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Digital collection of various materials (books, memoirs, samizdat, fictions) on the Soviet Union from an anti-Soviet perspective.
Digital project of the Union of Photo Journalists of Kyrgyzstan. On the website you can find thousands of well-annotated historical photographs of Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz people. Besides, the website also has a book section and a map section, where you can download digital copies of old books and…
From 1939 to 1953, nearly a million people from the European territories annexed by the USSR were deported to the Gulag. This digital project is a compilation of testimony from former deportees, photographs taken during their lives, private and public archival material, and films, collected by an…
Collection of Soviet postcards from different periods and regions.
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.
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.
Digital archive of the State Archive of Mykolaiv Oblast that contains digital copies of imperial-era metric books and Soviet-era house books from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Digital collection of civil status registration records of the Luhansk region between 1939-1945, as well as imperial-era metric books.
Digital archive of audio and visual materials of the Latvian State Archives of Audiovisual Documents.
A few of digital copies of Vecherniy Tashkent issues of the 1960s and 1970s, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
Digital copies of Pravda Vostoka issues from 1966 till today, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
Digitized issues of Tihookeanskij zvezda, the Soviet-era official organ of the Dal'nevostok Krai from 1925-1950.
Plentiful well-organized online exhibitions with a considerable number of archive documents on various topics.
Collaborative project between archives of Tatarstan and Chelyabinsk Oblast, dedicated to the period of industrialization in Chelyabinsk Oblast and the role of Tatar migrants in it.
A comprehensive database on the Great Patriotic War in Ulyanovsk Oblast, including online exhibitions of archival documents, databases on biographies of war participants, war-time video and radio clips, and downloadable document collections on the subject.
Online downloadable publications of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Ulyanovsk Oblast, among which several are document collections on different topics of Russian and Soviet history.
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.
Online downloadable publications of the State Archive of Irkutsk Oblast, among which several are document collections on Soviet history covering topics like the Great Patriotic War, local life, Kolchak in Siberia, etc.
Topics include local cultural development, local economy, urban history, Cossacks, the Great Patriotic War, etc.
Extensive online exhibits and projects based on archival materials from the Perm State Archive of Socio-political History as well as materials from other sources, covering plenty of social, political, economic, and cultural topics.
Online exhibitions of archival documents on various topics.
Online exhibitions and digital projects based on archival documents from the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic, covering topics such as the 1917 Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, and urban, social, and cultural development in the region.
Digital project presenting archival documents on the Karelian Labor Commune. The project also has a database of Karelian refugees who fled to Finland from Karelia as a result of the Russian Russian Civil War.
Online exhibition of audio recordings about the city of Moscow, its streets and people, from Imperial Russia through the Soviet times.
"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…
Digital editions of the newspaper "Oparinskaia iskra" from 1941 to 1953.
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.
Digital archive of the Oxford Russian Life History Project, providing access to transcripts and audio recordings of the project's oral history interviews.
Digital collection of Soviet pamphlets on different topics.
Digital collection of Soviet children's books and posters on various themes.
English transcription of the memoir of Chiang Ching-kuo (Chiang Kai-shek's son) on his study experience in Soviet Russia during 1925-1937.
Selections of Russian newspaper clippings on various issues in the early 20th century.
Online document exhibition dedicated to the New Year celebration in the USSR.
Virtual exhibitions of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and other published and unpublished materials from the Russian National Library.
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.
Digital newspaper collection of the Saratov State University, containing editions of local official party newspaper.
A memory project conducted among families from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Perm. In each family extensive interviews were carried out with the oldest relatives, who were able to explain the context of their family archives and relate them to the family history. This represents a unique collection…
A site with archival exhibitions of the State Archive of Bryansk Oblast, including photographs, official documents, etc.
Digital library that contains a great number of digital copies of publications on the history, culture, people, traditions, and everyday life of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberia in general.
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online provides access to digitized materials selected from the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS). The digital collection consists chiefly of summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early…
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…
Photo database of the National Archives of Estonia, containing a huge number of photographs from different periods.
Digital archival system of the archives of Lithuania, where you can easily access extensive digitized archival documents and finding aids of Lithuanian state archives.
Digital database of newspapers, journals, and serials published in Estonia from 1811 till today. Users can search by date of publication, publication title, article headline, keywords, author, and other parameters.
Digital collection of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library on the history of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, containing extensive books and periodicals from and on the region.
Digital information portal on the Great Patriotic War in Leningrad that includes various databases, digital projects, online exhibitions, and downloadable document collections. One can find a lot of interesting documents following the links to different projects on this page.
Digital archival information system that provides open access to numerous digitized archival documents from major archival institutions of Taiwan. Here you can find thousands of Soviet-related documents and access many of them directly from the website.
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…