Электронная библиотека (репозиторий) ТГУ (Digital Library (Repository) of Tomsk State University)
science
history
education
culture
humanities
social sciences
natural science
Digital library of the Tomsk State University, providing open access to digitized university publications, archival documents, and other types of materials.
Tomsk State University
Link to the Resource
Digital library
Russian
Russia
Tomsk Oblast
Siberia
Электронная библиотека Архивной службы Курской области (Digital Library of the Archival Service of Kursk Oblast)
political institution
peasantry
socialist construction
agriculture
economy
Revolution
Party organization
architecture
historiography
railroad
Digital library of the Archival Administration of Kursk Oblast that provides access to PDF versions of a bunch of Soviet publications on the Kursk region, as well as some imperial Russian publications.
Archival Service of Kursk Oblast
Digital document collection
Kursk Oblast
Электронная библиотека БГУ (Digital Library of the Belarusian State University)
art
literature
theater
literature & arts
A huge digital library providing open access to digital copies of Soviet-era Belarusian academic and pedagogical publications, as well as documents and publications of the university.
Belarusian State University
Belarusian
Belarus
Электронная библиотека Белинки (Electronic Library "Belinki")
Russian Revolution
Russian Civil War
industrialization
collectivization
forestry
folklore
Great Patriotic War
local study
local administration
local history
healthcare
New Economic Policy
Digital library with digitized materials from libraries in the Ural region.
Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library
Ural
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Электронная библиотека Государственного архива Новосибирской области (Digital Library of the State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast)
infrastructure
World War Ⅱ
urban history
Soviet-Afghan War
Leningrad Blockade
women
light industry
October Revolution
children
Soviet-Finnish War
printing
newspaper
periodicals
deportation
Kalmyk
intellectual
personal narrative
defence
trans-Siberian railroad
space program
transportation
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 useful resource for researching the Novosibirsk region, as well as most common topics in Soviet history.
State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast
Digital collection
Novosibirsk Oblast
Novosibirsk
Leningrad
Omsk
Электронная библиотека государственного архива социально-политической истории Тюменской области (Digital Library of the State Archive of Socio-Political History of Tyumen Oblast)
Red Army
administrative-territorial division
A digital collection consisting of early Soviet periodicals in Tyumen and a book on the history of administrative-territorial delimitation in Tyumen oblast.
State Archive of Socio-Political History of Tyumen Oblast
Tyumen Oblast
Электронная библиотека государственного архива Тюменской области (Digital Library of the State Archive of Tyumen Oblast)
geography
A collection of digital copies of old books and document collections prepared by the State Archive of Tyumen Oblast.
State Archive of Tyumen Oblast
Электронная библиотека ГПИБ (Digital Library of the State Public Historical Library of Russia)
bibliography
law
justice
legislation
Cossack
religion
Russian diaspora
futurism
nationalities
library
diplomacy
foreign relations
Komsomol
general
World War Ⅰ
legal source
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.
State Public Historical Library of Russia
USSR
global
Электронная библиотека ИМЛИ РАН (Digital Library of A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
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.
A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Электронная библиотека Института русской литературы (Пушкинского Дома) РАН (Digital Library of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
scholarship
The digital library of the Institute of Russian Literature of the RAS, providing free access to digital copies of the Institute's publications and other literary studies publications.
Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Электронная библиотека исторических документов (Electronic Library of Historical Documents)
World War I
political repression
Cold War
Perestroika
technology
aviation
anti-Semitism
Jewish
White Army
Gulag
Comintern
youth
security service
partisan
Digital library of various historical documents developed by the Russian Historical Society.
Russian Historical Society
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Armenia
Georgia
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Central Asia
South Caucasus
Germany
Электронная библиотека Липецкой области (Digital Library of Lipetsk Oblast)
press
everyday life
agitation
industry
natural resource
leisure
resort
climate
environment
propaganda
Digital library of Lipetsk Oblast Universal Scientific Library, consisting of book collections and periodical collections. Most books are from imperial Russia, but there are also some Soviet publications on the region, especially some statistical reports. The periodical collections have not only Soviet-era oblast-level publications but also raion-level periodicals.
