Архів друкованих видань Всеукраїнської Академії Наук 1919-1931 (Archive of Printed Publications of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences )
Academy of Sciences
history
philology
archaeology
science
pedagogy
anthropology
social sciences
economics
culture
museum
Digital project that provides open access to digitized academic serials of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences published during 1919-1931.
National Historical Library of Ukraine
Link to the Resource
Digital collection
Ukrainian
Russian
Ukraine
ЦИФРОВА БІБЛІОТЕКА ІСТОРИКО-КУЛЬТУРНОЇ СПАДЩИНИ - Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського (Digital Library of Historical and Cultural Heritage - National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi)
nationalities
ethnography
economy
local study
art
music
education
psychology
religion
language
philosophy
folklore
urban history
linguistics
literature & arts
Digital library of the National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi, containing digital copies of extensive old publications on Ukrainian culture and history.
National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi
Digital library
Книжкові пам’ятки України (Book Monuments of Ukraine)
book
press
printing
Cossack
political institution
literature
Revolution
Taras Shevchenko
Digital project developed by the National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise, presenting digital copies of rare publications from/on Ukraine.
The National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise
Galicia
Volhynia
Saint-Petersburg
Электронная библиотека БГУ (Digital Library of the Belarusian State University)
theater
natural science
A huge digital library providing open access to digital copies of Soviet-era Belarusian academic and pedagogical publications, as well as documents and publications of the university.
Belarusian State University
Belarusian
Belarus
"Iveriel" Digital Library of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
agriculture
alcoholism
architecture
A huge digital library of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia, containing extensive materials in different languages of various types.
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Georgian
Georgia
Turkey
Abkhazia
Armenia
Caucasus
Armenian
folk culture
Ottoman
aesthetics
Komitas
intellectual
Alexander Spendiaryan
Online database of Armenian periodicals and serial publications from the pre-revolution period through the contemporary times. It includes many Soviet-era journal issues and book series.
National Library of Armenia
Online database
Middle East
Участие армянского народа в Великой Отечественной войне (The Participation of the Armenian People in the Great Patriotic War)
Great Patriotic War
Online database on the Armenian participation in the Great Patriotic War. It has collected Soviet and contemporary books and media content on the subject, as well as the biographic data of Armenian war participants.
A database of digital copies of Armenian books printed between 1901-1920.
France
USA
Russia
South Caucasus
Database "Armenian Book" - ՀԱՅ ԳԻՐՔ (1512-2012)
A huge online database dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian book printing. It provides public online access to digital copies of Armenian publications. The database is in Armenian and most of the items in the database are books in Armenian. Armenian speakers would find this database especially useful.
Полнотекстовые базы данных Библиотеки Аль-Фараби (Full-text Databases of the Al-Farabi Library)
physics
Abai
poetry
geography
Full-text databases of the scientific library of the Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi. Here you can find digital copies of many Soviet Kazakhstani academic publications.
Al-Farabi Library
Kazakh
English
French
German
Italian
Azeri
Tatar
Arabic
Greek
Spanish
Kazakhstan
Turkestan
Central Asia
Полнотекстовые электронные ресурсы Центральной научной библиотеки РК (Full-text Digital Resources of the Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
political leader
Dinmukhamed Kunaev
local administration
personal narrative
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.
Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Электронная библиотека - Курганская областная научная библиотека (Digital Library of Kurgan Oblast Scientific Library)
public health
industry
technology
chemistry
radio
Digital library of Kurgan Oblast Scientific Library, containing digital copies of many pre-revolution and Soviet books and periodical issues.
Kurgan Oblast Scientific Library
Kurgan Oblast
Полнотекстовые документы - Тюменская областная научная библиотека (Full-text documents of Tyumen Oblast Gorky Library)
local history
labor
propaganda
Full-text database of Tyumen Oblast Scientific Library. There are no thematic collections on the website, but you can use the search function to find a lot of interesting materials, especially extensive periodical issues.
