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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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The digital library of the Russian Geographical Society, containing thousands of digitized books, maps, atlases, periodicals, expedition reports, and other types of materials of the Society.
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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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Over 150 propaganda posters from the early years of the Soviet Union (1920s-1930s). These posters have been digitized and the images placed in a database with information about each poster. The text included in some of the posters has been translated into English.
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A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares digitized books and other types of materials on a variety of topics, ranging from history and culture to housework and fitness. Among the shared materials many were published during the Soviet era.
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HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Here you can find hundreds of thousands of documents and publications, in various languages, that were published in the Soviet Union or about the…
Digital collections of scientific publications from the second half of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century from the Republican Scientific-Technical Library of Belarus. The collection is still being worked on, so only a few publications listed there are downloadable.
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A small number of well-organized online exhibitions of archival documents and other historical materials related to Belgorod Oblast.
Online exhibitions of archival documents on various topics. The "Nakhodki arkhivistov" section is constantly being updated and has a lot of interesting documents on various themes, such as the Great Terror, local cultural celebrities, local education, etc.
Digital photo archive of the Russian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents.
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Digitized full collection of Stalin's works in 18 volumes, with alphabetic indicators for titles and relevant additional materials.
Digital archive of the State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast, consisting of a collection of old photos and a collection of the digital copies of the newspaper "Soviet Bukovyna" from 1940 to 1944.
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Full-text database of Volgograd Oblast Gorkiy Universal Scientific Library, containing a few Soviet-era books.
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Digitized issues of Tihookeanskij zvezda, the Soviet-era official organ of the Dal'nevostok Krai from 1925-1950.
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A digital project digitizing and presenting hundreds of original archival documents and statistical data related to migration and colonization in the Tomsk region from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
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Digital library of the Archival Administration of Kursk Oblast that provides access to PDF versions of a bunch of Soviet publications on the Kursk region, as well as some imperial Russian publications.
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Topics include local cultural development, local economy, urban history, Cossacks, the Great Patriotic War, etc.
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Digital version of a 3-volume document collection on dekulakization in Siberia, published by the State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast.
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In the spring of 1959, UW alumni and staff member Lawrence G. "Larry" Monthey joined a tour of the Soviet Union and other European countries. This photo collection documents his trip.
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Digital collection of Soviet pamphlets on different topics.
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A number of virtual exhibitions books, archival documents, periodical editions, posters, and other types of materials from the State Public Historical Library of Russia on various historical topics.
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Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of the Volgograd Oblast, covering a variety of topics in Soviet history.
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Document exhibition on the postwar economic recovery of Crimea.
Digital collection of audio recordings of Soviet politicians (mostly Lenin).
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Economic and population data on the famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
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Database of copyright certificates and patents for inventions issued in the USSR.
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A number of exhibits on social and economic life in the Astrakhan oblast, as well as on the participation of individuals and groups within the region in the Great Patriotic War. There is also some material on politics and administration.
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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 developed by a group of Russian specialists. Here you can find tons of Soviet and contemporary books, journals, newspapers of all kinds, especially academic publications.
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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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Digital library created by the Central Scientific Library of V. Karazin Kharkiv National University. It contains digital copies of rare books, manuscripts, and periodicals related to science and education. In particular, it has a big collection of Kharkiv publications.
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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 database of periodical publications of Latvia from the 18th century till today. The database provides open access to plentiful digitized Soviet-era Latvian periodical issues, including those published by Latvian diaspora groups.
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Digital library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific library that contains digital copies of many Soviet books on the Sakhalin region.
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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 library of Voronezh Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing a considerable number of digitized books and periodicals. Particularly, it has not only oblast-level but also raion-level periodicals.
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Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Karelia, containing many digitized local publications of the Soviet period. It also has a lot of publications and manuscripts in Finnish language.
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Digital library that provides open access to thousands of Soviet academic publications related to science and technology.
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