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Official organ of the Russian Soviet Government Bureau in the United States (1919-1922).
A database of information about editions of classic Soviet samizdat, 1956-1986. The Database includes approximately 300 titles, representing all known types of samizdat periodical editions from this late Soviet era, including human rights bulletins, poetry anthologies, rock zines, religious and…
English-language journal published by the Soviet Union Information Bureau in Washington D.C.
A Twitter account that shares Soviet photographs, architecture & design, and USSR propaganda art.
Collection of Soviet postcards from different periods and regions.
A digital collection of photographs, posters, political cartoons, art, etc. about Joseph Stalin on the site of the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
LiveJournal page of a website "Istoriia gosudarstva", dedicated to the study of Russian and Soviet history. The LiveJournal blog often shares primary source materials on various topics.
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.
Integrated digital archival information system of Poland, containing digital copies of materials from various Polish archives. You can find many materials related to the Soviet Union and Polish-Soviet relations on this site.
Selected Chinese, Soviet, and English-language press content that reflects the Sino-Soviet ideological debate in the 1950s and 1960s. All materials presented on the website are in English.
Digital archive containing 20th-Century US legal documents on American diplomacy. You can find many documents on Soviet-US relations here.
The Blavatnik Archive is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving and disseminating materials that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia. This digital archive now contains over 113,000 items of…
Digital books collection of the National Library of Latvia, providing open access to plentiful digitized Soviet Latvian books on various topics.
Centropa is a digital project with the goal of preserving Jewish memory in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, and the former Soviet Union. In the archive of the project you can find numerous transcripted interviews, photographs, and documents about Jewish life in the former Soviet…
This publication lists all the members of the Central Committee and the Central Auditing Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) who were elected at different Congresses of the CPSU.
Digital encyclopedia of anti-Revisionism developed by the Marxists Internet Archive, containing English translations of representative anti-Revisionist materials from China, Albania, and many western countries.
A digital project presenting extensive documents related to the First Republic of Georgia.
Oral history interview with Mr. Denys Stavnychyi by St. Andrew's Episcopal School Student Conrad Osipowicz. In this interview Stavnychyi, who lived in the Ukraine at the time of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, reiterates the seriousness of the tragedy and reflects on the inefficiency of the…
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Here you can find numerous free-access materials produced in or related to the Soviet Union, including tons of English-language files.
Digital collections from Russia at the New York Public Library, mostly consisting of paintings, maps, and documents from imperial Russia.
Digital copy of historian Omeljan Pritsak's inaugural lecture on the Origin of Rus' at Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute in 1975, shared by Steven Seegel on Twitter.
Digital database of periodical publications of Latvia from the 18th century till today. The database provides open access to plentiful digitized Soviet-era Latvian periodical issues, including those published by Latvian diaspora groups.
Verbatim transcripts of such historic meetings as the Polish Communist party’s leadership on the day after Solidarity swept the June 1989 elections, Solidarity leader Walesa’s talk in Warsaw with German chancellor Kohl on the day the Berlin Wall was to fall, Soviet leader Gorbachev’s meetings with…
A memory project conducted among families from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Perm. In each family extensive interviews were carried out with the oldest relatives, who were able to explain the context of their family archives and relate them to the family history. This represents a unique collection…
Digital collection of Soviet posters.
Economic and population data on the famine in the Soviet Union in the early 1930s.
This encyclopedia provides the most complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present. It provides access to various historical materials related to Soviet Jews.
The entirely digitize League of Nations Archives, estimated to contain some 15 million pages of content. The archives include tons of Soviet-related documents on a variety of topics.
The UN Archives Geneva platform gives access to the fonds and collections managed by the United Nations Library and Archives in Geneva, including the archives of the United Nations in Geneva, the League of Nations (1919-1946), international peace movements (from 1870), and private papers. The…
Archival documents, including author bio, letters, and official documents, related to Osip Mandelstam.
English-language journal about the Soviet Union, published by the Soviet embassy in the United States.
Official English-language information bulletin published by the Soviet embassy in the United States.
Declassified National Security Agency (U.S.A.) documents of the Venona program.
Information portal of the National Archives of Estonia, where you can find links to various digital archives, digital libraries, online databases, and digital projects of Estonian archives.
A few well-organized online exhibitions of documents from Latvian archives, many of which are dedicated to Soviet political repressions in Latvia.
A civic project that collects and presents oral history interviews, photographs, archival documents, and other materials related to Soviet political repressions in Belarus.
Huge digital archive containing extensive archival documents from all over the world.
The University of Nottingham's rare collection of Soviet war posters.
A huge digital library of the Library of Congress, containing many files from Russia and the former Soviet Union, including books, periodicals, photographs, paintings, maps, etc.
A website with a large number of digital copies of publications on Uzbek language, literature, and folklore. Many of these publications are contemporary works, but there is also a large amount of Soviet publications on the website. Apart from literary works and literary scholarship, the website also…
Digital library containing books, periodicals, and other types of materials related to Abkhazia.
Documentary film on the liberation of Austria in the Second World War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares historical agitational materials (mostly Soviet), including advertisements, posters, caricatures, and other types of materials.
Collection of Soviet posters during the Great Patriotic War.
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.
Yabloko party's digital collection of historical articles and books on Russian liberalism, culture, intelligentsia, and other political topics.
Online exhibit about Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the website of the Russian Historical Society. It contains documents, photographs, and physical objects about his life and work.
Online exhibition of archival documents on the Altai region during the first World War.
Website dedicated to Andrei Shingarev, one of the leaders of the Russian Constitutional Democratic party.
Collection of manuscripts, photographs, documents, and video clips about Andrei Platonov.