Интернет-ресурсы по отечественной периодической печати - ГПИБР (Internet resources on domestic periodicals - SPHLR)
diaspora
printing
press
culture
science
everyday life
art
propaganda
literature & arts
This section on the website of the State Public Historical Library of Russia provides links to digital resources on Soviet and Russian periodicals. You can go to the Soviet section and follow the alphabetic indicators to find relevant online resources for the publication you want. The section also provides links to digital resources on Russian emigres periodicals.
State Public Historical Library of Russia
Link to the Resource
Digital collection
Russian
Russia
USSR
Armenia
Ukraine
Belarus
economy
political institution
Revolution
Russian Civil War
Kronstadt Rebellion
Great Terror
political repression
Great Patriotic War
Sino-Soviet relations
Sino-Soviet split
Party organization
women
Digital archive of English-language primary source documents, essays, books, and personal accounts related to Soviet history. Some of these are original English documents and accounts, some are English translations of Russian-language originals. The website also provides free access to digitized Soviet English-language journals, such as Sputnik and Soviet Woman.
Marxists Internet Archive
Digital archive
English
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Moldova
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Lithuania
Ukrainian Studies
children
literature
theater
ideology
history
linguistics
poetry
religion
political science
folklore
folk culture
personal narrative
Digital library that contains digital copies of Ukrainian diaspora publications from the pre-revolution period through the post-Soviet era.
Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication of the Classical Private University (Zaporizhia)
Digital library
Ukrainian
Poland
Canada
USA
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Europe
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 abroad from the late 19th century to the early 2010s.
Scientific Library of the Lviv National University named after Ivan Franko
Ukrainian State Scientific Archive Library
Polish
German
Romanian
Crimean Tatar
Yiddish
Italy
Austria
France
Romania
Germany
E-resource - оцифровані фонди - Центральний державний архів вищих органів влади та управління України (E-resource - Digitized Funds of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine)
World War Ⅱ
police
Verkhovna Rada
foreign relations
foreign policy
emigre
Digitized fonds information, finding aids, and some original documents of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine.
Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine
Документи оперативного штабу Рейхсляйтера Розенберга (Documents of the Operating Headquarters of Reichsleiter Rosenberg)
Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce
Nazi
Digital archive containing more than 130,000 pages of digitized OSHR documents from the fonds of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine.
Berlin
Kyiv
Netherlands
Belgium
Збірники документів - Центральний державний архів вищих органів влади та управління України (Document Collections of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine)
statehood
Holodomor
Ukrainian People's Republic
Downloadable document collections published by the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine. Most of these collections are dedicated to Ukrainian People's Republic. Other topics include Holodomor and Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce in Ukraine.
Digital document collection
Turkey
Центральний державний архів вищих органів влади та управління України (Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine)
Chernobyl
intellectual
political leader
nationalities
Official website of the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine. There are many interesting document exhibitions under the "ВИСТАВКИ" section. In the "Збірники документів" sub-section, you can download PDF versions of many document collections published by the archive. Also, on the main page of the website, there are links to several digital archives.
Online exhibition
Digital project
Інститут історії України (Institute of History of Ukraine)
social sciences
education
historiography
humanities
OUN
UPA
nation-building
Official website of the Institute of History of Ukraine, which presents a lot of useful digital resources. It provides access to digitized encyclopedias of the history of Ukraine published in different years. Its digital library contains full-text academic publications - books and periodicals - on the history of Ukraine published from the 1930s till today. On the "Projects" page, you can find various digital projects on Ukrainian history. The "Internet resources" page has links to hundreds of relevant external resources for studying the history of Ukraine.
Institute of History of Ukraine
е-АРХІВ МИХАЙЛА ГРУШЕВСЬКОГО (Mykhailo Hrushevsky Digital Archives)
Mykhailo Hrushevsky
Digital archive collectively developed by a series of Ukrainian cultural and academic institutions dedicated to Mykhailo Hrushevsky. The digital archive contains a library section, where you can download digitized copies of works of M. Hrushevsky and studies on him. In the archival section, you can find archival documents related to M. Hrushevsky's life and his work. The website also has an online gallery and links to relevant external internet resources.
