, surveys, and scholarship on Central Asia.
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Digital project that lists monuments for the victims of Soviet political repression in the territory of the former Soviet Union.
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Digital project dedicated to Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov. On the website, you can download the digital copies of his major works and browse photos, videos, and documents about the scholar.
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Online database developed by the International Memorial, providing information about the personnel of the Soviet NKVD during 1935 and 1939.
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A collection of TV and radio programs in Russia, the former Soviet Union, as well as other world countries from 1950 till today. Data on Russia are the most comprehensive, while data on other countries are inconsistent.
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Three downloadable document collections on Soviet-era deportations to Kazakhstan from 1930 to 1945, published by the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. More digital publications may be added to this section in the future.
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A few of digital copies of Vecherniy Tashkent issues of the 1960s and 1970s, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
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Digital copies of Pravda Vostoka issues from 1966 till today, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
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Plentiful well-organized online exhibitions with a considerable number of archive documents on various topics.
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A digital project on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, containing photographs and audio and video recordings.
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Extensive collection of digitized historical and CIA maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the Library of the University of Texas at Austin, including maps of Russia, East and Southeast Europe.
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Digital collection of exhibits of the Museum of Jewish History in Russia.
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Centropa is a digital project with the goal of preserving Jewish memory in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, and the former Soviet Union. In the archive of the project you can find numerous transcripted interviews, photographs, and documents about Jewish life in the former Soviet…
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Digital archive of memoirs, diaries, and personal correspondence on Soviet political repressions from the fonds of the International Memorial. Most of these documents were not published. You can use thematic, geographical, and institutional indicators to search for relevant materials on this…
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Digital archive of English-language primary source documents, essays, books, and personal accounts related to Soviet history. Some of these are original English documents and accounts, some are English translations of Russian-language originals. The website also provides free access to digitized…
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Digital archive of periodicals of Uzbekistan from the Soviet times till today. Though most digital copies in this archive are contemporary issues, users still can find quite a few digitized Soviet publications, such as Pravda Vostoka, Zvezda Vostoka, Vechernii Tashkent, etc.
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A private digital collection of extensive imperial Russian and Soviet documents on various topics.
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Digital library of various historical documents developed by the Russian Historical Society.
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Full catalog of publications of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Many of the publications are freely downloadable from the website.
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Full catalog of books and monographs published by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Many of the publications are freely downloadable from the website.
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Demographic data of the former Soviet states as well as other world countries provided by the Vishnevsky Institute of Demography of the Higher School of Economy. Here you can find different demographic indicators for 15 former Soviet states in different years and detailed Soviet census data.
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