Пермский книгоед. Пермская краеведческая электробиблиотека (Perm Knigoed. Perm Local Study Digital Library)
culture
literature
local study
local history
intellectual
literature & arts
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
Link to the Resource
Digital library
Russian
Perm Oblast
Russia
Персональная биобиблиография (Bio-bibliography of Important Personages)
science
technology
academics
education
Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences
statesmen
bibliography
A list of prominent scholars, cultural figures, and statesmen of Novosibirsk and of Russia in general. Though some of the pages include partial or full-text documents ("polnotekstovyie dokumenty), the primary use of this site is as a bibliographic resource. It gives a very clear and detailed idea of the works both by and about these figures which are available online and elsewhere.
State Public Scientific-Technical Library of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Digital collection
Bibliography
USSR
Novosibirsk Oblast
Петроград, Ленинград в истории Красноярья в ХХ веке по материалам КГКУ "Государственный архив Красноярского края" (Petrograd, Leningrad in the History of Krasnoyarsk in the 20th Century in the Materials of KGKU "State Archive of Krasnoyarsk Krai")
collectivization
Great Patriotic War
industry
economy
industrialization
political institution
Document collection dedicated to the relationship between Petrograd/Leningrad and the Krasnoyarsk region throughout the 20th century.
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
V. P. Astafiev FBGOU VPO KGPU
Archive Agency of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Digital document collection
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Leningrad
Письма. Николай Гумилёв (Letters. Nikolai Gumilev)
Nikolai Gumilev
poetry
A site containing the letters of Nikolai Gumilev, influential poet and white military officer. It includes a few letters from the Soviet period.
gumilev.ru
Питирим Сорокин: избранная переписка (Pitirim Sorokin: selected correspondence)
Pitirim Sorokin
sociology
scholarship
Selected personal correspondence of Pitirim Sorokin, a Russian-American sociologist and political activist.
P. P. Krotov
USA
A digital project on the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, containing photographs and audio and video recordings.
Federal Archival Agency of Russia
Russian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents
Online exhibition
Ukraine
Belarus
Latvia
Lithuania
Far East
Abakan
Austria
Kazakhstan
Amur Oblast
Armenia
Arkhangelsk
Astrakhan
Azerbaijan
Barnaul
Bashkir
Belgorod
Belgrad
Belozersk
Germany
Slovakia
Bryansk
Hungary
Romania
Volgograd
Donbas
Don
Iran
Kazan
Kyiv
Kyrgyzstan
China
Korea
Krasnodar
Krasnoyarsk
Crimea
Kursk
Manchuria
Lviv
Minsk
Moldova
Mongolia
Moscow
Murmansk
Novgorod
Novorossiisk
Novosibirsk
Norway
Odessa
Omsk
France
Czechoslovakia
Piatigorsk
Rostov
Ryazan
Saratov
Sakhalin
Sevastopol
Semipalatinsk
Siberia
Smolensk
Central Asia
Stalingrad
Estonia
Tambov
Georgia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Udmurt Republic
Ulan-Ude
Ural
Ufa
Finland
Fergana
Khabarovsk
Harbin
Kharkiv
Chelyabinsk
Chuvash ASSR
Yugoslavia
Yalta
Yaroslavl
Подборки документов Пермского государственного архива социально-политической истории (Document Sections of the Perm State Archive of Socio-political History)
Khrushchev
the 20th Congress of the CPSU
architecture
folklore
humor
everyday life
folk culture
personal narrative
Online exhibitions of archival documents on various topics.
Perm State Archive of Socio-political History
Perm
Molotovskaya Oblast
Подборки документов Пермяцкого окружного государственного архива (Document Selections of the State Archive of Komi-Permyak Okrug )
Great Terror
political repression
printing
festival
agriculture
children
theater
astronautics
evacuation
aviation
cinema
urban history
language
sport
Online exhibitions of archival documents on various topics. The "Nakhodki arkhivistov" section is constantly being updated and has a lot of interesting documents on various themes, such as the Great Terror, local cultural celebrities, local education, etc.
