БД Персональный состав РАН (Database "Personnel of the Russian Academy of Sciences")
scholarship
science
culture
intellectual
Russian Academy of Sciences
Database of biographical information of the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences from the 17th century till today.
Link to the Resource
Online database
Russian
Russia
Great Patriotic War
nazi
Fascism
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 document collections under the same title. These publications are freely accessible on the project's website. Users can also use the database on the website to search documents they want to access.
Poiskovoe dvizhenie Rossii
Digital project
Digital document collection
Digital collection
USSR
Belgorod Oblast
Bryansk Oblast
Volgograd Oblast
Voronezh Oblast
Kalmykia
Kaluga Oblast
Republic of Karelya
Krasnodar Krai
Crimea
Sevastopol
Kursk Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Moscow
Moscow Oblast
Novgorod Oblast
Oryol Oblast
Pskov Oblast
Rostov Oblast
North Caucasus
Smolensk Oblast
Stavropol Krai
Tver Oblast
Tula Oblast
Germany
Lipetsk Oblast
Белорусские деревни, сожженные в годы Великой Отечественной войны (Belarusian villages, burnt during the years of the Great Patriotic War)
Belarus
village
A database of information about Belarusian villages burnt during the years of the Great Patriotic War.
Department of Archives and Clerical Work of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus
National Archive of the Republic of Belarus
World Belarus Fond
Russian Fond of Aid to Current Historical Research "Historical Memory"
Gulag
deportation
dekulakization
mass operations
Great Terror
anti-Semitism
personal narrative
political repression
purge
Memorial site devoted to the victims of Soviet political repression. It is primarily devoted to collecting information about victims, but also includes numerous archival documents and photographs of use to historians.
Andrei Shalaiev
Библиография трудов Д.С. Лихачева (Bibliography of Works of D.C. Likhachev)
Dmitry Likhachev
celebrity
philology
linguistics
literature
literature & arts
An online bibliography of works of Dmitry Likhachev, with links to downloadable PDF copies.
Saint-Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences
humanities
printing
art
music
Digital library that contains more than two thousands digital copies of Soviet-era publications, most of which are literary works and humanities studies.
BiblioRossika
Digital library
Библиотека [Феликс Эдмундович Дзержинский] (Library [Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinskii])
Felix Dzerzhinskii
political leader
Russian Revolution
Anastas Mikoian
Stalin
Selected works by and about Felix Dzerzhinskii, a Bolshevik revolutionary and official.
Библиотека Евро-Азиатского Еврейского Конгресса (ЕАЕК) (Library of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC))
Leningrad Blockade
Six Day War
Natan (Anatolii) Sharanskii
human rights
Jewish
nationalities
A site of digitized rare primary source books on Jewish, including Russian Jewish, history.
Euro-Asian Jewish Congress
Leningrad
Библиотека Михаила Грачева (Library of Mikhail Grachev)
political science
history
political institution
law
religion
cybernetics
legal source
A private digital library that contains digital transcriptions of many contemporary and Soviet books and articles on politics, history, law, and cybernetics.
Library of Mikhail Grachev
Библиотека нормативно-правовых актов СССР (Library of the Legal Acts of the USSR)
legislation
A digital collection of extensive Soviet legal acts (transcripts), covering the whole Soviet period.
Library of Legal Acts of the USSR
Библиотека первоисточников евразийцев: 20-30-е годы (Library of Primary Sources of Eurasianists: 20s-30s)
emigration
Eurasianism
A collection of the works of the Eurasianist thinkers of the 1920s and 1930s. It includes published articles, correspondence, and other materials.
Boris Orekhov
Europe
Библиотека по китаеведению 漢學圖書館 (Chinese Studies Library) VK Group
Oriental Studies
Chinese Studies
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares materials for Chinese studies, among which many are Soviet scholarship.
VK group
Social media
Chinese
China
Библиотека по марксизму (Library on Marxism) VK Group
Marxism
propaganda
ideology
Leninism
politics
economy
A VK (V Kontakte) group designed to be a digital library of Russian-language publications on Marxism and relevant subjects. Here one can find numerous digitized Soviet publications on Marxism and relevant social-political and economic issues.