Collective project of Ukrainian research institutions, archives, libraries, and museums.
Е-Архів - Державний архів Київської області (E-Archive of the State Archive of Kyiv Oblast)
local administration
Russian-Canadian-American Passenger Agency
justice
law
urban history
legal source
Digital archive of the State Archive of Kyiv Oblast. Currently, it provides open access to more than four thousand digital copies of archival documents from four fonds of the archive.
State Archive of Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Е-Архів - Державний архів м. Києва (E-Archive of the State Archive of the City of Kyiv)
archive
population
genealogy
Digital archive of the State Archive of the City of Kyiv. It contains information about the archive's fonds and digital finding aids for archival documents. It also has digital birth records of the city from 1919-1936 and digitized civil status registration documents of Kyiv from 1925-1935. Besides, it includes an online archive on the Chernobyl disaster based on archival documents from Kyiv city.
State Archive of the City of Kyiv
Online database
Виставки - Державний архів м. Києва (Exhibitions of the State Archive of the City of Kyiv)
Cossack
Ukrainian Revolution
Kureniv tragedy
Babyn Yar
Well-organized online exhibitions with abundant archival documents.
Digital Archive of Ukrainian Liberation Movement
nationalism
Ukrainian liberation movement
emigration
insurgency
ethnic conflict
Prague Spring
A huge digital archive containing extensive documents from different archives in Ukraine, dedicated to Ukrainian national and resistant movements under the Soviet regime.
Center for Research on the Liberation Movement
Lviv National Ivan Franko University
Digital Repository of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
bibliography
The digital repository of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences contains digitized materials from the holdings of the Library (cultural heritage and scholarly sources, old books and periodicals, manuscripts, old postcards, drawings, photographs, etc.) and digital publications by the Library (bibliographies, catalogs, scholarly articles, publications published on various occasions, etc.).
The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Lithuanian
Baltics
E-KINAS Virtualus kino archyvas (E-KINAS Virtual Movie Archive)
cinema
festival
pioneer organization
youth
sport
Archive of Lithuanian movies from 1930 till today, containing thousands of Soviet Lithuanian productions.
Lithuanian Central State Archive
Центральний державний електроний архів України (Central State Electronic Archives of Ukraine)
Taras Shevchenko
security service
KGB
secret police
NKVD
Digital archive that contains abundant digitized documents from different Ukrainian archives from the imperial and Soviet periods. Notably, it has a collection of criminal cases from the KGB archive of Crimea. The website also has several online exhibitions.
State Archive Service of Ukraine
Crimea
Donetsk
Архів архівного законодавствa (Archive of Archival Legislation)
Digital collection of Soviet-era normative and legal documents on archival affairs in Ukraine. It contains 195 full-text copies of documents from various archives in Ukraine.
Документи on-line - Державний архів Сумської області (Document Online - State Archive of Sumy Oblast)
P.O.W.
Digital archive of the State Archive of Sumy Oblast, containing digital copies of metric books, cards of ostarbeiters and POWs during the Second World War, other wartime documents and personal correspondence, documents from various state organs, and digital findings aids for the documents.
State Archive of Sumy Oblast
Sumy Oblast
Оцифровані справи - Державний архів Рівненської Області (Digitized Cases of the State Archive of Rivne Oblast)
Digitized copies of documents from the State Archive of Rivne Oblast. Currently, it has a collection of materials on the OUN-UPA that operated on the territory of the Rivne region; a collection of local civil status registration documents from imperial till Soviet times; and a collection of Soviet-era Rivne Regional Council documents.
State Archive of Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast
Виставки Online - Державний архів Рівненської Області (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Rivne Oblast)
Czech
deportation
local history
resistance
Jew
Soviet-Afghan War
Lesya Ukrainka
German colony
Many interesting and well-organized online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Rivne Oblast.
Електронний архів - Державний архів Волинської області (Digital Archive of the State Archive of Volyn Oblast)
Digital archive of the State Archive of Volyn Oblast. It contains descriptions of the fonds of the archive, and extensive digital copies of documents related to local administration, the Jewish community, and other topics. Notably, it provides open access to a great number of documents from the local KGB office.