State Archive of Komi-Permyak Okrug
Komi-Permyak
Подполковник Морозов Д. А. Воспоминания участника обороны и разгрома немцев в Советском Заполярье (октябрь 1944 года). Мурманск-Петрозаводск. 5 июля 1963 года. (Lieutenant Colonel Morozov D.A. Recollections of a participant in the Defense and Defeat of the Germans in the Soviet Arctic (October 1944). Murmansk-Petrozavodsk. July 5, 1963.)
Soviet Arctic
Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Morozov D.A. on the defense and defeat of the Germans in the Soviet Arctic in October 1944.
Sergei Mikhailovich Semienov
1944
Chinese
Arctic
Поиск экспонатов (Музей кино) (Museum of Cinema Digital Archive of Exhibit Objects)
film
art
Digitized photographs, posters, manuscripts, rare books, and other types of exhibits of the State Central Film Museum of Russia.
State Central Film Museum of Russia
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Digital archive
Поисковые базы данных Государственного архив административных органов Свердловской области (Searchable Databases of the State Archive of Administrative Organs of Sverdlovsk Oblast)
political prisoner
Several well-designed online databases based on archival documents from Sverdlovsk Oblast, including databases on WWⅡ participants, and a database on the victims of political repressions from the 1920s through the 1930s.
State Archive of Administrative Organs of Sverdlovsk Oblast
Online database
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Политика раскрестьянивания в Сибири (The Politics of Depeasantization in Siberia)
dekulakization
Digital version of a 3-volume document collection on dekulakization in Siberia, published by the State Archive of Novosibirsk Oblast.
V. A. Il'inykh
O. K. Kavtsevich
Полное собрание сочинений Ленина (Full Collection of Lenin's Works)
Revolution
statehood
Marxism
Leninism
Lenin
imperialism
capitalism
ideology
propaganda
communism
Party organization
socialism
religion
nationalities
nationalism
political leader
Digitized full collection of Lenin's works in 55 volumes, with alphabetic indicators for titles.
Materialisticheskaia dialektika
Полнотекстовые базы данных Библиотеки Аль-Фараби (Full-text Databases of the Al-Farabi Library)
physics
Abai
history
geography
natural science
Full-text databases of the scientific library of the Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi. Here you can find digital copies of many Soviet Kazakhstani academic publications.
Al-Farabi Library
Kazakh
Ukrainian
English
French
German
Italian
Georgian
Armenian
Azeri
Tatar
Arabic
Greek
Spanish
Belarusian
Turkestan
Полнотекстовые базы данных Новгородской областной универсальной научной библиотеки (Full-text Databases of Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
coal
natural resource
historiography
forestry
environment
archaeology
peasantry
philology
Full-text databases of Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library, containing more than 200 downloadable Soviet publications from/about Novgorod Oblast.
Novgorod Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Novgorod Oblast
Полнотекстовые документы - Тюменская областная научная библиотека (Full-text documents of Tyumen Oblast Gorky Library)
labor
local administration
Full-text database of Tyumen Oblast Scientific Library. There are no thematic collections on the website, but you can use the search function to find a lot of interesting materials, especially extensive periodical issues.
Tyumen Oblast Scientific Library
Tyumen Oblast
Полнотекстовые издания электронной библиотеки - Волгоградская областная универсальная научная библиотека им. М. Горького (Full-text Publications of the Digital Library of Volgograd Oblast Gorkiy Universal Scientific Library)
Full-text database of Volgograd Oblast Gorkiy Universal Scientific Library, containing a few Soviet-era books.
Volgograd Oblast Gorky Universal Scientific Library
Volgograd Oblast
Полнотекстовые электронные ресурсы Центральной научной библиотеки РК (Full-text Digital Resources of the Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
Dinmukhamed Kunaev
Digital library of the Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, containing many digitized Soviet publications, manuscripts in different languages, archival documents, as well as video materials.
Central Scientific Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Помнiкi гiсторыi права Беларусi (Monuments of the Legal History of Belarus)
law
legislation
Constitution
foreign relations
criminal law
economic law
legal source
A digital collection of key legal documents, including constitutional laws, international agreements, criminal laws, and economic laws, in the history of Belarus.
National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus
Digital project
Gulag
concentration camp
Oral history interviews with victims and witnesses of Soviet political repressions.
MEMORIAL International
Постигая Алтай. Электронная библиотека Алтая: Коллекции (Understanding Altai: The Electronic Library of Altai: Collections)
World War I
veteran
virgin lands campaign
Electronic library of the V. Ia. Shishkov Altai Krai Universal Scientific Library. It contains numerous resources (books, archival documents, maps, etc.) on the local history of Altai Krai, as well as collections of local newspapers.
