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Three-volume document collection on the Great Terror in Abkhazia.
Online database of biographies of nomenclatural cadres of Party, Komsomol, administrative, financial, and professional organs of Soviet Kazakhstan from 1919-1991 based on archival documents from the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
Selections of documents from the "Special files (Особые папки)" of the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan. Currently, only two documents are available online in this section, but more documents may be published online in the future.
Three downloadable document collections on Soviet-era deportations to Kazakhstan from 1930 to 1945, published by the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. More digital publications may be added to this section in the future.
Online database on victims of the Kazakh Famine of the 1930s, developed by the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
Online database on WWⅡ Soviet prisoners of war from Kazakhstan, developed by the Presidential Archive of Kazakhstan.
The exhibitions cover various topics in Kazakhstan's history, including the Kazakh famine of the 1930s, nationalities questions, cultural and scientific development in Soviet Kazakhstan, the nation's political leaders, etc.
Electronic archive of Udmurtiia on the site of the Archives of Udmurtiia. It contains documents from Udmurt history in the Soviet period, focusing on documents about municipal and local governance.
A lot of interesting and informative digital projects based on archival documents from seven major archives of Saint-Petersburg, covering plenty of well-known and less-known topics in Russian and Soviet history.
A project of the State Archive of Tver Oblast that collects personal narratives from archival materials on the Great Patriotic War.
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…
Commemorative site with interviews of veterans of the Great Patriotic War supported by the Russian Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication. It also includes soldiers' letters and audio recordings of veterans' narratives.
Site dedicated to the Moscow metro and containing resources about its construction and history. It includes contemporaneous newspaper articles and personal accounts by various people (architects, engineers, builders) associated with the metro.
Annotated bibliography of a number of digitized sources on the Russian Revolution. It links to a number of sites with documents, charts, posters, and photographs (among other resources) about the revolution.
Official digital archive of the journal "Asia and Africa today", containing digital copies of editions of the journal from 1958 till 1974. Some articles can be freely downloaded as PDF from the website, while others are not free.
Digital museum of film strips (диафильм) that contains a lot of Soviet film strips for children on various topics, as well as information about relevant artists and the technologies of film strips.
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.
Site commemorating the life and work of Soviet poet Nikolai Rubtsov. It contains digital copies of some of his works, drafts, and correspondence.
A website dedicated to mosaics in Tajikistan's architecture and artwork. On this site, users can browse photos of Tajikistan's mosaic artworks, locate them on a digital map, and learn about the artists and history of the mosaics.
A digital project, mostly for educational purposes, where a new primary document pertaining to the history of Germans in Russia is posted each month.
Online exhibitions of the Belarusian State Archive of Scientific-Technical Documentation. Most of the exhibitions are dedicated to prominent Soviet Belarusian scientists and architects.
Online exhibitions of the Belarusian State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art. Most of the exhibitions are dedicated to prominent Soviet Belarusian writers, poets, artists, and other cultural celebrities.
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.
Digital archive of the Belgorod State University, containing digitized publications of scholars from the university, including monographs, textbooks, articles, dissertations, etc.
Digital library of the Belgorod State Universal Scientific Library, containing extensive regional publications, as well as materials from beyond the oblast.
Internet archive with the works of Marxist Zionist Ber Borochov (1881-1917). It contains a number of his works and links to other relevant websites.
Digitized newspaper editions of the Berlin State Library, including several Russian emigres newspapers, such as Novoe slovo, Naš mir, and Nakanune.
Digital editions of the Russian emigres newspaper Nakanune (published in Berlin) from 1922-1924.
Digital editions of newspaper "Dobrovolets" from 1943 to 1944.
Digital library that contains more than two thousands digital copies of Soviet-era publications, most of which are literary works and humanities studies.
Website with works by and about Russian religious thinkers and philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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…
A public history resource about the Alexander Palace and the fate of Nicholas II and his family. It contains photographs, personal accounts, official documents, etc. on these topics.
A collection of the works of the Eurasianist thinkers of the 1920s and 1930s. It includes published articles, correspondence, and other materials.
Digital collections of extensive published and unpublished materials at the Presidential Library of Russia.
Collection of digital editions of imperial Russian and Soviet periodicals.
Webpage with resources for the study of Soviet history on the site of the Brigham University Harold B. Lee Library. It contains a list of links to various open access resources with documents, photographs, and audio recordings in both Russian and English.
Digital library of Bryansk Oblast Tyutchev Scientific Universal Library, containing a lot of local publications of the Soviet era.
A digital map preservation project which presents numerous digitized high-resolution maps of the USSR.
Several well-organized online exhibitions of archival documents from the Center, mostly dedicated to the WWⅡ experience of Krasnodar Krai.
Digital collection of archival documents and materials dedicated to the Great Patriotic War in Volgograd Oblast.
A huge digital archive containing extensive documents from different archives in Ukraine, dedicated to Ukrainian national and resistant movements under the Soviet regime.
Database of the Central Archive of Film and Photographic Documents of Georgia, where you can search and browse historical photographs of the country.
Online exhibitions, databases, and listings of documents of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of Russia. The resources are mostly dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Blinken OSA Library houses a non-circulating reference library of books related to the Cold War, Communism, international human rights, history of broadcasting and the archival profession as well as a collection of more than 7.300 dailies and journals published from the 1950s onwards in 40…
Open-access archive of the CIA, containing a large number of declassified CIA reports, leaked Soviet documents, oral history, etc.
A publication of the CIA that provides a record of the known appearances of selected Soviet political leaders.