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Digital archive of manuscripts, notes, photographs, video clips, and audio recordings about the life and literary career of Anna Akhmatova.
Digital archive of documents related to Isaak Babel, including his works, personal correspondence, official records, biography, and contemporaries' reviews of his works.
Online projects of the Russian State Archive of Phonodocuments covering various topics, such as the October Revolution, the Russian Russian Civil War, two World Wars, the Russian Arctic and Antarctic, leaders' speeches, the Soviet space program, and Soviet cinema.
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.
Virtual exhibitions of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
Documentary film on the liberation of Austria in the Second World War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
Documentary film on the Great Patriotic War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
Document collection on the role of Russian Orthodox Church and Cossacks in the Great Patriotic War.
The official YouTube channel of the Russian State Fond of Television and Radio programs. It presents video recordings of Soviet TV programs, including films and TV series, news, music, documentaries, programs on sports and culture, etc.
The official YouTube channel of the Russian State Fond of Television and Radio programs. It presents audio recordings of Soviet radio programs, including various radio plays, readings of Russian and Soviet literature works, programs for children, etc.
Collection of digital open-access published materials from between 1917 and 1991 in the Russian State Library. In the link, the filter "otkrytii dostup" is already selected; if it is not, one should select it in order to view publicly available books.
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.
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.
Online exhibitions of the Russian State Military Archive.
Digital library of the Russian State Military Archive that provides access to several published document collections.
Digital archive of the Russian State Professional-Pedagogical University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from the 1960s till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly about pedagogy.
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.
Digital library of the Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, containing digital copies of the university's publications, including academic books and periodicals, as well as more general publications on university history and everyday life.
Digital collection and institutional research repository that captures, preserves, and disseminates the intellectual property created within the Saint Petersburg State University community. It provides free access to the digital copies of more than six thousand Soviet-era publications, including…
An online bibliography of works of Dmitry Likhachev, with links to downloadable PDF copies.
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.
Digital library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific library that contains digital copies of many Soviet books on the Sakhalin region.
Digital project that lists monuments for the victims of Soviet political repression in the territory of the former Soviet Union.
Digital newspaper collection of the Saratov State University, containing editions of local official party newspaper.
Digital archive of the Soviet newspaper "Za nauku v Sibiri"
Digital archive that provides open access to a large body of Ukrainian historical periodicals. Currently, the project has digitized more than 600 periodical editions in Ukrainian, Polish, German, Romanian, Yiddish, Crimean Tatar, and Russian languages published in various regions in Ukraine and…
Digital archive of the Ural State Forest Engineering University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from 1922 till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly about forestry and forest engineering.
Digital archive of the Russian newspaper "Sibirskaia zhizn'" from 1894 to 1919.
Online exhibitions of the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University, some of which are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Selections of Russian newspaper clippings on various issues in the early 20th century.
Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Morozov D.A. on the defense and defeat of the Germans in the Soviet Arctic in October 1944.
Digital collection of Nestor Makhn's works, including his memoirs, articles, and studies on him.
Digital repository of photographs documenting the development of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as prominent scholars from Novosibirsk.
Document collection on early Soviet social policies on children, motherhood, and family from 1920 to 1930.
The official YouTube Channel of the film studio "Soiuzmul'tfil'm", where you can find hundreds of Soviet cartoons.
Digital archive of the Ural Federal University, containing digitized publications of the university. Most of the available Soviet-era publications are on natural sciences and technologies.
Diary entries of a deported Kurgan peasant from 1932.
English-language journal published by the Soviet Union Information Bureau in Washington D.C.
Digital collection of around 6000 black and white photos intended to document the reconstruction of the Soviet Union following World War II. These photos provide a visual record of daily life, culture, and news at the start of the Cold War. The collection also contains a few earlier photographs.
A private database of socialist realist music and popular music related to ideology and patriotism. The section "rechi" (bottom left in white) includes some audio recordings of speeches by Soviet leaders.
A large informal website with numerous categories of interest. For instance, of interest are the sections "dokumenty" (under "materialy"), "zimnaia voina: propaganda (under "materialy"), "pis'ma" (under "materialy"), "plakaty," "fotografii." The site also has Stalin's collected works, but these may…
A collection of documents and materials on the performing arts: archival documents and letters from theater workers, dramatic works, art periodicals, books, original sketches of theater artists, etc.
Digital editions of several Petersburg theatrical journals from the imperial period to the early Soviet years.
Online newspaper collections published by the State Archival Service of Novosibirsk Oblast.
Online exhibition dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Online exhibition dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.