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Archival collections of the Cold War History Research Center, Budapest contain Hungarian documents on the Soviet bloc, Cuban Missile Crisis, Sino-Soviet relations, Soviet-Afghan War, and other Cold War issues. Documents have been translated into English.
A collection of British documents on the Cold War and postwar British-Soviet relations.
A digital project developed by a team of James Madison College faculty and librarians from MSU on the collapse of the USSR and the early years of statehood of the Soviet successor states. The digitized materials collected for these events include contemporaneous newspaper accounts in Russian and in…
Digital collection of films, writings, photographs, posters, and other materials relating to (and created by) the Soviet filmmaking pioneer and theorist Dziga Vertov (1896–1954).
A small collection of English translations of different Soviet legal documents.
Collection of archival documents from different countries on the global Cold War. Documents have been translated into English.
A YouTube playlist of 140 Soviet and Ukrainian comedies produced by the Odesa Film Studio.
Declassified US National Security Agency records on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Digital project developed by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes aimed at documenting political repression against Czechoslovaks in the Soviet Union. Currently, the project website has published testimonies of survivors, specialist and popularising articles, databases, exhibitions…
The former East German State Security (Stasi) Archive. Thousands of documents and items are available online now, many of which are related to Soviet-East German relations.
A huge online database dedicated to the 500th anniversary of Armenian book printing. It provides public online access to digital copies of Armenian publications. The database is in Armenian and most of the items in the database are books in Armenian. Armenian speakers would find this database…
The database contains lists of persons who were deported from Latvia to distant territories of the USSR by the Soviet regime between 1941 and 1953.
A digital map preservation project which presents numerous digitized high-resolution maps of the USSR.
Digital archive of manuscripts, notes, photographs, video clips, and audio recordings about the life and literary career of Anna Akhmatova.
Digital collection of Soviet documents on Soviet-West German relations during the Brezhnev era.
Digital library that contains digital copies of Ukrainian diaspora publications from the pre-revolution period through the post-Soviet era.
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 library of the National Library of Estonia, containing tens of thousands of digital copies of Soviet-era Estonian publications.
Digital database of newspapers, journals, and serials published in Estonia from 1811 till today. Users can search by date of publication, publication title, article headline, keywords, author, and other parameters.
This digital collection presents visual and textual materials relating to the creative practices and material culture of the religious underground within the archives of the secret police in Central and Eastern Europe. This collection features confiscated photographs, surveillance photographs,…
A huge digital archive containing extensive documents from different archives in Ukraine, dedicated to Ukrainian national and resistant movements under the Soviet regime.
A digital archive and library of Soviet-era and later archaeological reports, surveys, and scholarship on Central Asia.
Digital collections of Hoover Institution Library and Archives, containing many Soviet posters, paintings, and English-language audio recordings related to Soviet topics from the 20th century.
A digital repository of Georgian posters of the 20th century.
The digital repository of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences contains digitized materials from the holdings of the Library (cultural heritage and scholarly sources, old books and periodicals, manuscripts, old postcards, drawings, photographs, etc.) and digital publications…
Digitized newspaper editions of the Berlin State Library, including several Russian emigres newspapers, such as Novoe slovo, Naš mir, and Nakanune.
A digital project that presents more than 1000 archival records of the 19th-20th centuries about Germans living in Georgia and Transcaucasia.
Collection of English translations of Soviet documents and leaders' speeches on the Russian Revolution, the establishment of the Bolshevik power, and Stalinism.
Online database of legal acts of Lithuania, containing the official texts of legislation adopted in Lithuania during its Soviet period. It also contains texts of international laws and international agreements that involved Lithuania.
Document collections published by the State Archives of Latvia, some of which have digital versions freely available via this web page.
Archive of Lithuanian movies from 1930 till today, containing thousands of Soviet Lithuanian productions.
Digitized fonds information, finding aids, and some original documents of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine.
Digital archive of the State Archive of Central State Archives of Public Organizations of Ukraine that provides access to the full-text reference apparatus of the archive and its digitized fonds. Digitized materials are available for viewing online, and non-digitized cases can be ordered to the…
Digital collection of civil status registration records of the Luhansk region between 1939-1945, as well as imperial-era metric books.
A Twitter account that shares 20th-century photography, architecture & design of Central and Eastern Europe.
Selected covers of the German satirical magazine Simplicissimus that reflect historical events in Eastern Europe in the 20th century.
A Twitter account that shares clips of Soviet and Eastern European animation.
Ebook editions of a growing number of volumes from the Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series.
English-language journal that provides information about Soviet economy, published by the State Bank of the USSR.
Digital archival system of the archives of Lithuania, where you can easily access extensive digitized archival documents and finding aids of Lithuanian state archives.
The largest digital cultural heritage portal in Lithuania which has been in operation for more than 15 years. Currently, it contains over 280,000 items of cultural heritage. Its content is created and new additions to the portal are made by 24 institutions including libraries, museums, and archives.
Digital library created by the Central Scientific Library of V. Karazin Kharkiv National University. It contains digital copies of rare books, manuscripts, and periodicals related to science and education. In particular, it has a big collection of Kharkiv publications.
This collection of open access sources provides links to primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. The documents cover a broad range of historical events (political, economic, social, and cultural) in each of the 49 European countries, including 10…
A site with a variety of documents and objects relating to Europe and its history and culture. The Russian collections contain a sporadic group of materials on Soviet daily life and culture.
Operation SOLO was a long-running FBI program to infiltrate the Communist Party of the United States and gather intelligence about its relationship to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, China, and other communist nations. It officially began in 1958 and ended in 1977. The records of the…
Digital archive of more than 6700 digital copies of FBI documents. One can find records of the Operation SOLO and investigations of Soviet spies in this archive.
Digital film and sound archive of the National Archives of Estonia. Here you can find thousands of Soviet Estonian movies as well as sound recordings. Movies can be played on the website directly.
Photo database of the National Archives of Estonia, containing a huge number of photographs from different periods.
Open-access archive of the CIA, containing a large number of declassified CIA reports, leaked Soviet documents, oral history, etc.
The official Russian YouTube channel of Mosfilm, presenting thousands of Soviet and Russian films.