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Russian Archives Online (RAO) is an online collection of Russian and Soviet-related archives and other sources of film footage, photographs, and fine art featuring support materials and robust archival search engine.
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A collection of Russian and early Soviet music scores published from 1904 to 1938.
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Digital library of the Russian National Library, providing free access to a large number of digitized pre-revolution and Soviet literature.
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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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A VK (V Kontakte) group that promotes communist views and shares various Soviet materials, including printed materials, cinema, painting, and music, that adhere to the community's values. That said, materials shared within this group are not often politically oriented.
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A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares Soviet films, cartoons, TV and radio shows, music, photographs, paintings, and works of literature.
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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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A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares Soviet and post-Soviet post-punk, psychedelia, industrial, noise rock, underground, and other types of niche music.
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A website dedicated to Soviet rock music, where you can search Soviet rock bands, listen to their music, and watch old video recordings.
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A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares rare video and audio recordings of Soviet rock music.
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A VK (V Kontakte) group that features a huge collection of Soviet movies and movie-related media products (posters, music, etc.).
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A website dedicated to Soviet films, where users can watch Soviet movies and cartoons online, listen to radio plays and music from films, and browse relevant posters and photographs.
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A VK (V Kontakte) group dedicated to Soviet funk, soul, jazz, and disco.
A VK (V Kontakte) group dedicated to Soviet films. It shares online watchable Soviet films, as well as soundtracks and information about the Soviet film industry.
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The official YouTube channel of the Russian State Fond of Television and Radio programs. It presents video recordings of Soviet TV programs, including films and TV series, news, music, documentaries, programs on sports and culture, etc.
Digital exhibits from the State Vladimir Vysotskii Museum.
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Digital exhibits of the Russian National Museum of Music.
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Digital archive of the journal "Soviet Music" from 1933 till 1991.
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A collection of publications, including books and periodicals, in the Finnish language from the imperial Russian through the early Soviet times.
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Digital information portal on the Great Patriotic War in Yurga that includes various databases, digital projects, and online exhibitions.
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A number of exhibitions on different topics based on abundant archival documents. But the exhibitions are mostly presented in PDF files, which users have to download or view online.
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Topics include the Great Terror and Soviet political repressions in the region, local cultural development, local intellectuals, etc.
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Online exhibitions presenting Soviet photographs about Mari El, covering topics such as the Great Patriotic War and cultural celebrities of the Republic.
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A private database of socialist realist music and popular music related to ideology and patriotism. The section "rechi" (bottom left in white) includes some audio recordings of speeches by Soviet 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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Selected Soviet-era publications dedicated to Aleksandra Pakhmutova, a Soviet and Russian composer.
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Digital archive of documents and materials on Karelian culture.
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Princeton University Library's digitized collections of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian materials. These collections include many rare and unique materials, a selection of which are remotely accessible to interested researchers through the Library’s digital portals. Princeton’s most intensive…
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Digital library of the National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav Wise focusing on Ukrainian cultural heritage. Here users can find publications from different periods on Ukrainian cultural topics.
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Digital library of Penza Oblast Library, containing hundreds of digitized Soviet books and periodical issues, most of which were published locally.
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Digital project led by the Mayakovsky Library, with the participation of many other libraries in Saint-Petersburg. Apart from publications of all sorts, this digital library provides open access to many digitized publications on Saint-Petersburg.
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Digital collections of Russian National Library that provide open access to extensive pre- and post-1917 publications on a variety of themes.
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National Electronic Library of Russia, containing tons of digitized books. maps, musical scores, periodicals, and other types of materials. It can also be used as a unified bibliographic system for identifying and locating published materials in Russia.
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Digital library that contains more than two thousands digital copies of Soviet-era publications, most of which are literary works and humanities studies.
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Online database that contains numerous digital copies of Soviet periodical publications.
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A database of information about editions of classic Soviet samizdat, 1956-1986. The Database includes approximately 300 titles, representing all known types of samizdat periodical editions from this late Soviet era, including human rights bulletins, poetry anthologies, rock zines, religious and…
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Thematic collections of the digital library of the National Library of Yakutia, containing a great number of Soviet publications on local culture, ethnic groups, political institution, socio-economic development, etc.
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