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This website contains a variety of resources; of particular interest are the categories "sborniki dokumentov" and "trudovaia doblest' v voiennoie vremia."
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of the Volgograd Oblast, covering a variety of topics in Soviet history.
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Vologda Oblast. Topics include the Great Patriotic War, education, local cultural life, etc.
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Kemerovo Oblast. Topics include nationalities, local intellectuals, scientific and cultural development, etc.
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.
Digitized document collection on the Korean War, originally compiled by Shen Zhihua, a Chinese historian, and published in Taiwan. The collection contains more than 1400 pages of Chinese translations of Russian archival documents on the subject.
Historical materials on the history of Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk.
Historical materials on the history of the Novosibirsk Division of the Russian State Public Scientific-Technical Library.
Document collection dedicated to Soviet artwork during the Great Patriotic War, published by the State Archival Administration of Novosibirsk Oblast.
Digital archive of the Soviet literary journal "Smena".
Archive of personal correspondence of Marina Tsvetaeva.
Verbatim transcripts of such historic meetings as the Polish Communist party’s leadership on the day after Solidarity swept the June 1989 elections, Solidarity leader Walesa’s talk in Warsaw with German chancellor Kohl on the day the Berlin Wall was to fall, Soviet leader Gorbachev’s meetings with…
The documents include the most complete transcript of the Malta summit ever published – excerpted from the forthcoming book, "Masterpieces of History": The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989 (edited by Svetlana Savranskaya, Thomas Blanton, and Vladislav Zubok for the Central European…
This documentary supplement to the article, "Did NATO Win the Cold War? Looking over the Wall," has been prepared on the occasion of the Washington summit marking the 50th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is intended to provide the reader with the most important sources…
Digital archive of the newspaper "Sovetskaia kul'tura".
Digital collection of Soviet scholarship produced during the Great Patriotic War.
Topics include the building of the Russian navy, the Russian Civil War, the Baltic Fleet, etc.
Digital editions of several Petersburg theatrical journals from the imperial period to the early Soviet years.
Digital collection of Soviet children's books and posters on various themes.
Digital collection of Soviet pamphlets on different topics.
Selected Chinese and Soviet press content and archival documents that reflect the Sino-Soviet ideological debate in the 1950s and 1960s. All materials presented on the website are in Chinese.
Selected Chinese, Soviet, and English-language press content that reflects the Sino-Soviet ideological debate in the 1950s and 1960s. All materials presented on the website are in English.
Ebook editions of a growing number of volumes from the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series.
This digital library provides access to more than 150,000 documents digitized by La Contemporaine: printed matter and archival material, drawings, paintings, photographs, posters, and objects, allowing you to delve into the sources of 20th-century history.
Digital archive of the Oxford Russian Life History Project, providing access to transcripts and audio recordings of the project's oral history interviews.
Extensive collection of digitized historical and CIA maps from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the Library of the University of Texas at Austin, including maps of Russia, East and Southeast Europe.
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 version of a 3-volume document collection on dekulakization in Siberia, published by the State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast.
Memoirs about the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and the city of Birobidzhan.
The collection contains 58 unique audio files that were produced and/or broadcast by RFE/RL’s Russian Service.
Digital archive of works of Solomon Telingater, a famous Soviet graphic artist.
Online exhibition of artwork dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Digital editions of the newspaper "Oparinskaia iskra" from 1941 to 1953.
Digital archive of Sergei Yesenin's personal correspondence.
"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…
Website dedicated to Sergei Dovlatov, where you can find digitized texts of his works, photographs, drawings, and memoirs on the writer.
Three-volume bibliography of historical documents published in Russia/the USSR over the 20th century, published by Russian Political Encyclopedia Publishers (ROSSPEN).
Several transcribed documents about the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of the Provision Government.
Online exhibition dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Digital archive of the satirical journal "Krokodil".
Online exhibitions of the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive, including many photograph collections covering different topics, ranging from the building of the Soviet Red Army, Great Patriotic War, and USSR's foreign relations, to everyday life in the USSR.
A digital project on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, containing photographs and audio and video recordings.
Collective online project by the Russian State Photo Archive and the Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive that presents audio recordings and photos of the participants of the building of the Red Army.
Online exhibition of audio recordings about the city of Moscow, its streets and people, from Imperial Russia through the Soviet times.
Online exibition of audio recordings of performances from major Russian theaters in the 1940s and 1950s.
Online exhibits of documents from the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation, covering topics such as Soviet aviation, space programs, science during the Great Patriotic War, history of medicine, Moscow metro, gilding, cosmetics, as well as biographies of Soviet scientists.
Online exhibits of documents from the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation, mostly dedicated to Soviet scientists in the fields of astronautics.
A 75th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War commemorative exhibit about the building of the coalition between Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt during the Second World War. It contains photographs, official documents, correspondence, etc. about the formation of this alliance.
Topics include the Great Patriotic War, Buriat national culture, religion, and nationalities questions.
Document collection that contains documents and photographs related to the establishment and development of the Buryat ASSR, and post-war socialist construction in the republic.