State Archive of Volyn Oblast
Volyn
Електронний архів - Державний архів Вінницької області (Digital Archive of the State Archive of Vinnytsia Oblast)
Digital archive of the State Archive of the Vinnytsia Oblast that contains descriptions of the fonds and digital copies of extensive documents from local party and state organs. Notably, the digital archive contains a lot of documents from the local security service.
State Archive of Vinnytsia Oblast
Vinnytsia Oblast
veteran
Russian Revolution
urban planning
military
dissident
Cold War
intelligence
Digitized archival documents from the National Archives of Estonia. Though most documents are from the pre-1940 period, one can still find a lot of Soviet-era documents from this website.
National Archives of Estonia
Estonian
FILMIARKHIIVI INFOSÜSTEEM (FIS) (Film Archive Information System (FIS))
television
Digital film and sound archive of the National Archives of Estonia. Here you can find thousands of Soviet Estonian movies as well as sound recordings. Movies can be played on the website directly.
Virtuaalne uurimissaal - Rahvusarhiiv (Virtual Reading Room of the National Archives of Estonia)
cartography
architecture
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.
МІЖАРХІВНИЙ ПОШУКОВИЙ ПОРТАЛ (INTERARCHIVE SEARCH PORTAL)
Unified search engine for digital resources of three state archives of Ukraine: Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government, Central State Archive-Museum of Literature and Art, and Central State Archives of Public Organizations. Here you can find access to extensive digital copies of finding aids and original documents.
Holocaust
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 archival documents.
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center
ЕЛЕКТРОННА БІБЛІОТЕКА "УКРАЇНІКА" (Digital Library "Ukrainica")
ethnography
philosophy
demography
language
engineering
public health
agriculture
anthropology
archaeology
natural science
Ukrainica is a national reference information and documentary resource of archival, handwritten, and printed sources created in Ukraine or other countries about Ukraine, its history, economy, culture, and people. The digital library now provides open access to tons of digitized books and other types of materials.
National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi
global
Исторические материалы (Historical Materials)
Gulag
kolkhoz
Beria
Bukharin
trade
Gosplan
Zhdanov
Zinoviev
Kirov
dekulakization
Molotov
Trotsky
Politburo
demographics
housing
foreign trade
rehabilitation
transportation
A private digital project that provides open access to a huge number of primary sources for researching Russian and Soviet history, including published materials, archival documents (transcriptions), statistics, and photographs.
Aleksei Markov
Aleksandr Tsypin
Nikolai Slavnitskii
Olga Osipova
Библиотеке Totalarch (Library "Totalarch")
infrastructure
Open-access digital library containing digital copies of a considerable number of books and periodicals on architecture published in the Soviet Union.
«Вторая литература» : Электронный архив зарубежья имени Андрея Синявского (Vtoraia literatura: Andrei Sinyavsky Digital Archive of the Emigrants)
A branch of the ImWerden digital library focusing on publications of Russian emigrants. Here you can find books and periodicals published by Russian emigrants throughout the 20th century, as well as publications aimed at the Russian diaspora communities around the world. Besides, the website provides free access to foreign-language journals, such as "Central Asian Review".
Vtoraia literatura: Andrei Sinyavsky Digital Archive of the Emigrants
Israel
«ImWerden», электронная библиотека Андрея Никитина-Перенского (ImWerden: Digital Library of Andrei Nikitin-Perensky)
philology
music
geography
Digital library that provides free access to a great number of digital copies of Russian books and periodicals. You can also find audio recordings of authors reading their own works on this website.
ImWerden: Digital Library of Andrei Nikitin-Perensky
Каталог мемуаров из архива Международного Мемориала (Catalog of Memoirs from the Archive of the International Memorial)
Digital archive of memoirs, diaries, and personal correspondence on Soviet political repressions from the fonds of the International Memorial. Most of these documents were not published. You can use thematic, geographical, and institutional indicators to search for relevant materials on this website.
Memorial
Far East
Siberia
Sakhalin
Altai
Norway
Tatarstan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Газеты и журналы - NoZDR (Newspapers and Journals - NoZDR)
aviation
astronautics
medicine
health
chemistry
technology
Digital collection of journals and newspapers, mostly published in the Soviet era. Here you can access many important Soviet periodicals freely, such as Ogonek, Literaturnaia gazeta, and Sovetskii Soiuz.