Lipetsk Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Lipetsk Oblast
Tambov
Электронная библиотека Национальной библиотеки Республики Татарстан (Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan)
national culture
language
ecology
The digital library of the national library of Tatarstan (different from the National Digital Library of Tatarstan), containing digitized published materials on the history Kazan and the Republic of Tatarstan, and on the region's economic, political, cultural and scientific development.
National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
Tatar
Tatarstan
Электронная библиотека Новосибирской государственной областной научной библиотеки (Digital Library of Novosibirsk Oblast State Scientific Library)
astronomy
cartography
satire
industrial development
German
avant-garde
Digital library that contains a great number of digital copies of publications on the history, culture, people, traditions, and everyday life of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberia in general.
Novosibirsk Oblast State Scientific Library
Far East
ЭЛЕКТРОННАЯ БИБЛИОТЕКА Петербурга (Digital Library of Petersburg)
music
fine arts
philosophy
psychology
history of science
intellectual history
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.
Mayakovsky Library
Saint-Petersburg
Электронная библиотека портала Архивы России (The Electronic Library of the Portal "Archives of Russia")
Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
politics
Nazi
The electronic library of the Federal Archival Agency's Portal of the Archives of Russia. It contains several document collections, notably one consisting of documents from the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
Federal Archival Agency of Russia
Электронная библиотека Республики Ингушетии (Digital Library of the Republic of Ingushetia)
kolkhoz
This digital library provides open access to limited digitized Soviet newspaper issues and more contemporary publications. Access to books and dissertations requires registration and confirmation from the library.
National Library of the Republic of Ingushetia
Ingush
Ingushetia
Caucasus
Электронная библиотека Республики Карелия (Digital Library of the Republic of Karelia)
biology
military
geology
land use
mathematics
medicine
political science
mass media
chemistry
economics
linguistics
Russian Orthodox Church
museum
sport
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.
National Library of the Republic of Karelia
Finnish
Republic of Karelia
Электронная библиотека РНБ (Digital Library of the Russian National Library)
Russian avant-garde
Digital library of the Russian National Library, providing free access to a large number of digitized pre-revolution and Soviet literature.
Russian National Library
other
Электронная библиотека Российского государственного военного архива (Electronic Library of the Russian State Military Archive)
Spanish Russian Civil War
international relations
Czechoslovak Legion
Digital library of the Russian State Military Archive that provides access to several published document collections.
Russian State Military Archive
Digital Library
Электронная библиотека Санкт-Петербургской государственной театральной библиотеки (Electronic Library of the St. Petersburg State Theater Library)
dramaturgy
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.
St. Petersburg State Theater Library
Электронная библиотека СПбПУ (Digital Library of the Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University)
Digital library of the Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University, containing digital copies of the university's publications, including academic books and periodicals, as well as more general publications on university history and everyday life.
Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Электронная библиотека УрГПУ (Digital Library of the Ural State Pedagogical University)
pedagogy
philology
Digital library of the Ural State Pedagogical University, containing digital copies of the university's publications from 1938 till today, including academic books and periodicals, mostly dedicated to pedagogy.
Ural State Pedagogical University
Sverdlovsk
Электронная библиотека федерального архивного агентства РФ (Digital Library of the Federal Archival Agency of the Russian Federation)
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
Ukrainian national movements
Andrei Vlasov
Online library of the Russian Federal Archival Agency that provides downloadable PDFs of several document collections.
Poland
Eastern Europe
Latin America
Asia
Ukraine
Moscow
Europe
USA
North America
Canada
Электронная библиотека Чувашской Республики (Digital Library of the Chuvash Republic)
nature
Digital library of the National Library of the Chuvash Republic, containing many local publications in Russian and Chuvash languages during the Soviet times.