Altai Region V. Ia. Shishkov Universal Scientific Library
Altai Krai
press
diplomacy
foreign policy
Digital copies of Pravda Vostoka issues from 1966 till today, presented by the National Library of Uzbekistan.
National Library of Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Правовые акты БССР (Legal Acts of the Belarusian SSR)
social history
family
general
A database of more than 3,500 officially published legal acts of the BSSR.
Праці Державного архіву Одеської області (Works of the State Archive of Odessa Oblast)
Holodomor
archive
Jew
World War Ⅱ
Soviet-Afghan War
Chernobyl
deportation
Orthodox church
Publications of the State Archive of Odessa Oblast, among which many are downloadable document collections dedicated to important historical events in the region, such as Holodomor and the Second World War.
State Archive of Odessa Oblast
Odessa Oblast
Black Sea
oral history
memory
secret police
NKVD
GPU
KGB
Cheka
purge
A set of oral history and memory projects on Soviet political repression and terror.
Memorial Museum "The Investigative Prison of the NKVD"
Проекты Государственного архива Пензенской области (Projects of the State Archive of Penza Oblast)
October Revolution
Digital projects based on archival documents from the State Archive of Penza oblast.
State Archive of Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast
Прожито. Личные истории в электронном корпусе дневников (Prozhito. Personal Histories in the Electronic Corpus of Diaries)
A site with a huge number of diaries and memoirs from the Soviet period from a variety of people, including masses of ordinary citizens, on daily economic, social, cultural, and political life.
European University (Saint Petersburg)
Психоделия по-советски (Soviet Psychedelia) Telegram Channel
psychedelia
underground art
A Telegram channel that shares Soviet psychedelic artwork, including paintings, cartoons, caricatures, posters, etc.
Telegram channel
Social media
Психоделия по-советски (Soviet Psychedelia) VK Group
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares Soviet psychedelic artwork, including paintings, cartoons, caricatures, posters, etc.
VK group
Публикации архивных документов российского государственного архива научно-технической документации (Publications of archival documents of the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation )
lunar programs
metro
history of science
cosmetics
gilding
medicine
architectural acoustics
Online exhibits of documents from the Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation, covering topics such as Soviet aviation, space programs, science during the Great Patriotic War, history of medicine, Moscow metro, gilding, cosmetics, as well as biographies of Soviet scientists.
Russian State Archive of Scientific and Technical Documentation
Публикации Государственного архива Новгородской области (Publications of the State Archive of Novgorod Oblast)
German colony
nazi
Fascism
Several freely downloadable document collections published by the State Archive of Novgorod Oblast, most of which are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.
State Archive of Novgorod Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Публикации Государственного архива Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа (Publications of the State Archive of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
expedition
Publications of the State Archive of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, among which several are downloadable document collections on the Great Patriotic War, the national congress in the region in the 1934, and expeditions to the region in the 1930s.
State Archive of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Публикации Института восточных рукописей РАН (Publications of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy os Sciences)
Oriental Studies
humanities
social sciences
linguistics
national culture
anthropology
ethnography
turkology
Muslim
Islam
Full catalog of publications of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Many of the publications are freely downloadable from the website.
Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Tajikistan
Tatarstan
Japan
Публикации о творчестве А. Н. Пахмутова в интернете (Publications about A. N. Pakhmutova on the internet)
music
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Selected Soviet-era publications dedicated to Aleksandra Pakhmutova, a Soviet and Russian composer.
Roman Sinel'nikov
Aleksei Charykov
Публикации онлайн - сборники документов ГАРФ (Online Publications - Document Collections of the State Archive of the Russian Federation)
rebellion
Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Revolution
Downloadable document collections of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. The collection contains 20 publications covering several major topics in Soviet history, including the Great Terror, World War Ⅱ, the Russian Orthodox Church under Soviet power, etc.
State Archive of the Russian Federation
Публикации онлайн. Государственный архив Российской Федерации. (Online Publications of the State Archive of the Russian Federation)
Pavlo Skoropadsky
Purges
Soviet Occupation
East Germany
Anton Denikin
Russian Civil War
Alexander Kolchak
Online publications, including document collections, digital projects, and thematic collections, of the Russian State Archive.
