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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
The Bolsheviks
The Constitutional Democrats (Kadets)
The Mensheviks
The Nationalists
The Octobrists
The Social-Revolutionaries
The Union of the Russian People
(English translation)
Collection of historical documents from the northern region of Russia.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)
Adjudant highlights Russian military history with documents and first-hand accounts.
Search the site.
Read more about the project here.
Includes:
Materials such as eyewitness accounts from wars, memoirs, and military rule books.
Library with memoirs.
(17th-20th century; Russian transcriptions)
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
The Romanov Photo Album
Saint Petersburg 1900
Tsar at Stavka
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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