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A YouTube playlist of Soviet films and TV series produced by Lenfilm. One can find many Soviet film classics here, such as "Chapaev" (1934).
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.
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…
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares digital copies of a great variety of books, including a large number of Soviet books.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares materials on military history. The group has a collection of Soviet military literature from the 1960s till the 1990s.
Full catalog of books and monographs published by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Many of the publications are freely downloadable from the website.
Digital project developed by the National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav the Wise, presenting digital copies of rare publications from/on Ukraine.
Several digitized books from the rare book collection of the Aginskaya Regional Library (Zabaykalsky Krai), including publications in old Mongol script and the Buryat translations of Russian classical literary works.
Digital book collection of the National Electronic Library of the Udmurt Republic.
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.
Digital collection of exhibits of the Museum of Jewish History in Russia.
Digital exhibits of the Russian National Museum of Music.
Digital collections on the site of the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum. They contain images of art from Russia and Western Europe during various historical periods, but can be filtered by country and/or date of creation to find Soviet art.
Russian-language archival document collections of the National Security Archive, containing extensive archival documents on different topics.
Online exhibit collection of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve.
An electronic library of books, brochures, and periodicals from the Tambov oblast on local history and social, economic, and political life.
Digital collection of 20th-century maps of Russia, USSR, and especially the Murmansk region.
Four digital collections of historical materials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, including one archival document collection, one section on war participants from Sevastopol, one photo collection, and one collection of periodicals published during wartime. There are quite a few interesting…
Digital collection of archival documents and materials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War in Volgograd Oblast.
This website contains a variety of resources; of particular interest are the categories "sborniki dokumentov" and "trudovaia doblest' v voiennoie vremia."
Digital collection of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library on the history of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, containing extensive books and periodicals from and on the region.
Digital local study library developed by the Krasnoyarsk State Universal Scientific Library. It contains a lot of Soviet-era local periodicals and books from/about the region.
Digital archive of the satirical journal "Krokodil".
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares clippings from the Soviet satirical magazine, Krokodil.
A digital project with photographs and documents about Crimea and its role as part of the Russian Empire/ USSR.
Documentary collection downloadable from the site of the state archive of the Altai Krai. It includes documents, drawings, and statistics about Altai culture during the Great Patriotic War.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares academic information and resources about cultural anthropology and ethnography in Russia. The group often shares digitized copies of Soviet academic publications on the subject.
Digital project of the Union of Photo Journalists of Kyrgyzstan. On the website you can find thousands of well-annotated historical photographs of Kyrgyzstan and the Kyrgyz people. Besides, the website also has a book section and a map section, where you can download digital copies of old books and…
Digital project of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The digital library provides open access to digital copies of hundreds of thousands of books, periodicals, and other types of materials from different libraries in Kazakhstan. The collection includes a huge…
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.
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.
A project of the State Archive of Tver Oblast that collects personal narratives from archival materials on the Great Patriotic War.
A YouTube playlist of Soviet films and TV series produced by Lenfilm. One can find many Soviet film and TV classics here, such as the TV series "Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson".
Online editions of Russian emigres periodicals.
Digital collection of Nestor Makhn's works, including his memoirs, articles, and studies on him.
Digital project on the literary life of Tomsk Oblast. It provides information about Tomsk writers and relevant bibliophiles.
Digitized documents from the personal fond of Stalin from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares digitized Soviet Marxist literature in different languages of Soviet nationalities.
Historical materials on the history of Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk.
A site that contains digital texts of many Russian historiographical works, as well as memoirs and diaries on the Russian Revolution and Civil War.
Online exhibition of photographs taken by 20th-century Russian and Hungarian photographers that present the everyday life and urban landscapes of the two countries and their bilateral relations.
Digital exhibits from the Memorial Museum of Astronautics.
Russian-language memoirs on wars in the 20th century.
A site with memoirs and diaries from various historical figures, including many famous or obscure individuals from the Soviet period.
This website contains a large amount of material about the history of St. Petersburg. Particularly useful are the "knigi o peterburge" and the "online-biblioteka" tabs. In the online library, the "kollektsii" and "Peterburg v gazetnykh illiustratsiiakh" are particularly interesting.
Unified search engine for digital resources of three state archives of Ukraine: Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government, Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art, and Central State Archives of Public Organizations. Here you can find access to extensive digital…
Online document exhibition dedicated to the fashion industry in the USSR.
Oral history project of the Museum of Gulag history that recollects memories of the people who were affected by Soviet political repressions. Interviewees include the repressed themselves, their children, former NKVD members, Children of NKVD members, the dekulakized, deportees, and labor armyists.
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.
This page has several downloadable document collections dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.