Журнали та газети - ЧТИВО (Journals and Newspapers - CHTYVO)
press
literature
art
theater
culture
science
humor
satire
everyday life
propaganda
literature & arts
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
Link to the Resource
Digital collection
Ukrainian
Ukraine
Журналы 1920-х гг. (Magazines of the 1920s)
printing
A website with numerous full-text thick journals from the 1920s. It is part of a website on 20th-century Russian (primarily Soviet) literature supported by the Soros Fund.
Aleksandr Galushin
Konstantin Polivanov
Lev Turchinskii
Andrei Bogachev
Olga Kaziutina
Digital archive
Russian
USSR
Журналы для детей (Children's Magazines)
children
education
pioneer organization
Collection of imperial Russian and Soviet magazines for children.
National Electronic Library of Russia
Журналы заседаний Особого совещания при Главнокомандующем Вооруженными Силами на Юге России А.И. Деникине (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)
Anton Denikin
Russian Civil War
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
State Archive of the Russian Federation
Digital document collection
Russia
Журналы заседаний, стенографические отчеты и материалы Совета Министров Российского правительства А. В. Колчака (Transcripts of Meetings, Reports, and Materials of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Government of A. V. Kolchak)
Alexander Kolchak
Siberia
technology
fashion
sport
economy
youth
leisure
cinema
architecture
aviation
astronautics
radio
medicine
health
family
Digital archive of major Soviet journals.
Viktor Yudichev@narod.ru
ЗА ЛУЧШЕЙ ДОЛЕЙ: ПЕРЕСЕЛЕНИЕ В СИБИРЬ КАК НАЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ПРОЕКТ (For the Best Share: Migration in Siberia as a National Project)
migration
land use
local administration
political institution
taxation
law
justice
agriculture
public health
religion
Russian Orthodox Church
labor
demographics
genealogy
peasantry
colonization
Stolypin
legal source
A digital project digitizing and presenting hundreds of original archival documents and statistical data related to migration and colonization in the Tomsk region from the late 19th century to the early 20th century.
State Archive of Tomsk Oblast
Digital project
Tomsk Oblast
За науку в Сибири Архив (For Science in Siberia Archive)
scholarship
intellectual
Digital archive of the Soviet newspaper "Za nauku v Sibiri"
Science in Siberia: Publisher of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Novosibirsk Oblast
Заключенные на стройках коммунизма. ГУЛАГ и объекты энергетики в СССР. (Prisoners at the Building Sites of Communism: The Gulag and Energy Facilities in the USSR)
Gulag
energy industry
Document collection dedicated to Gulag prisoners who built Soviet energy facilities.
Законодавство України (до 1991 р.) (Legislation of Ukraine (until 1991))
legislation
Online database of laws and other types of legal documents adopted in Ukraine from 1983 till 1991.
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Законодательство СССР (Legislation of the USSR)
Online database of laws of the USSR from 1917 till 1991.
World and Market Economy: Articles and Books
Online database
Занимательная литература (Intriguing literature) VK Group
language
popular science
natural science
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares various Soviet and contemporary Russian popular science publications, textbooks, and other types of books.
VK group
Social media
Запасная столица. к 70-летию Победы в Великой Отечественной войне. (An Emergency Capital: 70th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War)
Samara
Great Patriotic War
evacuation
Online exhibition dedicated to the WWⅡ experience of Samara.
Russian State Archive in Samara
Online exhibition
Запорізька Спадщина (Zaporizhzhia Heritage)
urban history
housing
World War Ⅱ
industrialization
Collection of primary source materials related to the history of Zaprozhzhia. Soviet-era documents include local periodicals, construction plans, photographs, and archival documents from city administrations.
Department of Culture and Tourism of Zaporizhzhia City Council
Digital library
Zaporizhzhia
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)
Verkhovna Rada
statehood
Holodomor
Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce
Nazi
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.
Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine
Germany
Turkey
Eastern Europe
ЗВУКОВЫЕ АРХИВЫ Европейская Память о Гулаге (Sound Archives: European Memories of the Gulag)
political repression
World War II
deportation
women
hunger
Radio France Internationale (RFI)
the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and its associated Centre d'études des mondes russe caucasien et centre-européen
Access through Sound Archives: European Memories of the Gulag
ЗВУКОВЫЕ АРХИВЫ: Европейская Память о Гулаге (Sound Archives: European Memories of the Gulag)
personal narrative
From 1939 to 1953, nearly a million people from the European territories annexed by the USSR were deported to the Gulag. This digital project is a compilation of testimony from former deportees, photographs taken during their lives, private and public archival material, and films, collected by an international team of researchers. The website links to a database of more than 180 interviews and is an invitation to explore the history of the Stalinist deportations via thematic and biographical presentations, research articles, and, in the immediate future, educational virtual tours, maps, and an illustrated timeline.
