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Database of biographical information of the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences from the 17th century till today.
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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 contains lists of persons who were deported from Latvia to distant territories of the USSR by the Soviet regime between 1941 and 1953.
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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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Biographical data of more than 15,000 people in the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians from its founding until its liquidation, in 1879-1927.
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Archival information portal for archives in Leningrad Oblast. You can find useful sources under "Projects" (on homepage), "Thematic Databases" (under the "LOGAV" tab), and "Electronic Exhibitions" sections.
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Several databases on repressed Soviet technical intelligentsia, prominent figures in the Soviet aviation and aerospace industries, and scholars of Samara, based on archival documents from the Russian State Archive in Samara.
A civil digital project initiated by the descendants of the victims of Soviet political repressions in Orsha, Belarus. The project has collected documents related to the victims and conducted oral history interviews with the descendants or relatives of the victims. You can find the transcriptions of…
Several well-designed online databases based on archival documents from Sverdlovsk Oblast, including databases on WWⅡ participants, and a database on the victims of political repressions from the 1920s through the 1930s.
A database of WWⅡ POWs in the concentration camps of Oryol Oblast based on archival documents.
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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…
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Several digital projects of the Gorbachev Foundation focusing on the collapse of the USSR and the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, largely based on personal accounts and old photographs.
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A huge database of victims of Soviet political repressions developed by the International Memorial.
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Online database developed by the International Memorial, providing information about the personnel of the Soviet NKVD during 1935 and 1939.
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Digital project developed by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes aimed at documenting political repression against Czechoslovaks in the Soviet Union. Currently, the project website has published testimonies of survivors, specialist and popularising articles, databases, exhibitions…
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Online database of victims of Soviet-era political repressions in Ukraine.
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Online database on WWⅡ Soviet prisoners of war from Kazakhstan, developed by the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
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Online database on victims of the Kazakh Famine of the 1930s, developed by the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
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.
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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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Database on individuals evacuated from Leningrad during the Leningrad Blockade.
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Digital project of the Russian National Library consisting of three searchable online databases on victims of political repressions in the USSR, victims and lost individuals during the Great Patriotic War, as well as individuals who died or were evacuated due to the Leningrad Blockade.
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Collaborative project led by the State Archive of Administrative Organs of the Sverdlovsk Oblast dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia and Ural. The project is well-designed and presents extensive archival documents and other historical materials.
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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.
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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.
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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Databases of the Central State Archive of Kirov Oblast, including the digital finding aids of the archive, a database on individuals evacuated to Kirov Oblast during the WWⅡ, a database on WWⅡ soldiers who passed away in hospitals of Kirov Oblast, as well as other databases on the imperial period.
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One of a series of document collections on German atrocities against Soviet civilians during the Second World War.
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Document collection on early Soviet social policies on children, motherhood, and family from 1920 to 1930.
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A website dedicated to the Kumyk people, their history and culture. Some transcriptions of archival documents and historical photographs can be found in different sections of the website.
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Economic and population data on the famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
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A site with demographic and ethnographic records and maps of both North and South Caucasus.
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A database of information about Belarusian villages burnt during the years of the Great Patriotic War.
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Two-volume document collection and oral history interview collection on the Great Terror in Georgia. The first volume includes six long interviews with the descendants of the victims of the Great Terror in Georgia, and the second volumes consists of archival documents and statistical data on the…
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Resource on the demography of tsarist and Soviet Russia compiled by two academics, Aleksandr Avdeev of Moscow State University and Alain Blum of Institut national d'études démographiques and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en sciences sociales. It contains a number of demographic data and maps.
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An interesting media resource. On the website, you can search for information about films, photographs, and audio materials at Kazakhstan's Central State Archive of Film-Photo Documents and Audio Recording. The digital copies of some photographs and audio recordings are directly accessible from the…
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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.
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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.
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Digital archive of English-language primary source documents, essays, books, and personal accounts related to Soviet history. Some of these are original English documents and accounts, some are English translations of Russian-language originals. The website also provides free access to digitized…
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Digital library of the Historical Library of Ukraine, containing digital copies of old publications on Ukrainian culture and history.
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Digital library of Tver Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library, containing digital copies of many Soviet-era local publications, mostly books.
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Digital library of Ryazan Oblast Gorgyi Universal Scientific Library, containing hundreds of digitized Soviet books and thousands of digital copies of Soviet-era periodical issues. In particular, it provides access to plenty of official reports from local authorities during the Soviet times.
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Full-text databases of Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing more than 200 downloadable Soviet publications from/about Novgorod Oblast.
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Digital library of Lipetsk Oblast Universal Scientific Library, consisting of book collections and periodical collections. Most books are from imperial Russia, but there are also some Soviet publications on the region, especially some statistical reports. The periodical collections have not only…
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The Digital library of Astrakhan Oblast Scientific Library contains more than 5000 documents and publications on the region's history, culture, peoples, and other aspects of life. It also provides access to digitized issues of Soviet-era regional periodicals.
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Information portal on the Leningrad Blockade that unites three databases: "Blokada Leningrada. Evakuatsiia", which is a database on individuals evacuated from Leningrad during the Blockade; memory book "Blokada"; and the Russian State Information System "Pamiat' naroda". Links to the three databases…
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Integrated database of digital resources from the archive and library of the Institute of Modern History of Taiwan. In the database you can find thousands of Chinese accounts on Soviet topics in this database, especially from the pre-1949 period.
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Multifunctional information system designed to provide information resources for research on a wide range of issues of the evolution of labor relations in Russia, including labor legislation, wages, insurance and social security of workers, labor conflicts, etc. Here you can find Soviet-era…
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