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Transcripts of the meetings of the Special Council under the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the South of Russia A. I. Denikin
Document collection dedicated to Gulag prisoners who built Soviet energy facilities.
Publications of the State Archive of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, among which several are downloadable document collections on the Great Patriotic War, the national congress in the region in the 1934, and expeditions to the region in the 1930s.
A number of digitized document collections published by the State Archive of Tomsk Oblast.
A digital project of the State Archive of Tomsk Oblast dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. It provides access to online document collections and data on participants of the war from Tomsk Oblast.
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.
A collection of digital copies of old books and document collections prepared by the State Archive of Tyumen Oblast.
Digital archive of the State Archive of the Vinnytsia Oblast that contains descriptions of the fonds and digital copies of extensive documents from local party and state organs. Notably, the digital archive contains a lot of documents from the local security service.
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Vladimir Oblast. Topics include two World Wars, Russian Revolution, local intellectuals, etc.
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.
Digital archive of the State Archive of Volyn Oblast. It contains descriptions of the fonds of the archive, and extensive digital copies of documents related to local administration, the Jewish community, and other topics. Notably, it provides open access to a great number of documents from the…
Digital archive of the State Archive of Western-Kazakhstan Oblast. It consists of several sections, including a section on the archive's digital publications, a section on digitized historical periodicals, a section on digital exhibitions of archival documents, and a digital reading room for reading…
Plentiful well-organized online exhibitions with a considerable number of archive documents on various topics.
Digital information portal on the Great Patriotic War in Yurga that includes various databases, digital projects, and online exhibitions.
Digital archive that contains abundant digitized documents from different Ukrainian archives from the imperial and Soviet periods. Notably, it has a collection of criminal cases from the KGB archive of Crimea. The website also has several online exhibitions.
Digital collection of Soviet-era normative and legal documents on archival affairs in Ukraine. It contains 195 full-text copies of documents from various archives in Ukraine.
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…
Digital archive containing hundreds of thousands of digitized documents from various Ukrainian archives related to the tragedy of Babyn Yar and the period of occupation of Kyiv during 1941–1943. The website also provides access to digitized finding aids and other referential materials for relevant…
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Kemerovo Oblast. Topics include nationalities, local intellectuals, scientific and cultural development, etc.
The database of Latvian State Archives that contains all descriptions and historical records of the Communist Party fonds (9083 items) and provides free access to many original documents.
Document collections published by the State Archives of Latvia, some of which have digital versions freely available via this web page.
Digital project dedicated to the creators of Soviet front-line films during the Second World War. On this web page you can find archival documents, photographs, and video clips about Soviet front-line filmmaking.
Digitized photographs, posters, manuscripts, rare books, and other types of exhibits of the State Central Film Museum of Russia.
An ongoing digital project of the State Historical Archive of Sakhalin Oblast that digitizes and presents Soviet films and video recordings about Sakhalin. By February 2022, more than 300 films and video clips had been digitized under the project, and they will be gradually published online in the…
Online exhibitions and digital projects based on archival documents from the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic, covering topics such as the 1917 Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, and urban, social, and cultural development in the region.
Online exhibitions of archival documents on the history of Volga Germans.
Online database of the official texts of federal and regional legislation of Russia from 1917 to today.
Digital library of the State Library of Yurga, containing plentiful local publications from the Soviet era.
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.
This section on the website of the State Public Historical Library of Russia provides links to digital resources on Soviet and Russian periodicals. You can go to the Soviet section and follow the alphabetic indicators to find relevant online resources for the publication you want. The section also…
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.
A list of prominent scholars, cultural figures, and statesmen of Novosibirsk and of Russia in general. Though some of the pages include partial or full-text documents ("polnotekstovyie dokumenty), the primary use of this site is as a bibliographic resource. It gives a very clear and detailed idea of…
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.
Digital library of the Krasnoyarsk Krai containing plenty of digitized local publications. It has a collection on local study of the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
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 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.
A YouTube channel that presents Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian movies produced by the Sverdlovsk Film Studio.
Digital library with digitized materials from libraries in the Ural region.
Digital collection of Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library, containing digital copies of many Soviet books in various categories.
Over 150 propaganda posters from the early years of the Soviet Union (1920s-1930s). These posters have been digitized and the images placed in a database with information about each poster. The text included in some of the posters has been translated into English.