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- Old books and 19th-century journalism.
- (Russian)
- Includes memoirs and diaries from historic events and historic figures. Browse alphabetically.
- Searching the site for "дневник" (diary) also produces primary sources.
- (modern Russian transcriptions and translations)
- Includes historical accounts and documents related to Russian art and culture.
- See here for more sources.
- Primary sources are mixed in with some secondary sources.
- (Russian interface, transcriptions, Old Russian transcriptions)
- Includes a "memoirs" section and many secondary sources.
- (Russian transcriptions)
- A vast collection of transcribed historical sources from the 9th to the 21st century, in addition to reference articles.
- (Russian)
- Online archive of primary sources
- (English)
- The programmes of Russian political parties
- Collection of historical documents from the northern region of Russia.
- Newspapers and Magazines.
- Collections.
- Maps and Atlases.
- (Russian facsimiles)
- Documents of the online project detailing the exploration and settlement of the American West and the Siberian East.
- (English; Russian)
- Subjects include Muscovy, Pre-Petrine; Peter the Great; 18th Century Russia; 19th Century Russia; The Russian Revolution; The Soviet Union.
- (English translations)
- The electronic collection allows you to get acquainted with the Slavonic texts written in Glagolitic.
- (10th-14th century; Russian)
- Facsimiles and images relating to Russian history.
- Browse:
- All Collections
- Events
- Topics
- People
- Regions
- Russian International Relations
- (Russian interface and facsimiles)
- Links to documents available for free on the internet.
- (Russian)
- Organized thematically. Themes include:
- History
- Wars, Conflicts, and Disasters
- Policy, including foreign policy and domestic policy, and political figures.
- Defense and Internal Security
- State institutions, including prisons and camps, courts and prosecutors, authorities and management.
- (video with Russian audio)
- Archived documents of the Russian Federation.
- Also see related projects here.
- (Russian)
- A collection of influential primary and legendary documents.
- (11th-17th centuries; Russian transcriptions)
- (Russian; facsimiles)
- Ability to browse by category.
- (photos, Russian interface)
- Provided by the Latvian National Library
- (16th-18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
- One of the oldest and most famous electronic libraries of the Russian Internet. Today the library allows you to read online the most significant works of Russian literature.]
- (Russian)
- Collection of historical maps of Russia.
- (facsimiles)
- Website includes a digital library with Russian classics as well as historical magazines and newspapers
- (Russian)
- Website dedicated to soldiers, including several memoirs of conflicts such as the Chechen War.
- (English, Russian and German)
- Click on individuals on the family tree to link to primary source documents, including accounts and diaries, as well as biographical information.
- (1613-1917; Russian interface)
- Russian Virtual Library (RVB) is a free scientific and educational Internet resource designed for schoolchildren, students, teachers and researchers of Russian literature.
- (18-20th century)
- Manifestos, declarations, treaties, and communications between Finland and Russia.
- (1745 - 9 January 2011; facsimiles, transcriptions in Russian, English, and Finnish)
- Documents related to the Russian Church and Native Alaskans
- (1784-1915; Old Russian facsimiles)
- Collection of historical maps of Europe.
- (facsimiles; Hungarian)
- Population lists, accounts of settlements (including in the Kyrgyz steppe), accounts of rebellions.
- (1748-19th century; Russian transcriptions and facsimiles)
- Collection of color photos created by combining three different black and white images.
- (1905-1916)
- Collection of historical Russian photographs.
- (1850-1950, photographs)
- Large photo archive of Russian history.
- (1860-1999; photos, Russian interface)
- Collection of Russian historical photographs.
- (1943-1979; photographs)
- Electronic documents page of the National Library.
- (Russian)
- Digitized records of the state library. Includes several notable sections:
- Russian page of the World Documents Library.
- (photos; facsimiles)
- Site contains multiple documents of the history of Russia: private agreements, decrees, manifestos, journals, notes from journeys, trade agreements.
- (10th-19th centuries; Old Russian and Russian transcriptions with commentary)
- Collection of over 3,000 manuscripts dated from the 10th to 17th century.
- (10th-17th centuries; Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian, Old Russian facsimiles)
- One hundred documents total from the following time periods:
- 10th-16th Century
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- Includes facsimiles and transcriptions of the documents, with options to search document transcription.
- Governmental treaties, codes, and manifestos; newspaper selections.
- (10th-20th centuries; Russian facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Previously unpublished Russian historical documents.
- (Russian transcriptions with commentary; letters, memoirs and miscellaneous documents).
- Online repository, gathered by Nathaniel Knight, Seton Hall University
- (Russian history through Soviet Union; English translations)
- Collection of Russian historical documents written by eyewitnesses or contemporaries.
- Also searchable.
- (922-1986; facsimiles and Russian transcriptions).
- Collection of peace agreements entered into by Russia.
- (English)
- Open-access newspapers from Peter the Great to the fall of the Romanovs (mainly from St. Petersburg and Moscow).
- A joint project of the Center for Research Libraries and East View Press.
- (1782-1918; Russian facsimiles)
- Archive of various newspapers and telegrams.
- (January 1901 - February 1916; Russian transcriptions and facsimiles)
- Documents on the palace and royal family.
- (English)
- Photos of Imperial Russia
- Other albums found at Alexander Palace
- (English)
- Search and browse the Immortal Barracks here.
- Includes facsimiles of photos, letters, and memories of victims of Soviet political oppression.
- (1917-1991; photos, Russian facsimiles and interface)
- Including US Cold War Propaganda, anti-communist arrests, atomic bomb testing, and the farming revolution.
- (film; English)
- Documents containing the thoughts and opinions of the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev.
- Part of the Wilson Center Digital Archive on the Cold War.
- (1955-1968; transcriptions and facsimiles)
- JPRS Report - pdf
- (1988; English)
- Collection of notebooks kept by Alexander Vassiliev while researching KGB archives.
- Part of the Wilson Center Digital Archive on the Cold War.
- (2009; facsimiles)
- Digitized books
- (English with Russian facsimiles)
- 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)
- Browse the site or search to view transcriptions from Russian and the Soviet Union.
- (1900-2000; Russian transcriptions)
- The digital collection consists chiefly of summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early years of the Cold War. A unique source for the study of Soviet society between 1917 and the mid-1940s, the HPSSS includes vast amounts of one-of-a-kind data on political, economic, social and cultural conditions.
- (1917-1940s; English interface)
- Digital library including writings from important Russian literary figures.
- (Russian)
- Recent official documents from the office of the President.
- (English)
- Catalog of historical posters from Russian and Soviet history.
- (Russian; images)
- Military historical documents.
- (Russian)
- Warning: Many of the links are broken.
- (Multilingual)
- Library of Congress guide to constitutional, legal and government documents.
- Collection of historical documents on recent Russian history.
- (Russian)
- Websites published by political parties, NGOs and activist groups, cultural collectives, artists, historians, etc.
- Collected by the Ivy-Plus Libraries Confederation.
- (2018 to the present; archived websites in Russian and Ukrainian)
- A sub-website of the Bellingcat open-source investigations worldwide.
- (2022 to present; text of investigations with photos, videos, charts and other primary findings).
- Part of the resources of Maxar Technologies for satellite detection and interpretation,
- (2022 to present; satellite imagery)
- Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
- (Facsimiles)
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EuroDocs Creator: Richard Hacken, European Studies Librarian,
Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
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With special thanks to Natalya Georgiyeva for her help with this webpage.