Tyumen Oblast Scientific Library
Tyumen Oblast
Siberia
Томская электронная библиотека (Tomsk Digital Library)
political science
military
mathematics
biology
forestry
medicine
law
sport
legal source
Digital library of Tomsk Oblast Pushkin Universal Scientific Library, providing access to extensive digital copies of Soviet-era local publications.
Tomsk Oblast Pushkin Universal Scientific Library
Tomsk Oblast
Электронная библиотека - Тверская областная универсальная научная библиотека им. А.М. Горького (Digital Library of Tver Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library)
trade
Russian Orthodox Church
water management
transportation
Digital library of Tver Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library, containing digital copies of many Soviet-era local publications, mostly books.
Tver Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library
Tver Oblast
Электронные тексты и коллекции. Свердловская областная библиотека им. В. Г. Белинского (Digital Texts and Collections of Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library)
Digital collection of Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library, containing digital copies of many Soviet books in various categories.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Электронная библиотека «Сахалин и Курилы - острова утренней зари» (Digital Library "Sakhalin and Kuril - Islands of Dawn")
everyday life
Digital library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific Library. Although it doesn't have a book collection, it provides open access to many Soviet local periodicals, such as Sovetskii Sakhalin and Zvezda.
Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Sakhalin
Электронная библиотека - Рязанская областная универсальная научная библиотека имени Горького (Digital Library of Ryazan Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library)
peasantry
finance
collectivization
Komsomol
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.
Ryazan Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library
Ryazan Oblast
Электронная библиотека "Псковиана" (Digital Library "Pskoviana")
Bunin
October Revolution
partisan
World War Ⅰ
Digital library of Pskov Oblast Universal Scientific Library, where you can read extensive Soviet-era local publications online.
Pskov Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Pskov Oblast
Электронная коллекция Орловской областной научной универсальной публичной библиотеки имени И. А. Бунина (Digital Collection of Oryol Oblast Bunin Scientific Public Library)
infrastructure
geology
Digital collection of publications from/on Oryol Oblast.
Oryol Oblast Bunin Scientific Public Library
Oryol Oblast
Электронная библиотека - Оренбургская областная универсальная научная библиотека им. Н.К. Крупской (Digital Library of Orenburg Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
ecology
environment
river
Digital library of Orenburg Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing the digital copies of thousands of local publications.
Orenburg Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Orenburg Oblast
Полнотекстовые базы данных Новгородской областной универсальной научной библиотеки (Full-text Databases of Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
coal
natural resource
historiography
Party organization
Full-text databases of Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing more than 200 downloadable Soviet publications from/about Novgorod Oblast.
Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Novgorod Oblast
Электронная библиотека «Кольский Север» (Digital Library "Kola North")
Arctic
Kola
children
nature
cinema
film
Digital library of the Murmansk State Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing extensive digitized local books, periodicals, and other types of materials.
Murmansk Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Murmansk Oblas
Электронная библиотека Липецкой области (Digital Library of Lipetsk Oblast)
agitation
leisure
resort
climate
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 Soviet-era oblast-level publications but also raion-level periodicals.
Lipetsk Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Lipetsk Oblast
Tambov
Электронная библиотека - Вологодская областная универсальная научная библиотека (Digital Library of Vologda Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
Russian North
Russian America
Interesting digital library of Vologda Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing thousands of digitized books and periodicals, and more other types of materials. It also has several interesting thematic collections, such as "Russian forest" and "Russian America". Notably, the digital library provides open access to the digital copies of many important Soviet journals and newspapers, such as "Soviet Ethnography" and "Sever".
Vologda Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Vologda Oblast
North America
Электронная библиотека "Земля Владимирская" (Digital Library "Land of Vladimir")
demography
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.
