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Documents selected as ancillary material the Editor Projects associated with the Stalin Digital Archive.
Digital collection of audio recordings of Soviet politicians (mostly Lenin).
Photographs, manuscripts, paintings, and biographic information of Nikolai Gumilev. Published works, including Gumiliev's memoirs and others' memoirs about him, can also be found under the "biografiia i vospominaniia" tab on the left.
Photographs of Lithuanian anti-Soviet fighters and postwar deportees.
A site created by Russian enthusiast of Volga German history Alexander Spak containing detailed information on the history of Volga German settlements until 1941, when the mass deportation of Soviet Germans to Siberia and Central Asia began amid the Nazi German invasion of the U.S.S.R., and on the…
An online exhibit of digitized Soviet and Russian newspaper editions from the 1980s through the 1990s that illuminate the transformation of Russian society in that period.
Open-access archival documents on Stalinist Great Terror.
Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives presents an in-depth look at life in the Gulag through exhibits featuring original documentaries and prisoner voices; an archive filled with documents and images; and teaching and bibliographic resources that encourage further study.
Open-access digital collections of Harvard Library, containing many digitized books, periodicals, maps, archival documents, photographs, and other types of primary source materials for researching Soviet history in various languages.
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online provides access to digitized materials selected from the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS). The digital collection consists chiefly of summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early…
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Here you can find hundreds of thousands of documents and publications, in various languages, that were published in the Soviet Union or about the…
A YouTube channel dedicated to Russian/Soviet and world history. It presents numerous historical video materials, documentaries, oral history interviews, and educational resources (lectures, etc.)
Website devoted to the history of Azerbaijan. It includes numerous documents (orders, congress proceedings, reports, notes, etc.) on the subject, as well as some images of Soviet-era currency.
A LiveJournal blog that has shared numerous imperial Russian and Soviet photographs, maps, as well as other materials.
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.
Moldavian historian Igor Casu's Academia.edu page, where he has shared many document collections and original archival documents on KGB activities in the Moldavian SSR, Soviet-Romanian relations, and other subjects.
Images, photographs, and video material on Russia, East and Southeast Europe.
Biographical data of more than 15,000 people in the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians from its founding until its liquidation, in 1879-1927.
Official English-language information bulletin published by the Soviet embassy in the United States.
Online projects based on archival documents from the Tver Center for Documentation of Contemporary History.
Painting of Ivan Alekseevich Vladimirov (1869-1947), a Russian painter and draftsman of the realistic school of painting.
An American, James Maxwell Pringle was in Russia on business for the First National City Bank of New York in 1917 and 1918. His photographs document scenes of the Russian Revolution, and his trip through eastern Russia, China, and Korea to Japan
A huge database of maps and other cartographic materials published in the territory of Estonia in different periods.
Online audio archive of Soviet and Russian history, consisting of audio recordings of Soviet and world leaders' speeches, radio broadcasts, and other audio materials.
Extensive former KGB documents, including archival documents and KGB journals and books, presented by the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania.
Digital archive of tens of thousands of film clips from various Russian/Soviet film studios.
This digital library provides access to more than 150,000 documents digitized by La Contemporaine: printed matter and archival material, drawings, paintings, photographs, posters, and objects, allowing you to delve into the sources of 20th-century history.
A database that collects information related to the historical heritage of the diaspora in Latvia and the world. This heritage consists of the documents of both individuals and organizations, covering the period from the years of the Second World War to the regaining of Latvia's independence.
Digital archive of documents of the State Security Committee (KGB) of the Latvia SSR, containing extensive documents about the structure, personnel, and operation of the KGB in Latvia.
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.
In the spring of 1959, UW alumni and staff member Lawrence G. "Larry" Monthey joined a tour of the Soviet Union and other European countries. This photo collection documents his trip.
Digital archive that provides open access to a large body of Ukrainian historical periodicals. Currently, the project has digitized more than 600 periodical editions in Ukrainian, Polish, German, Romanian, Yiddish, Crimean Tatar, and Russian languages published in various regions in Ukraine and…
The link takes one to the page of the Library of Congress collections for the keyword "Soviet Union" filtered by those materials available online. One can also search this library for other keywords using various filters (on the left) in order to narrow the search.
A YouTube Channel with plentiful historical video materials about Kazakhstan, specifically about Dinmukhamed Kunaev and the Jambul Region.
Online database that contains numerous digital copies of Soviet periodical publications.
A site devoted to 1980s resistance movements in Eastern Europe and the events leading up to 1989. It contains official documents, American intelligence files, photographs, posters, and other documents.
Digital map collections and geographical databases on Russia, East and Southeast Europe
A huge digital library dedicated to Marxism around the world.
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.
The official English YouTube channel of Mosfilm, presenting over 1000 Soviet and Russian films with English subtitles.
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…
Digital catalog of the National Archives of the United States. Here you can find open-access records from different US governmental agencies on Soviet issues.
The official YouTube channel of the National Archives of Armenia, where you can find numerous Soviet Armenian films, cartoons, and video clips from the Soviet era.
Online database of the official texts of legislation of Uzbekistan from 1925 till today.
Information portal developed by the National Library of Latvia for searching and accessing digital materials from different sources.
The virtual reading room of the National Security Archive (George Washington University), containing documents about American-Soviet relations, the Cold War, and other Soviet events relevant to U.S. national security.
NATO's digital archive, containing thousands of declassified or unclassified NATO memorandum, analytical reports, and other types of documents regarding the Soviet Union.
Digital archive of the editions of The New York Times from 1851 till today, containing many Soviet-related reports.
The Harvard Law School Library's Nuremberg Trials Project is an open-access initiative to create and present digitized images or full-text versions of the Library's Nuremberg documents, descriptions of each document, and general information about the trials.
The Wende Museum is an art museum and historical archive dedicated to the Cold War. Its online collections consist of artworks, artifacts, documents, films, and historical witness interviews related to the subject.