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Centre d'études des mondes russe caucasien et centre-européen
English
Polish
French
Poland
Lithuania
Здравствуй, Новый год! Выставка архивных документов (Happy New Year!: An Archival Exhibit)
festival
Online document exhibition dedicated to the New Year celebration in the USSR.
ЗНАНИЕ — СИЛА / Советские книги для всех (Knowledge - Power / Soviet books for all) VK Group
politics
history
military
psychology
pedagogy
biology
chemistry
geography
physics
astronomy
economics
philology
folklore
ideology
Leninism
Marxism
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares digitized Soviet books on a variety of topics.
Золотая коллекция Soyuzmultfilm и студии Pilot (Golden collection of Soyuzmulitfilm and Pilot studio)
cartoon
film
fairy tale
A YouTube channel that presents Soviet and contemporary cartoons produced by Soiuzmul'tfil'm and Pilot studios.
Pilot
Soiuzmul'tfil'm
YouTube channel
Soiuzmul'tfil'
Иван Александрович Ильин: архивные материалы (Ivan Aleksandrovich Il'in: Archival Materials)
philosophy
emigration
Ivan Il'in
A site devoted to the life and work of Russian philosopher Ivan Il'in, who worked in Russia before 1922 and spent much of the Soviet period in exile. It contains official documents relating to his work, personal correspondence, and some of his works.
Daniil Tsigankov
Europe
Игорь Петров (Igor Petrov) LiveJournal Page
Soviet-German relations
army
industry
P.O.W.
The LiveJournal blog of Igor Petrov, an independent historian living in Germany. In this blog he often posts translated archival documents and other types of primary source materials, often translated into Russian from Germen by himself, on various topics in Soviet history. His posts are often related to the Second World War.
Igor Petrov
LiveJournal blog
Из газетного архива (и других архивов) (From the newspaper archive and other archives) Facebook Group
general
foreign relations
A Facebook group where members share clippings from Soviet newspapers and other types of publications. Sometimes group members also share archival documents on various topics.
Facebook page
Известия Академии педагогических наук РСФСР (Izvestiia of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR)
Academy of Pedagogical Sciences
Digital copies of issues of Izvestiia of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the RSFSR
K. D. Ushinskii Library
Издания в электронном виде Центрального государственного архива Кировской области (Digital Publications of the Central State Archive of Kirov Oblast)
political leader
Kirov
Feodor Chaliapin
Digital publications of the Central State Archive of Kirov Oblast, including several document collections on the Great Patriotic War and several referential materials on the archive's fonds and the region's Soviet political leaders.
Central State Archive of Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast
Издания Государственного архива Иркутской Области (Publications of the State Archive of Irkutsk Oblast)
Constitution
Kolchak
Nit Romanov
library
Online downloadable publications of the State Archive of Irkutsk Oblast, among which several are document collections on Soviet history covering topics like the Great Patriotic War, local life, Kolchak in Siberia, etc.
State Archive of Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast
Omsk
Издания Государственного архива Краснодарского края (Publications of the State Archive of Krasnodar Krai)
Orthodox Church
Several freely accessible online document collections, covering topics such as Fascist crimes in the region and the urban history of the city of Krasnodar.
State Archive of Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai
Caucasus
Kuban
Издания Государственного архива Кузбасса (Publications of the State Archive of Kuzbass)
Komsomol
Several online downloadable document collections published by the State Archive of Kuzbass, dedicated to topics such as WWⅡ memory, administrative-territorial division of Kuzbass, local Komsomol organizations, and Soviet-era regional leaders.
State Archive of Kuzbass
Kemerovo Oblast
Kuzbass
Издания Государственного архива новейшей истории Ставропольского края (Publications of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Stavropol Krai)
Online downloadable document collections published by the State Archive of Contemporary History of Stavropol Krai, mostly dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
State Archive of Contemporary History of Stavropol Krai
Stavropol
Издания Государственного архива Пермского края (Publications of the State Archive of Perm Krai)
World War Ⅰ
Revolution
Publication of the State Archive of Perm Krai, most of which are freely downloadable online. There are several good document collections on local history, religion, education, the 1917 Revolution, etc.
State Archive of Perm Krai
Perm
Duisburg
Mordovia
Mari El
Volga
Издания исторического архива Омской области (Publications of the Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast)
fiscal policy
administrative-territorial division
Publications of the Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast, many of which are freely downloadable document collections. Many collections are dedicated to the Russian Civil War in Siberia.
Historical Archive of Omsk Oblast
Omsk Oblast
Irtysh
Издания Национального архива Республики Хакасия (Publications of the National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia)
Publications of the National Archive of Khakassia, among which some document collections are freely downloadable.
National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia
Khakas
Khakassia
Irkutsk
Altai
Buryatia
Tuva
Baikal
Издания Пермского государственного архива социально-политической истории (Publications of the Perm State Archive of Socio-political History)
Chernobyl
Molotov Tank Brigade
Soviet-Afghan War
Great Terror
oil
An extensive collection of publications of the Perm State Archive of socio-political History, among which many are freely downloadable document collections and memoirs on various topics.
