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Digital library of various historical documents developed by the Russian Historical Society.
Document exhibition dedicated to the economic development during the Russian Revolution and early years of the Soviet power.
Document collection on Soviet economy during the Great Patriotic War.
Integrated digital archive of Hungary's major archives. Here you can find digital copies or digital transcriptions of many Communist-era documents related to Soviet-Hungarian relations.
Virtual exhibitions of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
The Old Hong Kong Newspapers Collection is a selective collection of major old Hong Kong Newspapers published from early Hong Kong to nowadays, aiming at preserving historical news reporting of Hong Kong for reference and research. Many newspaper articles are related to the Soviet Union. Notably,…
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.
Online finding aids and digital archive of the Russian State Archive.
Downloadable document collections of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. The collection contains 20 publications covering several major topics in Soviet history, including the Great Terror, World War Ⅱ, the Russian Orthodox Church under Soviet power, etc.
Digital archival search and reading system of the Academia Historica of Taiwan, where you can find a lot of interesting documents from the Guomindang government and officials about the Soviet Union and Sino-Soviet relations, particularly in the Republican period in China. Most documents can be read…
Online publications, including document collections, digital projects, and thematic collections, of the Russian State Archive.
A number of digitized document collections published by the State Archive of Tomsk Oblast.
Online newspaper collections published by the State Archival Service of Novosibirsk Oblast.
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…
Integrated database of digital resources from the archive and library of the Institute of Modern History of Taiwan. In the database you can find thousands of Chinese accounts on Soviet topics in this database, especially from the pre-1949 period.
Digital library with digitized materials from libraries in the Ural region.
Memoirs of Gulag prisoners or their descendants.
Digital texts of Andrei Sakharov's publications, public speeches, interview transcriptions, and memoirs.
Digitized archival documents from the archive of Alexander Yakovlev, covering various topics in Soviet history.
Digital collections of extensive published and unpublished materials at the Presidential Library of Russia.
Collection of digital editions of imperial Russian and Soviet periodicals.
Digitized documents from the archive of Yegor Gaidar, including plentiful interesting documents on the Soviet economy, foreign relations, and other questions, especially on the late Soviet period.
A huge digital collection of church manuscripts and old books from the imperial period to the early Soviet years.
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 archive of United Nations documents, where one can find many historical files related to the Soviet Union.
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.
A private digital collection of extensive imperial Russian and Soviet documents on various topics.
A private digital collection of extensive imperial Russian and Soviet documents on various topics.
Digital archive of major Soviet journals.
Soviet archives collected by Vladimir Bukovsky on various domestic political and foreign policy issues.
Digital archive containing 20th-Century US legal documents on American diplomacy. You can find many documents on Soviet-US relations here.
Free access publications include "Leninskoe znamia", "Novyi pit", "Znamia truda", and regional versions of "Pravda".
Digital library of various types of published materials from the Moldova SSR.
Digital library that contains digital books, periodicals, photographs, videos, and audio materials on the history, people, and culture of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and the city of Birobidzhan.
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.
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia, mainly covering local history.
This digital reading room provides access to digital finding aids for documents in the National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia. However, you can only access the documents per se in person at the archive.
Digital projects and online exhibits of archival documents from the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic. Some projects are based on abundant archival documents and old photographs.
Many well-organized, user-friendly online exhibitions and digital projects based on archival documents from the State Archive of Perm Krai, covering topics such as the 1917 Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, urban development, railway construction, local Old Believers, as well as less known themes…
A very helpful digital portal that includes various digital projects, databases, and online exhibitions based on archival materials from the Perm region. Both thematic and chronological coverages of the projects in the digital reading room are quite extensive.
A very helpful and user-friendly digital archive providing access to extensive archival materials from Rostov Oblast. In the "Виртуальный читальный зал" section, users can access finding aids for archival documents as well as some original documents. In the "Вирзуальная библиотека" section, users…
A lot of well-organized and interesting online exhibitions on various topics, ranging from local history to foreign relations, such as Russians in Harbin. Most exhibitions consist of abundant interesting documents.
Plentiful interesting exhibitions based on abundant archival materials.
A Russian federal project that presents thousands of degrees and orders of the State Defence Committee of the USSR with accompanying materials as well as other types of archival materials on the Second World War. Apart from the major exhibits of the project, on the page there are two links to other…
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.
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…
Digitized journals and newspapers of the Russian National Library. Users can choose the date of publication to see what issues are available, or use the search bar at the top of the page to search titles of the publication.
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.
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.
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.