National Library of the Chuvash Republic
Chuvash
Chuvashiia
Электронная библиотека Югры (Digital Library of Yurga)
oil
Finno-Ugric
folk culture
Digital library of the State Library of Yurga, containing plentiful local publications from the Soviet era.
State Library of Yurga
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
ЭЛЕКТРОННАЯ КОЛЛЕКЦИЯ ИЗДАНИЙ XIX — I ПОЛОВИНЫ XX ВЕКА (Digital Collection of Publications of the 19th - the First Half of the 20th Centuries)
engineering
Digital collections of scientific publications from the second half of the 19th century through the first half of the 20th century from the Republican Scientific-Technical Library of Belarus. The collection is still being worked on, so only a few publications listed there are downloadable.
Republican Scientific-Technical Library of Belarus
Электронная коллекция изданий на финском языке (Digital collection of publications in the Finnish Language)
borderland
Finns
expedition
A collection of publications, including books and periodicals, in the Finnish language from the imperial Russian through the early Soviet times.
Finno-Ugric Libraries of Russia
Finland
Murmansk
Электронная коллекция Орловской областной научной универсальной публичной библиотеки имени И. А. Бунина (Digital Collection of Oryol Oblast Bunin Scientific Public Library)
ethnography
trade
Digital collection of publications from/on Oryol Oblast.
Oryol Oblast Bunin Scientific Public Library
Oryol Oblast
Электронная Сибирь: Communities and Collections (Electronic Siberia: Communities and Collections)
Digital repository of four state libraries in Siberia and the Altai region, which provides free access to abundant digitized regional publications.
Altai Krai V. Ia. Shishkov Universal Scientific Library
Kemerov Oblast V. D. Fedorov Scientific Library
Tomsk Oblast Pushkin Universal Scientific Library
Altai Krai
Электронные версии газет - Саратовский национальный исследовательский государственный университет имени Н. Г. Чернышевского (Digital Versions of Newspapers - Saratov State University)
Digital newspaper collection of the Saratov State University, containing editions of local official party newspaper.
Saratov State University
Saratov Oblast
Электронные выставки архивных документов Государственного исторического архива Сахалинской области (Digital Exhibitions of Archival Documents of the State Historical Archive of Sakhalin Oblast)
Korean
festival
pioneer organization
port
tourism
State Historical Archive of Sakhalin Oblast
Online exhibition
Sakhalin
Электронные выставки архивов Ленинградской области (Digital Exhibitions of the Archives of Leningrad Oblast)
commerce
family
Kronstadt Rebellion
Numerous well-organized online exhibits of archival documents from Leningrad oblast, covering various topics in the region's history.
Archival Administration of Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Электронные выставки Государственного архива Республики Бурятии (Digital Exhibitions of the State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia)
Tibetan Buddhism
Topics include the Great Patriotic War, Buriat national culture, religion, and nationalities questions.
State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia
Buryat
Buryatia
Mongolia
Электронные выставки Государственного архива Свердловского области (Digital Exhibitions of the State Archive of Sverdlovsk Oblast)
public health
genealogy
Plentiful interesting exhibitions based on abundant archival materials.
State Archive of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Электронные издания БУ "Государственный архив современной истории Чувашской Республики" (Electronic Publications of the State Archive of the Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic)
Ilia Prokopiev
Aleksandr Terentiev
Cheboksary
great Patriotic War
Online exhibitions and digitized document collections published by the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic.
State Archive of Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic
Chuvash Republic
Электронные издания Государственного архива современной истории Чувашской Республики (Digital Publications of the State Archive of Contemporary History of the Chuvash Republic)
Timurite movement
Chuvash national movement
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.
Digital project
Chuvashia
Электронные издания и видеовыставки Государственного исторического архива Чувашской Республики (Digital Publications and Video Exhibitions of the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic)
cinema
Online exhibitions and digital projects based on archival documents from the State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic, covering topics such as the 1917 Revolution, the Great Patriotic War, and urban, social, and cultural development in the region.
