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Digital library containing books, periodicals, and other types of materials related to Abkhazia.
Electronic library of the V. Ia. Shishkov Altai Krai Universal Scientific Library. It contains numerous resources (books, archival documents, maps, etc.) on the local history of Altai Krai, as well as collections of local newspapers.
Digital repository of four state libraries in Siberia and the Altai region, which provides free access to abundant digitized regional publications.
A digital library containing publications on and from the Don region, including books and periodicals.
An electronic library of books, brochures, and periodicals from the Tambov oblast on local history and social, economic, and political life.
Collection of digitized books, brochures, and periodicals on Russian and Soviet history from the Karelian Republic.
Digitized documents from the personal fond of Stalin from the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
Collection of a number of Russian central and local newspapers of during the First World War and the Russian Civil War
Digital library of Irkutsk Oblast State Universal Scientific Molchanov-Sibirskii Library, containing a huge number of digital copies of Soviet books, periodicals, and photographs about the Irkutsk region.
Digital collection of periodicals of the Irkutsk region.
Digital library of the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, containing digital copies of Russian and Soviet literary publications, including literary works, literary studies, and literary journals editions, from the imperial period till today.
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.
Digital exhibits of the Museum of the Political History of Russia.
National Electronic Library of Russia, containing tons of digitized books. maps, musical scores, periodicals, and other types of materials. It can also be used as a unified bibliographic system for identifying and locating published materials in Russia.
Digital library of the Udmurt Republic, containing tens of thousands of digital copies of various publications from several local libraries and organizations.
Russian-language diaries and personal correspondence on wars in the 20th century.
Russian-language memoirs on wars in the 20th century.
Primary source documents on 20th-century wars.
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.
Digital archival information system that provides open access to numerous digitized archival documents from major archival institutions of Taiwan. Here you can find thousands of Soviet-related documents and access many of them directly from the website.
Digital archive of the National Archives Administration of Taiwan, where you can find tons of documents from various state organs of the Republic of China throughout the 20th century. Currently, hundreds of documents related to the Soviet Union and Russia have been digitized and are available on the…
Digital Japanese newspaper clippings collection developed by the Kobe University Library, providing open-access to articles from various Japanese newspapers published in the 20th century. Many articles are related to Japanese-Soviet-Chinese relations.
Digital archive of the Iofe Fond, containing archival documents, memoirs, biographic data, and other types of materials related to Soviet political repression and civil activism.
Digital museum presenting thousands of exhibits, archival documents, and photographs on the history of Gulag and Soviet political repression.
The official website of the State Archive of the Altai Krai, which provides free access to numerous digitized archival materials from the archive.
Extensive former KGB documents, including archival documents and KGB journals and books, presented by the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania.
Open-access full-text database of Chinese-language Marxist works, developed by the Marxists Internet Archive. It contains the Chinese translations of Lenin's works and many other Soviet publications. It also has many documents related to Sino-Soviet relations, such as a 21-volume document collection…
NATO's digital archive, containing thousands of declassified or unclassified NATO memorandum, analytical reports, and other types of documents regarding the Soviet Union.
The André Savine Collection is composed of several large sub-collections documenting the lives of Russian exiles. The most distinguished of these, named by Savine “Militaria,” documents the life of the Russian White Army in Gallipoli and beyond.
Digitized scientific works, diaries, and personal correspondence of Vladimir Vernadskii, a Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, as well as literature on him.
Huge digital archive containing extensive archival documents from all over the world.
Documents selected as ancillary material the Editor Projects associated with the Stalin Digital Archive.
A Russian federal project aimed at "retain the historical memory about the tragedy of the peaceful population of the USSR - victims of the war crimes of nazis and their accomplices during the Great Patriotic War." Under the framework of the project, archives across Russia have published a series of…
A well-designed digital library based on extensive archival documents from the State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast. The digital library is divided into several sections, including digital exhibitions, online document collections, digital collections, online periodicals, etc. It would be a very…
Digital information portal on the Great Patriotic War in Leningrad that includes various databases, digital projects, online exhibitions, and downloadable document collections. One can find a lot of interesting documents following the links to different projects on this page.
Digital collections of Russian National Library that provide open access to extensive pre- and post-1917 publications on a variety of themes.
Digital library of the Russian Academy of Sciences that provides open access to extensive digitized academic publications as well as relevant archival documents, museum objects, and photographs.
Digital library that provides open access to thousands of Soviet academic publications related to science and technology.
Digital project led by the Mayakovsky Library, with the participation of many other libraries in Saint-Petersburg. Apart from publications of all sorts, this digital library provides open access to many digitized publications on Saint-Petersburg.
Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Karelia, containing many digitized local publications of the Soviet period. It also has a lot of publications and manuscripts in Finnish language.
Digital library of the Perm State Library of Maksim Gorky, containing a lot of interesting publications from the Russian imperial times through the contemporary era. Apart from extensive publications in Russian, the digital library also provides access to publications in the Komi-Permyak language.
Digital library of Voronezh Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing a considerable number of digitized books and periodicals. Particularly, it has not only oblast-level but also raion-level periodicals.
Digital library of Magadan Oblast Universal Scientific Library. Currently, it has four collections: digitized issues of the journal "На севере дальнем" (from 1955 till today); digitized issues of the newspaper "Советская Колыма" (1936-1954); folklore of indigenous peoples; and works of Aleksandr…
Digital collection of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library on the history of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, containing extensive books and periodicals from and on the region.
Digital library of Penza Oblast Library, containing hundreds of digitized Soviet books and periodical issues, most of which were published locally.
Digital library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific library that contains digital copies of many Soviet books on the Sakhalin region.
Digital library of the Ulyanovsk Oblast Lenin Scientificc Library, containing digital copies of many pre-revolution and Soviet books and periodical issues.
Digital library of the National Library of Ukraine named after Yaroslav Wise focusing on Ukrainian cultural heritage. Here users can find publications from different periods on Ukrainian cultural topics.
Digital library of rare children's publications that came out between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century at the National Library of Ukraine for Children.
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.