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Digital collection of Soviet-era fine art works.
Digital newspaper collection of the Saratov State University, containing editions of local official party newspaper.
A private digital library that contains digital transcriptions of many contemporary and Soviet books and articles on politics, history, law, and cybernetics.
Full-text digital archive of The Atlantic, containing all of its issues from 1857 till today. The journal extensively reported on the Soviet Union on various topics. More than 3000 articles on the Soviet Union can be found in the digital archive.
Online document exhibitions of the Russian Historical Society.
Thematic collections of Russian and Soviet caricature works.
Oral history project of the Museum of Gulag history that recollects memories of the people who were affected by Soviet political repressions. Interviewees include the repressed themselves, their children, former NKVD members, Children of NKVD members, the dekulakized, deportees, and labor armyists.
A set of archival documents on different events during the Great Patriotic War.
Photograph collection on the Great Patriotic War.
Virtual exhibitions of rare books, manuscripts, maps, and other published and unpublished materials from the Russian National Library.
Virtual exhibition of Soviet posters produced during the Second World War.
Online exhibitions of the Memorial Museum-Reserve of the History of Political Repressions "Perm-36, mostly dedicated to Soviet political repressions.
Online exhibition dedicated to the WWⅡ experience of Samara.
Online exhibition dedicated to the repressed scientists and scholars of the USSR.
Online document exhibition dedicated to the history of GOELRO (State Commission for Electrification of Russia).
Online document exhibition dedicated to the fashion industry in the USSR.
Online document exhibition dedicated to the New Year celebration in the USSR.
Collection of audio recordings from prominent Soviet military officers.
Document exhibition on the postwar economic recovery of Crimea.
Document exhibition on significant milestones in Soviet and Russian economic life.
Oral history project on the death of Stalin. The project has collected more than 100 witness accounts on what happened on the day of Stalin's death.
Documentary film on the liberation of Austria in the Second World War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
Documentary film on the Great Patriotic War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
Document collection on the role of Russian Orthodox Church and Cossacks in the Great Patriotic War.
Collective online exhibition of the State Archives Administration of the PRC and Russian Federal Archival Agency on the Sino-Soviet cooperation during the Second World War.
Online exhibitions of the Russian State Military Archive.
PDF version of a 4-volume document collection on intelligentsia in Soviet Siberia.
Digital archive of the Soviet newspaper "Za nauku v Sibiri"
Digital archive of the Russian newspaper "Sibirskaia zhizn'" from 1894 to 1919.
Online exhibitions of the Scientific Library of Tomsk State University, some of which are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Selections of Russian newspaper clippings on various issues in the early 20th century.
Digital archive of the Second Historical Archives of China, currently containing digital copies of the documents of the Beiyang government and the digital catalog of documents from the Ministry of Education of the Guomindang government. A few documents are related to Soviet Russia and are available…
Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Morozov D.A. on the defense and defeat of the Germans in the Soviet Arctic in October 1944.
Digital collection of Nestor Makhn's works, including his memoirs, articles, and studies on him.
Document collection on early Soviet social policies on children, motherhood, and family from 1920 to 1930.
Diary entries of a deported Kurgan peasant from 1932.
A private database of socialist realist music and popular music related to ideology and patriotism. The section "rechi" (bottom left in white) includes some audio recordings of speeches by Soviet leaders.
A large informal website with numerous categories of interest. For instance, of interest are the sections "dokumenty" (under "materialy"), "zimnaia voina: propaganda (under "materialy"), "pis'ma" (under "materialy"), "plakaty," "fotografii." The site also has Stalin's collected works, but these may…
Online exhibition dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Online exhibition of archival documents on the Altai region during the first World War.
Online document collection on the activities of the Organizing Committee of the VTsIK of Altai Krai, 1937-1939.
English transcription of the memoir of Chiang Ching-kuo (Chiang Kai-shek's son) on his study experience in Soviet Russia during 1925-1937.
Online exhibitions and digitized document collections published by the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic.
This collection is from a series of collections about the SMAG. This series also includes referential material that explains the structure of SMAG, which is not linked in this guide since it is not a document collection.
This collection is from a series of collections about the SMAG. This series also includes referential material that explains the structure of SMAG, which is not linked in this guide since it is not a document collection
This collection is from a series of collections about the SMAG. This series also includes referential material that explains the structure of SMAG, which is not linked in this guide since it is not a document collection
Transcripts of the meetings of the Special Council under the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in the South of Russia A. I. Denikin
Document collection dedicated to Gulag prisoners who built Soviet energy facilities.
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Vladimir Oblast. Topics include two World Wars, Russian Revolution, local intellectuals, etc.