Perm State Archive of Socio-political History
Интегрированный банк "Законодательство России" (Integrated Bank "Legislation of Russia")
Online database of the official texts of federal and regional legislation of Russia from 1917 to today.
State Legal Information System, Russia
Интерактивные выставки Государственного архива новейшей истории Костромской области (Interactive Exhibitions of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Kostroma Oblast)
infrastructure
police
social history
alcoholism
music
Cossack
diplomacy
folk culture
nationalities
social welfare
internationalism
A number of exhibitions on different topics based on abundant archival documents. But the exhibitions are mostly presented in PDF files, which users have to download or view online.
State Archive of Contemporary History of Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast
Finland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Mongolia
Cuba
France
Iran
Tanzania
Africa
Интернет - выставки Государственного архива Курганской Области (Online exhibitions of the State Archive of Kurgan Oblast)
veteran
archive
Topics include evacuations during the Great Patriotic War, local scientific and cultural development, etc.
State Archive of Kurgan Oblast
Kurgan Oblast
Интернет проекты Государственного архива Новгородской области (Online Projects of the State Archive of Novgorod Oblast)
State Archive of Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast
Интернет-выставки Национального архива Республики Хакасия (Online Exhibitions of the National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia)
national movement
Topics include local cultural development, national culture, religion, education, Cossacks, etc.
Интернет-портал «Победа одна на всех!» (Internet Portal "Victory One for All")
Digital information portal on the Great Patriotic War in Yurga that includes various databases, digital projects, and online exhibitions.
State Archive of Yurga
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Yurga
Интернет-проекты архива Республики Хакасия (Online Projects of the National Archive of the Republic of Khakassia)
Abakan
archaeology
Digital projects of the National Archive of Khakassia, among which some present quite extensive archival documents and old photographs about the Great Patriotic War and the urban development of the region.
Интернет-проекты Горбачев Фонда (Internet-projects of the Gorbachev Foundation)
collapse of the USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev
Raisa Gorbacheva
public opinion
August Coup
Several digital projects of the Gorbachev Foundation focusing on the collapse of the USSR and the life of Mikhail Gorbachev, largely based on personal accounts and old photographs.
The Gorbachev Foundation
Интернет-проекты и виртуальные выставки Государственного архива новейшей истории Новгородской области (Online Projects and Exhibitions of the State Archive of Contemporary History of Novgorod Oblast)
industrial development
partisan
New Economic Policy
nazi
October Revolution
environment
ecology
Fascism
Plentiful interesting digital exhibitions and projects based on archival documents from the State Archive of Contemporary History of Novgorod Oblast covering extensive topics.
State Archive of Contemporary History of Novgorod Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Volgograd
Интернет-проекты Российского государственного архива фонодокументов (Online Projects of the Russian State Archive of Phonodocuments)
Russian Arctic
poetry
party and state leaders
Antarctic
Red Army
aerospace
Online projects of the Russian State Archive of Phonodocuments covering various topics, such as the October Revolution, the Russian Russian Civil War, two World Wars, the Russian Arctic and Antarctic, leaders' speeches, the Soviet space program, and Soviet cinema.
Russian State Archive of Phono Documents
Arctic
Stalingrad
Интернет-ресурсы по отечественной периодической печати - ГПИБР (Internet resources on domestic periodicals - SPHLR)
diaspora
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
Armenia
Belarus
ИПС "Әділет" Legal information system of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Online database of legal acts of Kazakhstan adopted from 1948 till today.
Institute of legislation and legal information of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakh
Kazakhstan
Central Asia
Исаак Бабель - Цифровой архив (Isaak Babel Digital Archive)
censorship
Digital archive of documents related to Isaak Babel, including his works, personal correspondence, official records, biography, and contemporaries' reviews of his works.
Russian State Archive of Literature and Art
Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Higher School of Economics
Исория старообрядцев (семейских) в документах архивов Байкальского региона (History of Old Believers (Semeiskie) in the documents of the archives of the Baikal Region)
Old Believer
Document collection dedicated to the history of Orthodox Old Believers in the Baikal region.
State Archive of the Republic of Buryatia
Исследования политических процессов на Востоке (Research on political processes in the East)
Oriental Studies
Turkology
Confucianism
Buddhism
Islam
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares academic information and resources about the socio-political processes in the countries of the East (by their definition, any non-Western countries). The group often shares Soviet books, articles, and other sources relevant to the subject.
Asia
Japan
India
Vietnam
Middle East
Far East
Southeast Asia
Исторические источники по истории России ХХ в. на Русском языке в интернете (Historical Sources on the History fo Russia in the XX Century in Russian online)
World War I
Russian Revolution
collectivization
Cold War
Perestroika
A page with primary documents on 20th century Russia on the site of the History Faculty of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, including numerous major official documents.
History Faculty of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University