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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…
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.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares popular science, documentary, and educational films of the USSR.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares both secondary literature and primary source materials on a variety of historical questions. You can find thousands of digitized Soviet books and document collections in this group.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that often shares primary source materials (mostly archival documents) on Lenin and Leninism, as well as secondary literature on Soviet political history.
A YouTube Channel with plentiful historical video materials about Kazakhstan, specifically about Dinmukhamed Kunaev and the Jambul Region.
A YouTube channel dedicated to Russian/Soviet and world history. It presents numerous historical video materials, documentaries, oral history interviews, and educational resources (lectures, etc.)
Digital archive of Kazakhstani films, recordings of TV programs, and other types of video materials. Gneres include documentaries, popular science, educational, and artistic films.
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…
Several digital exhibitions of archival documents from archives in Kyrgyzstan.
A set of digital tools provided by the United State Archive of Orenburg Oblast, including online guides to the archive's collections and finding aids, and a few online databases. The databases include a database on individuals evacuated to the Chkalov Oblast during the Great Patriotic War, a…
Online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history, consisting of audio recordings of Soviet and world leaders' speeches, radio broadcasts, and other audio materials.
A digital collection of photographs, posters, political cartoons, art, etc. about Joseph Stalin on the site of the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Digitized full collection of Stalin's works in 18 volumes, with alphabetic indicators for titles and relevant additional materials.
Digitized full collection of Lenin's works in 55 volumes, with alphabetic indicators for titles.
A few digital archival projects developed by various Russian archival institutions.
Bulletin of the Opposition (Bolshevik-Leninists) was a Russian-language journal (printed in Cyrillic characters) launched by Leon Trotsky in July 1929 after his expulsion from the USSR. It was the printed organ of the Russian section of the Fourth International and a weapon of Trotsky in his…
Several thematic online exhibitions of archival documents on the establishment of Belarus statehood, the Great Patriotic War, prominent Belarus individuals, as well as pre-revolution historical events.
Many downloadable document collections published by the State Archive of Eastern-Kazakhstan Oblast on various interesting topics, such as Kazakh migration to China in the 1920s and the collectivization of agriculture in the region.
The exhibitions cover various topics in Kazakhstan's history, including the Kazakh famine of the 1930s, nationalities questions, cultural and scientific development in Soviet Kazakhstan, the nation's political leaders, etc.
Online database of biographies of nomenclatural cadres of Party, Komsomol, administrative, financial, and professional organs of Soviet Kazakhstan from 1919-1991 based on archival documents from the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
Publications of the Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast, many of which are freely downloadable document collections. Many collections are dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Plentiful interesting digital exhibitions and projects based on archival documents from the State Archive of Contemporary History of Novgorod Oblast covering extensive topics.
Digital publications of the Central State Archive of Kirov Oblast, including several document collections on the Great Patriotic War and several referential materials on the archive's fonds and the region's Soviet political leaders.
Oral history project on the death of Stalin. The project has collected more than 100 witness accounts on what happened on the day of Stalin's death.
Selected works by and about Felix Dzerzhinskii, a Bolshevik revolutionary and official.
Official website of Dinmukhamed Kunaev, one of the most important Kazakh political leaders in the 20th century. On the website you can find his biographic information as well as many relevant documents and photographs.
Digitized documents from the personal fond of Stalin from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
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…
A private digital project that provides open access to a huge number of primary sources for researching Russian and Soviet history, including published materials, archival documents (transcriptions), statistics, and photographs.
Official website of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine. There are many interesting document exhibitions under the "ВИСТАВКИ" section. In the "Збірники документів" sub-section, you can download PDF versions of many document collections published by the…
Digital library of the Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, containing many digitized Soviet publications, manuscripts in different languages, archival documents, as well as video materials.
Digital library of Orenburg Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing the digital copies of thousands of local publications.
Digital library of the Vladimir Gorky Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing digital copies of more than 4000 publications on the oblast as well as on more general topics. Its book and newspaper collections are particularly rich.
A very helpful and user-friendly digital archive providing access to extensive archival materials from Rostov Oblast. In the "Виртуальный читальный зал" section, users can access finding aids for archival documents as well as some original documents. In the "Вирзуальная библиотека" section, users…
A website dedicated to Lenin and Leninism, where you can find digitized books and articles, memoirs, and studies on Lenin, many of which were published during the Soviet times. You can also download the digitized full collection of Lenin's works on this website.
Digitized memoirs about Lenin.
A site created by the Russian Federal Archival Agency that provides open access to a large number of Soviet archival documents from state and party organs, socio-political organizations, and personal fonds. It also contains two document collections decicated to the Great Patriotic War and the…
A digital collection of archival documents about the life and work of Yuri Andropov from the exhibition series "Leaders of the Soviet Period" created by the Federal Archival Agency and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
A digital collection of archival documents about the life and work of Leonid Brezhnev from the exhibition series "Leaders of the Soviet Period" created by the Federal Archival Agency and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
A digital collection of archival documents about the life and work of Nikita Khrushchev from the exhibition series "Leaders of the Soviet Period" created by the Federal Archival Agency of Russia and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
A digital collection of archival documents about the life and work of Vladimir Lenin from the exhibition series "Leaders of the Soviet Period" created by the Federal Archival Agency of Russia and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.