Vladimir Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library
Vladimir Oblast
Электронная библиотека - Брянская областная научная универсальная библиотека им. Ф.И. Тютчева (Digital Library of Bryansk Oblast Tyutchev Scientific Universal Library)
Red Army
Digital library of Bryansk Oblast Tyutchev Scientific Universal Library, containing a lot of local publications of the Soviet era.
Bryansk Oblast Tyutchev Scientific Universal Library
Bryansk Oblast
Электронные каталоги и базы данных библиотек Белгородской области (Digital Catalog and Databases of the Libraries of Belgorod Oblast)
Russian Civil War
foreign relations
diplomacy
foreign policy
book history
festival
Digital library of the Belgorod State Universal Scientific Library, containing extensive regional publications, as well as materials from beyond the oblast.
Belgorod State Universal Scientific Library
Belgorod Oblast
global
Электронная библиотека «Астраханская краеведческая коллекция» (Digital Library "Astrakhan Local Study Collection")
travel
fishing
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.
Astrakhan Oblast Krupskaya Scientific LIbrary
Astrakhan Oblast
Русский Север - электронная краеведческая библиотека (Russian North - Digital Local Study Library)
Nenets
administrative-territorial division
A very well-designed digital library of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Dobroliubov Scientific Library, containing extensive books, periodicals, documents, maps, and other types of historical materials related to the Arkhangelsk region. Its journal and newspaper section provides open access to many issues of Soviet-era periodicals in the region.
Arkhangelsk Oblast Dobroliubov Scientific Library
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Электронная библиотека - Биробиджанская областная универсальная научная библиотека (Digital Library of the Birobidzhan Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
Jew
regional autonomy
Digital Library of the Birobidzhan Oblast Universal Scientific Library that contains a lof of interesting books, periodicals, as well as archival documents related to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. Apart from Soviet-era academic and popular publications on the region, the digital library also provides access to some archival documents about the establishment of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast in the 1920s and 1930s.
Birobidzhan Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Yiddish
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Birobidzhan
Amur
Far East
Электронная библиотека Югры (Digital Library of Yurga)
oil
Finno-Ugric
Digital library of the State Library of Yurga, containing plentiful local publications from the Soviet era.
State Library of Yurga
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Территория – Камчатка (Territory - Kamchatka)
A section on the local study of Kamchatka on the website of the Kamchatka Krasheninnikov Regional Scientific Library. It provides links to downloadable PDF versions of publications on the ethnic minorities of Kamchatka. Many of these publications are Soviet ethnographic studies.
Kamchatka Krai Krasheninnikov Scientific Library
Online exhibition
Kamchatka
Электронная библиотека - Камчатская краевая научная библиотека им. С.П. Крашенинникова (Digital Library of the Kamchatka Krasheninnikov Regional Scientific Library)
population
Digital library of the Kamchatka Krasheninnikov Regional Scientific Library. It is a very region-specific project and provides access to digitized imperial Russian, Soviet, and contemporary publications on Kamchatka and the people there.
Peteropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Книжные коллекции из фондов ДВГНБ для просмотра в полнотекстовом формате (Book Collections from the Fonds of FESSL for Full-text View)
Soviet-Japanese War
World War Ⅱ
Digitized books and periodicals from the collections of the Far East State Scientific Library, among which there are numerous Soviet publications on the Far East.
Far East State Scientific Library
Khabarovsk
Vladivostok
Электронная библиотека "Память Ставрополья" (Digital Library "Memory of Stavropol")
Caucasian Studies
Digital Library of the Stavropol Krai Lermontov Universal Scientific Library, which contains abundant publications on the region and the Caucasus from the imperial through Soviet times.
Stavropol Krai Lermontov Universal Scientific Library
Stavropol
Электронная библиотека - Приморская краевая публичная библиотека (Digital Library of the Primorsky Krai Public Library )
navy
Russian-Japanese War
housing
Digital library of the Primorsky Krai Public Library. It provides open access to extensive digital copies of local publications of the Soviet period as well as the Russian imperial period.