State Historical Archive of the Chuvash Republic
Электронные каталоги и базы данных библиотек Белгородской области (Digital Catalog and Databases of the Libraries of Belgorod Oblast)
foreign policy
film
book history
Digital library of the Belgorod State Universal Scientific Library, containing extensive regional publications, as well as materials from beyond the oblast.
Belgorod State Universal Scientific Library
Belgorod Oblast
Электронные коллекции Российской Национальной Библиотеки (Digital Collections of the Russian National Library)
February Revolution
Digital collections of Russian National Library that provide open access to extensive pre- and post-1917 publications on a variety of themes.
Электронные материалы ЦГА НТД (Digital Materials of the Central State Archive of Scientific-Technical Documentation of Kazakhstan)
medical institution
urban planning
Several digital document collections provided by the Central State Archive of Scientific-Technical Documentation of Kazakhstan on Kazakhstan's national scientists and scientific and technological development during the Soviet times.
Central State Archive of Scientific-Technical Documentation of Kazakhstan
Alma-Ata
Электронные ресурсы Национального архива Республики Карелия (Digital resources of the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia)
migration
A list of digital projects of the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia.
National Archive of the Republic of Karelia
Estonia
Электронные ресурсы центрального архива Министерства обороны РФ (Digital Resources of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of Russia)
Tehran Conference
memory
Online exhibitions, databases, and listings of documents of the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of Russia. The resources are mostly dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of Russia
Online database
Moldova
Электронные тексты и коллекции. Свердловская областная библиотека им. В. Г. Белинского (Digital Texts and Collections of Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library)
poetry
Digital collection of Sverdlovsk Oblast Belinsky Library, containing digital copies of many Soviet books in various categories.
Электронный архив В. И. Вернадского (Electronic Archive of V. I. Vernadskii)
mineralogy
geochemistry
Vladimir Vernadsky
Digitized scientific works, diaries, and personal correspondence of Vladimir Vernadskii, a Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist, as well as literature on him.
Vladimir Vernadsky Digital Archive
Электронный архив Государственного архива Западно-Казахстанской области (Digital Archive of the State Archive of West Kazakhstan Oblast)
Kazakh Famine
archive
Digital archive of the State Archive of Western-Kazakhstan Oblast. It consists of several sections, including a section on the archive's digital publications, a section on digitized historical periodicals, a section on digital exhibitions of archival documents, and a digital reading room for reading online finding aids of the archive.
State Archive of West Kazakhstan Oblast
Digital archive
Kazakh
Uralsk
Электронный архив научно-информационного центра "Фонд Иофе" (Санкт-Петербург) (Electronic Archive of the Scientific-informational Center "Iofe Fond" (Saint Petersburg))
Great Terror
opposition
human rights
civil society
NKVD
feminist movement
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.
Fond Iofe
China
Manchuria
Электронный архив национальной периодики - Национальная библиотека Узбекистана (Digital Archive of National Periodicals - National Library of Uzbekistan)
Digital archive of periodicals of Uzbekistan from the Soviet times till today. Though most digital copies in this archive are contemporary issues, users still can find quite a few digitized Soviet publications, such as Pravda Vostoka, Zvezda Vostoka, Vechernii Tashkent, etc.
National Library of Uzbekistan
Uzbek
Tashkent
Электронный архив Новосибирской области (Electronic Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast)
Electronic archive of Novosibirsk Oblast archive. It contains photographs of aspects of economic and social life in Novosibirsk and a number of maps of the region, as well as a few other documents on the Soviet period.
Electronic Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast
Электронный архив открытого доступа НИУ "БелГУ" (Open-Access Repository of the Belgorod National Research University)
Digital archive of the Belgorod State University, containing digitized publications of scholars from the university, including monographs, textbooks, articles, dissertations, etc.
Belgorod National Research University
Belgorod