Библиотека проекта "Московское метро" Артемия Лебедева (Moscow Metro Electronic Library)
Moscow metro
urban planning
infrastructure
transportation
Site dedicated to the Moscow metro and containing resources about its construction and history. It includes contemporaneous newspaper articles and personal accounts by various people (architects, engineers, builders) associated with the metro.
Artemii Lebedev Studio
Библиотека русского географического общества (Library of the Russian Geographical Society)
geography
archaeology
astronomy
biology
intelligence
geology
cartography
education
Russian Geographical Society
agriculture
ethnography
The digital library of the Russian Geographical Society, containing thousands of digitized books, maps, atlases, periodicals, expedition reports, and other types of materials of the Society.
Библиотека Русской религиозно-философской и художественной литературы "Вехи" (Library of Russian Religious-philosophical Literature and Fiction "Vekhi")
Vekhi
philosophy
Vladimir Solov'ev
Nikolai Berdaiev
Sergei Bulgakov
Pavel Florenskii
Semen Frank
Lev Shestov
Vasilii Rozanov
Georgii Fedotov
Nikolai Losskii
Georgii Florovskii
Website with works by and about Russian religious thinkers and philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Biblioteka "Vekhi"
architecture
engineering
urban history
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
Библиотеке Totalarch (Library "Totalarch")
housing
Open-access digital library containing digital copies of a considerable number of books and periodicals on architecture published in the Soviet Union.
global
Библиотечные и архивные ресурсы Государственной Думы (Library and Archival Resources of the State Duma of Russia)
legal studies
The digital library of the Parliamentary Library of Russia, containing documents and publications of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, including published official laws, meeting records, published law collections, and works of legal studies. Many digital copies are available online.
The State Duma of Russia
Блокада Ленинграда. Эвакуация (Leningrad Blockade. Evacuation.)
evacuation
Database on individuals evacuated from Leningrad during the Leningrad Blockade.
Archival Committee of Saint-Petersburg
Большевистский порядок в Грузии. В 2-х томах (Bolshevik Order in Georgia. 2 Volumes.)
Two-volume document collection and oral history interview collection on the Great Terror in Georgia. The first volume includes six long interviews with the descendants of the victims of the Great Terror in Georgia, and the second volumes consists of archival documents and statistical data on the Great Terror in Georgia.
АИРО-XXI
Georgia
South Caucasus
Большой террор в Абхазии (Абхазская АССР): 1937-1938 гг. (The Great Terror in Abkhazia (Abkhazian ASSR): 1937-1938)
Purges
repression
Three-volume document collection on the Great Terror in Abkhazia.
Archive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Abkhazia
Брежнев (из серии "Вожди советской эпохи") (Leaders of the Soviet Period: Brezhnev)
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet-Afghan War
A digital collection of archival documents about the life and work of Leonid Brezhnev from the exhibition series "Leaders of the Soviet Period" created by the Federal Archival Agency and the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History.
Federal Archival Agency of Russia
БУРЖУАЗНАЯ ПРОПАГАНДА: ТЕОРИЯ И ПРАКТИКА (Bourgeois Propaganda: Theory and Practice)
Cold War
foreign relations
psychology
U.S.-Soviet relations
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares numerous digitized Soviet publications on bourgeois propaganda and popular psychology. Many books shared there were published in the Cold War context.
USA
Буряадай уран зохёолой юртэмсэ/Литературный мир Бурятии (Literary world of Buryatia) VK Group
theater
folklore
A VK (V Kontakte) group dedicated to Buryat national literature, art, and culture in general. The group shares digitized works of Buryat writers and artists, and their biographic information.
Mongolian
Buryat
Buryatia
БУРЯТИКА - Электронная библиотека Республики Бурятии (BURIATIKA - Digital Library of the Republic of Buryatia)
economics
ecology
environment
industry
folk culture
Digital library of the National Library of the Republic of Buryatia, containing many digitized local publications of the Soviet period. Notably, it has a lot of publications and manuscripts in Buryat.
