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Provided by the Latvian National Library
(16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
Online-facsimile of the earliest document of Slovenian culture. First Latin-script continuous text in a Slavic language.
(Circa 10th century; facsimiles, transcriptions and translations)
Sources, maps, and other Russian historical documentation.
(Russian-language transcriptions and facsimile images)
E-books of Russian history.
(Facsimile images)
Texts, commentaries and historiography of Russian history.
(Russian-language transcriptions and commentary)
Project hosted by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich offering a number of key documents related to the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th century.
The documents can be browsed or searched full-text (in the original or German translation).
(1917-1991; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Chronicles in Russian history.
(Searchable transcriptions)
Online version of the magnificent museum situated in the heart of St Petersburg.
Includes virtual tours of different parts of the museum.
The Eastern European Collection brings together, in digital form, primary and secondary materials relating to the study of this region including its history, literature, language, political science and more.
Search the full text or browse the collection.
(19th - 20th centuries; Book and journal facsimiles)
Primary source posters for the cultural, social and political history of Russia.
Russian-language interface; also available in German.
(1850-2004; images)
Letters, law proposals and decrees of the Empress who expanded Russian power in the 18th century.
(1762-1796; English translations)
Chronological commentary with links to primary documents from the Belorus past.
Includes relations and wars with France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine.
(13th century to present; Belarus transcriptions, English translations, images, maps and commentary).
The digital collection contains rare books, maps and manuscripts from the exploration of Siberia and the North Pole region from the Asch-collection of Goettingen State and University Library.
Browse the collections.
(Facsimiles)
Documents an expedition in 1837 through southeastern Europe and the southern parts of the Russian Empire.
Information about the geography, history, archaeology, and peoples and cultures of the region.
(19th century; facsimile French-language book)
Book offering an inside view of Tobol'sk, considered the founding city of Siberia.
(1830; Book facsimile)
Album of 32 original watercolors depicting scenes of everyday life and different historical themes in Tobol'sk Province.
(19th century; facsimile paintings)
Illustrated guide to the world's longest railroad, including a history of Siberia, information on the construction of the railroad, and a listing of towns and cities along the route.
(Late 19th - early 20th centuries; Book facsimile)
Digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress
"Frequent subjects among the 2,607 distinct images include people, religious architecture, historic sites, industry and agriculture, public works construction, scenes along water and railway transportation routes, and views of villages and cities."
(1905-1915; searchable database of facsimiles)
Documenting events from before Sarajevo until after Versailles.
(pre-1914 - post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
Major Resource
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1914-1919; translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1918-1941; translations)
The power manifesto of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, removing "local" legislation from the Grand Duchy of Finland.
(15 February 1899; English translation)
Consolidating Russian control.
Also available in French.
(30 June 1910; English translation)
Signed by Russian officials following the abdication of Nicholas II.
Also available in Russian.
(20 March 1917; English translation)
(18 December 1917; English translation)
Also available in Russian.
(18 - 23 December 1917; English translations)
Telegrams in English translation from each day of the Russo-Finnish War.
Available also in the original Finnish and in Swedish translation.
(30 November 1939-14 March 1940)
(30 November 1939-14 March 1940; maps, transcribed documents, commentary, bibliography)
Documents from the archives of the German Foreign Office.
(1939-1941; English translations)
A collection of documents and agreements from the Avalon Project.
(1939-1941; English translations).
(22 June 1941; English translation).
A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
(1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
A collection of documents related to WWII.
From the Avalon Project.
Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references.
(1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College.
(1938-1945; translations)
Documenting the uneasy alliances between Britain and USSR during the war.
From the archives of the BBC.
(1939-1945; facsimiles, video and audio files)
Official agreement by the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union for the establishment of an International Military Tribunal
for the "punishment and prosecution of the major war criminals of the European axis".
(1946; transcription)
Secret archives and family interviews from survivors of the Stalin Terror.
(1930s-1950s; Russian-language family archives, letters, diaries, personal papers, memoirs, photographs, artifacts, sound and video files, some English translations)
Including treaties affecting the Hungarian border from the Treaty of Trianon to the Moscow Agreement.
Published by the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Department of State
(1920-1945; facsimiles)
Collection of digitized materials selected from the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS), consisting chiefly of summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early years of the Cold War.
(1917 - mid-1940s; interview page images accompanied by text files, manuals and guides)
Declassified CIA documents analyzing Soviet (and Chinese) internal politics.
(1953-1973; PDF facsimiles)
E-mail accounts of unsuccessful Soviet coup
(August 1991; transcriptions)
Documents from the Soviet Communist rule of Russia.
(20th century; facsimiles, transcriptions, translations, commentaries and images)
Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry.
(Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
(Facsimiles).

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