Публикация Московского областного архивного центра (Publications of Moscow Oblast Archival Center)
famine
women
leisure
literacy
Online exhibitions and digital document collections published by the Moscow Oblast Archival Center.
Moscow Oblast Archival Center
Moscow Oblast
Публичная библиотека (Электронные книжные полки Вадима Ершова и К°) (Public Library (Digital bookshelves of Vadim Ershov and К°))
biology
mathematics
astronomy
public health
philosophy
political science
energy
cuisine
psychology
transportation
Digital library developed by a group of Russian specialists. Here you can find tons of Soviet and contemporary books, journals, newspapers of all kinds, especially academic publications.
Public Library (Digital bookshelves of Vadim Ershov and К°)
Публичная электронная библиотека - Сахалинская областная универсальная научная библиотека (Public Digital Library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific Library)
nature
ecology
exile
Korean
fishing
Digital library of Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific library that contains digital copies of many Soviet books on the Sakhalin region.
Sakhalin Oblast Universal Scientific Library
Работы А. Д. Сахарова (The Works of A. D. Sakharov)
Andrei Sakharov
dissident
human rights
Digital texts of Andrei Sakharov's publications, public speeches, interview transcriptions, and memoirs.
The A. D. Sakharov Archive
Радянські фонди - Електронний архів Державного архіву Чернівецької області (Soviet Fonds of the Digital Archive of the State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast)
Red Army
Digital archive of the State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast, consisting of a collection of old photos and a collection of the digital copies of the newspaper "Soviet Bukovyna" from 1940 to 1944.
State Archive of Chernivtsi Oblast
Chernivtsi Oblast
Bukovina
Раритеты Советского Периода (Rarities of the Soviet Period) VK Group
late socialism
youth
rock music
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares rare video and audio recordings of Soviet rock music.
Рассекреченные документы разведки (Declassified Documents of Intelligence)
foreign intelligence
intelligence
Document collections and other publications of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, based on the agency's declassified archival documents. Currently, this page provides free access to one document collection dedicated to Europe and the USSR during 1935-1945.
Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
Europe
Baltics
Eastern Europe
Рассказы уйгуров, бежавших из Китая в СССР (Stories of Uyghurs who fled China to the USSR)
Sino-Soviet relations
Xinjiang
Uyghur
migration
Mediazona's oral history interview with Uyghur emigrants from China to the USSR.
Mediazona
Online article
Революционные события и гражданская война на Алтае. 1917-1922 гт. (Revolutionary Events and the Russian Civil War in Altai. 1917-1922. )
Thematic document collection on the Revolution and Civil War in the Altai region.
N. V. Kadova
P. A. Afanasiev
Революция 1917 года. Русская и советская дипломатия в документах архивов МИД России (The Revolution of 1917. Russian and Soviet Diplomacy in the Documents of the Archives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia)
international relations
A digital exhibit of archival documents related to Russian and Soviet diplomacy during the events of 1917. It includes diplomatic correspondence, photographs, and other types of documents.
Historico-Documentary Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
РЕДКИЕ и ЦЕННЫЕ КНИГИ И МАТЕРИАЛЫ (Rare and Precious Books and Materials) VK Group
A VK (V Kontakte) group that shares digitized rare books and other types of materials, many of which are Soviet academic publications.
global
Репрессированные изобретатели: Выставка архивных документов (Purged Inventors: An Archival Exhibit)
Online exhibition dedicated to the repressed scientists and scholars of the USSR.
Russian State Archive in Samara
Samara
statistics
census
economics
population
A Dutch-Russian joint project containing Russian historical statistics from the imperial and Soviet periods.
Gijs Kessler (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam)
Andrei Markevich (New Economic School, Moscow)
Рождение края. Деятельность Оргкомитета ВЦИК по Алтайскому краю. 1937-1939. (Сборник документов) (The Birth of a Region. The Activity of the Organizing Committee of the VTsIK of the Altai Krai. 1937-1939. (Document Collection).)
state
Altai Region
Organizing Committee of the VTsIK
Online document collection on the activities of the Organizing Committee of the VTsIK of Altai Krai, 1937-1939.
State Archive of Altai Krai