National Library of the Republic of Buryatia
Siberia
Baikal
Бюллетень Оппозиции (большевиков-ленинцев) (Bulletin of the Opposition (Bolshevik-Leninist))
Trotsky
Soviet-Chinese conflict (1929)
Fourth International
class struggle
Bulletin of the Opposition (Bolshevik-Leninists) was a Russian-language journal (printed in Cyrillic characters) launched by Leon Trotsky in July 1929 after his expulsion from the USSR. It was the printed organ of the Russian section of the Fourth International and a weapon of Trotsky in his struggle with Stalin.
Iskra-Research
France
В едином строю - к социализму (In United Order - To Socialism)
migration
Tatar
industrialization
kolkhoz
metallurgy
everyday life
Five-year plan
Collaborative project between archives of Tatarstan and Chelyabinsk Oblast, dedicated to the period of industrialization in Chelyabinsk Oblast and the role of Tatar migrants in it.
Archival Administration of Chelyabinsk Oblast
Archives of Tatarstan
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ural
Magnitogorsk
В штабах Победы: К 70-летию Победы в Великой Отечественной войне (In the Headquarters of Victory: The 70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War)
Documentary film on the Great Patriotic War, in which Russian archival documents are presented.
Russian State Archive of Socio-political History
Online exhibition
В. І. Вернадський. Електронна колекція (V. I. Vernadskyi. Digital Collection)
Vladimir Vernadsky
biochemistry
natural science
history of science
Digital collection of documents and materials about Vladimir Vernadsky, including his publications, personal correspondence, diary entries, memoirs, relevant archival documents, etc.
National Library of Ukraine named after V. I. Vernadskyi
Ukrainian
Ukraine
Великая Отечественная война 1941-1945 гг. в архивных документах (The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 in Archival Documents)
aviation
railroad
A complex of digital exhibitions and projects based on archival documents from the Vologda Oblast Archive of Contemporary Political History, dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
Vologda Oblast Archive of Contemporary Political History
Vologda Oblast
press
A few of digital copies of Vecherniy Tashkent issues of the 1960s and 1970s, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
National Library of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Central Asia
Видання - Державний архів Дніпропетровської області Офіційний (Publications of the State Archive of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast)
Holodomor
collectivization
Publications of the State Archive of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Currently, it has a document collection on Holodomor in the Dnipropetrovsk region and a guide to the archive's fonds.
State Archive of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Виртуальные выставки - Мемориальный музей-заповедник истории политических репрессий «Пермь-36» (Virtual Exhibitions of the Memorial Museum-Reserve of the History of Political Repressions "Perm-36")
Stalinism
Khrushchev
censorship
camp
Online exhibitions of the Memorial Museum-Reserve of the History of Political Repressions "Perm-36, mostly dedicated to Soviet political repressions.
Memorial Museum-Reserve of the History of Political Repressions "Perm-36"
Perm Oblast
Виртуальные выставки (Virtual Exhibits of Russian State Archive in Samara)
technology
biography
Collection of online exhibits on various aspects of economic, cultural, and social life in the Samara oblast, as well as the scientific/technological achievements of the region.
Russian State Archive in Samara
Samara Oblast
Виртуальные выставки архива Кузбасса (Virtual Exhibitions of the State Archive of Kuzbass )
Kemerovo Oblast
Prokopiev
census
Mikhail Podgorbunskii
komsomol
Ivan Bardin
Tashtagol
sport
mining
cinema
Mikhail Nebogatov
coal
Aleksei Leonov
Vera Voloshina
energetics
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Kemerovo Oblast. Topics include nationalities, local intellectuals, scientific and cultural development, etc.
State Archives of Kemerovo Oblast
Виртуальные выставки Архива Президента Республики Казахстан (Digital Exhibitions of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
World War Ⅱ
Kazakh Famine
Zhazylbek Kushyshbaev
pastoral farming
Abai
Party organization
Malik Gabdullin
Baikonur Cosmodrome
space program
The exhibitions cover various topics in Kazakhstan's history, including the Kazakh famine of the 1930s, nationalities questions, cultural and scientific development in Soviet Kazakhstan, the nation's political leaders, etc.
Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Виртуальные выставки Архивной службы Курской области (Online Exhibitions of the Archival Administration of Kursk Oblast)
archive
October Revolution
women
World War Ⅰ
Archival Administration of Kursk Oblast
Виртуальные выставки государственного архива аудиовизуальной документации Республики Марий Эл (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Audio-Visual Documentation of the Republic of Mari El)
Online exhibitions presenting Soviet photographs about Mari El, covering topics such as the Great Patriotic War and cultural celebrities of the Republic.
State Archive of Audio-Visual Documentation of the Republic of Mari El
Mari El
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Волгоградской области (Virtual Exhibits of the State Archive of Volgograd Oblast)
ostarbeiter
State Agricultural University
Sanitary-Epidemiological Service
health
social services
Volgograd Aluminum Factory
May 1
War Commissariat
recreation
television
navy
Aleksei Maresiev
circus
Volzhskii
Ilovlinskii District
Frolovskii District
Gorodishchenskii District
Alekseevskii District
World War I
Open Joint Stock Company Production Association "Barricades"
Anti-plague Service
tram
Viktor Tomarev
academics
doctor
Andrei Vodovozov
finance
Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of the Volgograd Oblast, covering a variety of topics in Soviet history.
State Archive of Volgograd Oblast
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Калужской Области (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Kaluga Oblast)
astronautics
public health
Topics include astronautics, public health, local urban history, etc.
State Archive of Kaluga Oblast
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Камчатского края (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Kamchatka Krai)
Petropavlovsk-kamchatsky
Topics include the urban history of Petropavlovsk-kamchatsky, local cultural development, everyday life, etc.
State Archive of Kamchatka Krai
Kamchatka
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Кузбасса в г. Новокузнецке (Online exhibitions of the State Archive of Kuzbass in the City of Novokuznetsk)
Novokuznetsk
Kuznetsstroi
natural resource
industrial development
veteran
Komsomol
youth
Topics include the history of local coal mining, industrialization, urban development, etc.
State Archive of Kuzbass in the City of Novokuznetsk
Kuzbass
Stalinsk
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Липецкой области (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Lipetsk Oblast)
pioneer organization
children
Revolution
Ivan Bunin
State Archive of Lipetsk Oblast
Виртуальные выставки государственного архива Орловской области (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Oryol Oblast)
partisan
guerilla warfare
State Archive of Oryol Oblast
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Республики Крым (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of the Republic of Crimea)
Red Army
Russian Civil War
Topics include local cultural and economic development, Crimean Jewish, the Great Patriotic War, etc.
State Archive of the Republic of Crimea
Omsk
Виртуальные выставки Государственного архива Ростовской Области (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Rostov Oblast)
State Archive of Rostov Oblast
Виртуальные выставки ГПИБ [Государственная публичная историческая библиотека России] (Virtual Exhibitions of the State Public Historical Library of Russia)
memory
Victory Day
bibliography
photography
White Army
painting
Bashkortostan
war correspondents
All-Union Agricultural Exhibition
popular culture
food
Battle of Stalingrad
advertising
consumer culture
A number of virtual exhibitions books, archival documents, periodical editions, posters, and other types of materials from the State Public Historical Library of Russia on various historical topics.
State Public Historical Library of Russia
Виртуальные выставки и подборки архивных документов - Государственный архив Брянской области (Virtual Exhibits and Selections of Archival Documents - State Archive of Bryansk Oblast)
Bryansk Region
Holocaust
German occupation
state
childhood
Moscow State University
mathematics
writer
poetry
physical education
hospital
Bryansk Regional Hospital
medicine
Bryansk State Technical University
university
festival
letter
celebration
A site with archival exhibitions of the State Archive of Bryansk Oblast, including photographs, official documents, etc.
State Archive of Bryansk Oblast
Виртуальные выставки и тематические подборки документов - Государственный архив Минской области (Virtual Exhibitions and Thematic Selections of Documents of the State Archive of Minsk Oblast)
justice
Online exhibitions and collections of archival documents from the State Archive of Minsk Oblast.
State Archive of Minsk Oblast