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"The photographs in People of a Thousand Towns constitute a visual record of thousands of pre-World War II Jewish communities in Poland, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. They span the late 19th century to the early 1940s and document the lives of…
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This digital archive provides access to digitized documents on Lithuanian partisans during 1944-1953, who participated in armed resistance against the Soviet regime.
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This digital archive provides access to digitized photographs, postcards, drawings, and posters stored in the fonds of the State Security Committee of the Lithuanian SSR (KGB), the Lithuanian Communist Party (LKP), the Ministry of the Interior of the Lithuanian SSR (MVD), as well as descriptions of…
Digital archive of Foreign Affairs editions from 1922 till today, including many articles related to the Soviet Union.
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A publication of the CIA that provides a record of the known appearances of selected Soviet political leaders.
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Full-text digital archive of The Atlantic, containing all of its issues from 1857 till today. The journal extensively reported on the Soviet Union on various topics. More than 3000 articles on the Soviet Union can be found in the digital archive.
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Digital archive that holds plenty of US documents related to the Soviet Union.
Archival collections of the Cold War History Research Center, Budapest contain Hungarian documents on the Soviet bloc, Cuban Missile Crisis, Sino-Soviet relations, Soviet-Afghan War, and other Cold War issues. Documents have been translated into English.
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A digital project developed by a team of James Madison College faculty and librarians from MSU on the collapse of the USSR and the early years of statehood of the Soviet successor states. The digitized materials collected for these events include contemporaneous newspaper accounts in Russian and in…
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Collection of archival documents from different countries on the global Cold War. Documents have been translated into English.
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Declassified US National Security Agency records on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The former East German State Security (Stasi) Archive. Thousands of documents and items are available online now, many of which are related to Soviet-East German relations.
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Digital archive of manuscripts, notes, photographs, video clips, and audio recordings about the life and literary career of Anna Akhmatova.
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This digital collection presents visual and textual materials relating to the creative practices and material culture of the religious underground within the archives of the secret police in Central and Eastern Europe. This collection features confiscated photographs, surveillance photographs,…
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A huge digital archive containing extensive documents from different archives in Ukraine, dedicated to Ukrainian national and resistant movements under the Soviet regime.
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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 collections of Hoover Institution Library and Archives, containing many Soviet posters, paintings, and English-language audio recordings related to Soviet topics from the 20th century.
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Archive of Lithuanian movies from 1930 till today, containing thousands of Soviet Lithuanian productions.
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Digitized fonds information, finding aids, and some original documents of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine.
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Digital archive of the State Archive of Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine that provides access to the full-text reference apparatus of the archive and its digitized fonds. Digitized materials are available for viewing online, and non-digitized cases can be ordered to the…
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Digital collection of civil status registration records of the Luhansk region between 1939-1945, as well as imperial-era metric books.
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Ebook editions of a growing number of volumes from the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series.
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English-language journal that provides information about Soviet economy, published by the State Bank of the USSR.
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Digital archival system of the archives of Lithuania, where you can easily access extensive digitized archival documents and finding aids of Lithuanian state archives.
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This collection of open access sources provides links to primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. The documents cover a broad range of historical events (political, economic, social, and cultural) in each of the 49 European countries, including 10…
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Operation SOLO was a long-running FBI program to infiltrate the Communist Party of the United States and gather intelligence about its relationship to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China, and other communist nations. It officially began in 1958 and ended in 1977. The records of the…
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Digital archive of more than 6700 digital copies of FBI documents. One can find records of the Operation SOLO and investigations of Soviet spies in this archive.
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Digital film and sound archive of the National Archives of Estonia. Here you can find thousands of Soviet Estonian movies as well as sound recordings. Movies can be played on the website directly.
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Photo database of the National Archives of Estonia, containing a huge number of photographs from different periods.
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Open-access archive of the CIA, containing a large number of declassified CIA reports, leaked Soviet documents, oral history, etc.
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Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives presents an in-depth look at life in the Gulag through exhibits featuring original documentaries and prisoner voices; an archive filled with documents and images; and teaching and bibliographic resources that encourage further study.
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Integrated digital archive of Hungary's major archives. Here you can find digital copies or digital transcriptions of many Communist-era documents related to Soviet-Hungarian relations.
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Official English-language information bulletin published by the Soviet embassy in the United States.
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A huge database of maps and other cartographic materials published in the territory of Estonia in different periods.
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Online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history, consisting of audio recordings of Soviet and world leaders' speeches, radio broadcasts, and other audio materials.
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Digital archive of tens of thousands of film clips from various Russian/Soviet film studios.
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A database that collects information related to the historical heritage of the diaspora in Latvia and the world. This heritage consists of the documents of both individuals and organizations, covering the period from the years of the Second World War to the regaining of Latvia's independence.
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Digital archive of documents of the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Latvia SSR, containing extensive documents about the structure, personnel, and operation of the KGB in Latvia.
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The database of Latvian State Archives that contains all descriptions and historical records of the Communist Party fonds (9083 items) and provides free access to many original documents.
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Digital archive that provides open access to a large body of Ukrainian historical periodicals. Currently, the project has digitized more than 600 periodical editions in Ukrainian, Polish, German, Romanian, Yiddish, Crimean Tatar, and Russian languages published in various regions in Ukraine and…
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Digital archive containing hundreds of thousands of digitized documents from various Ukrainian archives related to the tragedy of Babyn Yar and the period of occupation of Kyiv during 1941–1943. The website also provides access to digitized finding aids and other referential materials for relevant…
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Digital catalog of the National Archives of the United States. Here you can find open-access records from different US governmental agencies on Soviet issues.
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The virtual reading room of the National Security Archive (George Washington University), containing documents about American-Soviet relations, the Cold War, and other Soviet events relevant to U.S. national security.
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NATO's digital archive, containing thousands of declassified or unclassified NATO memorandum, analytical reports, and other types of documents regarding the Soviet Union.
Digital archive of the editions of The New York Times from 1851 till today, containing many Soviet-related reports.
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Database of the Central Archive of Film and Photographic Documents of Georgia, where you can search and browse historical photographs of the country.
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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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Digital collection of various materials (books, memoirs, samizdat, fictions) on the Soviet Union from an anti-Soviet perspective.
Digital archive of audio and visual materials of the Latvian State Archives of Audiovisual Documents.
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Russian Perspectives on Islam documents the encounter and evolving relationship between the secular/Orthodox state and the Islamic regions, groups, individuals, and ideologies on the territory of the former Soviet Union and neighboring countries. This set of unique materials illuminates the…
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