NoZDR
aesthetics
TEHNE is a digital portal for Russian architects and designers supported by the Union of Architects of Russia and the Union of Designers of Russia. Its digital library provides open access to a great number of Soviet-era publications on architecture, urban planning, aesthetics, and art in general.
TEHNE
Қазақстандық Ұлттық Электронды Кітапхана (Kazakhstan National Electronic Library)
Digital project of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The digital library provides open access to digital copies of hundreds of thousands of books, periodicals, and other types of materials from different libraries in Kazakhstan. The collection includes a huge number of Soviet-era publications.
Kazakh
Central Asia
Национальная электронная библиотека Республики Адыгея (National Digital Library of the Republic of Adygea)
collectivization
local study
Digital library of the National Digital Library of the Republic of Adygea, containing hundreds of digital copies of Soviet-era publications on local culture, history, folklore, and development.
National Library of the Republic of Adygea
Adygea Republic
Caucasus
Kuban
Тематические подборки электронной библиотеки Национальной библиотеки Республики Саха (Якутия) (Thematic Collections of the Digital Library of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia))
Yakuts
Evenks
national autonomy
family
leisure
Thematic collections of the digital library of the National Library of Yakutia, containing a great number of Soviet publications on local culture, ethnic groups, political institution, socio-economic development, etc.
National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Yakutia
Электронная библиотека "Книгакан" (Digital Library "Knigakan")
Dolgans
ethnos
Yukaghir
Chukchi
Tungus
A special collection of the digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Sakha consisting of publications related to different ethnic groups in Yakutia, including scholarly research, periodicals, and published official documents.
История Актюбинской области (History of Aktobe Oblast)
geology
environment
Digital portal that provides open access to archival documents, books, and periodicals relevant to Aktobe Oblast in Kazakhstan. Here you can find thematic collections of archival documents, Soviet-era local periodical issues, as well as books and various referential materials.
State Archive of Aktobe Oblast
Aktobe Oblast
Журнали та газети - ЧТИВО (Journals and Newspapers - CHTYVO)
humor
satire
A digital collection of Ukrainian-language journals and newspapers from the 19th century to the 21st century. Most publications in this collections are literary and art periodicals, such as «Червоний перець» and «Всесвіт», but there are also other kinds of publications.
CHTYVO
Armenian
Belarusian
national culture
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 national editions.
University of Toronto Libraries
Пермский книгоед. Пермская краеведческая электробиблиотека (Perm Knigoed. Perm Local Study Digital Library)
Digital library that contains digital copies of books on the Perm region, many of which were published during the Soviet times. The website also has information on local writers and individuals who contributed to the study of the Perm region.
Perm Knigoed. Perm Local Study Digital Library
Perm Oblast
legislation
biology
travel
physics
economics
energetics
psychology
Online database that contains numerous digital copies of Soviet periodical publications.
magzDB
Buryatia
Kalmykia
Bashkiria
Законодавство України (до 1991 р.) (Legislation of Ukraine (until 1991))
Online database of laws and other types of legal documents adopted in Ukraine from 1983 till 1991.
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Digital library that contains more than two thousands digital copies of Soviet-era publications, most of which are literary works and humanities studies.
BiblioRossika
communism
Stalin
famine
Nagorno-Karabakh
Iran-Soviet relations
Red Army
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Andropov
Chernenko
collapse of the USSR
partisan
White Army
Perestroika
This collection of open access sources provides links to primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. The documents cover a broad range of historical events (political, economic, social, and cultural) in each of the 49 European countries, including 10 former Soviet states.
Richard Hacken
Azerbaijani
Georgian
Latvian
Hungarian
Europe
Das Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv (The Stasi Records Archive)
Stasi
Soviet-East Germany relations
The former East German State Security (Stasi) Archive. Thousands of documents and items are available online now, many of which are related to Soviet-East German relations.
The Stasi Records Archive
space race
security
Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviet bloc
diplomacy
defence
U.S.-Soviet relations
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.
National Archives (US)