Primorsky Krai Public Library
Primorsky Krai
Электронная библиотека - Государственная универсальная научная библиотека Красноярского края (Digital Library of the State Universal Scientific Library of Krasnodar Krai)
railroad
Digital library of the Krasnoyarsk Krai containing plenty of digitized local publications. It has a collection on local study of the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
State Universal Scientific Library of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Электронная библиотека Чувашской Республики (Digital Library of the Chuvash Republic)
Digital library of the National Library of the Chuvash Republic, containing many local publications in Russian and Chuvash languages during the Soviet times.
National Library of the Chuvash Republic
Chuvash
Chuvashiia
Национальная электронная библиотека Чеченской Республики (National Digital Library of the Chechen Republic)
archive
mass media
Digital library of the National Library of the Chechen Republic, containing books and periodicals published locally during the Soviet times.
National Library of the Chechen Republic
Chechen
Chechnya
Электронная библиотека - Национальная библиотека им. Н. Г. Доможакова (Digital Library of the N.G. Domozhakov National Library)
Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Khakassia, containing many interesting publications in Russian and Khakassian languages: local publications from the Soviet period, materials on Khakassian folklore and local cultural development, etc.
N.G. Domozhakov National Library
Khakas
Khakassia
Национальная электронная библиотека Республики Татарстан (National Digital Library of the Republic of Tatarstan)
national autonomy
National digital library of Tatarstan, containing more than 11,000 digital copies of various publications, including a great number of Soviet-era books and periodicals.
Ministry of Digital Development of State Administration, Information Technologies, and Communication of the Republic of Tatarstan
Tatarstan
БУРЯТИКА - Электронная библиотека Республики Бурятии (BURIATIKA - Digital Library of the Republic of Buryatia)
Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Buryatia, containing many digitized local publications of the Soviet period. Notably, it has a lot of publications and manuscripts in Buryat.
National Library of the Republic of Buryatia
Mongolian
Buryat
Buryatia
Baikal
Национальная электронная библиотека Республики Башкортостан (National Digital Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan)
Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan, containing many digitized local publications of the Soviet period.
National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Bashkir
Bashkiria
bibliography
botanics
urban planning
fine arts
zoology
legislation
legal history
construction
sociology
sculpture
epidemiology
humanities
pathology
intellectual history
history of science
Digital library of the N.A. Nekrasov Library, containing tons of digitized pre- and post-1917 publications that can be viewed online.
N.A. Nekrasov Library
Latin
USSR
Национальная электронная детская библиотека (НЭДБ) (National Digital Library for Children)
internationalism
Bolshevik
pioneer organization
Digital library of the Russian State Library for Children, containing extensive digitized pre- and post-1917 Russian and Soviet printed materials publications for/about children.
Russian State Library for Children
Молодёжь России. Электронная библиотека (Youth of Russia. Digital Library.)
youth
women
Digital library of the Russian State Library for Young Adults. The "Книги XIX—XX вв." section, which contains more than 2200 downloadable e-books on youth problems, would be especially interesting for Soviet historians.
Russian State Library for Young Adults
Электронная библиотека ГПИБ (Digital Library of the State Public Historical Library of Russia)
justice
Russian diaspora
futurism
library
industrialization
general
Digital library of the State Public Historical Library of Russia, containing more than 20 thousand digital copies of various publications. Users can use different indicators and the search function to search for publications they want.
State Public Historical Library of Russia
Газеты и журналы Российской Национальной Библиотеки (Newspapers and Journals of the Russian National Library)
Digitized journals and newspapers of the Russian National Library. Users can choose the date of publication to see what issues are available, or use the search bar at the top of the page to search titles of the publication.
Russian National Library
Книга памяти блокадного Ленинграда (Memory Book of Blocked Leningrad)
Leningrad Blockade
evacuation
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 can be found at the bottom of the web page.
Foundation for Support of National Projects, Russia
Leningrad