Ukrainian Regional, Local and Family History Sources

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Chernobyl

Facsimiles of official documents related to the Chernobyl plant.
From the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Includes memoranda, informational messages, and reports.
Documents discuss low-quality construction and assembly work, violations of technological discipline and safety rules (read more about the documents here).
(1940 - 28 April 2011; Russian facsimles, Ukrainian interface)
Conferences, orders, and resolutions about Chernobyl situation.
(1986-2010, Russian transcription)
Data, investigation, and history of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
(English and Russian text)

Crimea

Accounts from early travelers up to recent accounts of events.
Some sections link to additional primary sources about the topic.
(6th century BC - 2003 AD; photos, Russian transcriptions)
History of situation in Crimea among Tatars, Turks, and Russian people.
(1777; image, Russian translation from Hebrew)
(end of 18th century; map, Russian transcription)
Documents an 1837 expedition through southeast Europe and the southern Russian Empire.
Information on geography, history, archaeology, and people and cultures of the region.
(1837; French facsimile)
VA Obolensky's of Crimea under Denikin's (and Bolshevik) rule.
(1918-1924; Russian transcription)
An unofficial translation into English
(2014)

Donbass

Images, information with quotes from documents regarding the establishment of communism in Donbass.
(1920; Russian images, commentaries, and transcription)

Galicia

Searchable database drawing from dozens of genealogical sources. Focuses on, but is not limited to, the Jewish community in Galicia.
(1815-1940; English records)
First-hand video accounts of recollections of Lviv (was called Lwów, as it was located Poland at the time).
Includes recollections from Polish-Ukraine war of 1918-1919, the German Occupation, the Holocaust, and the Soviet Occupation.
(1918-1944; Polish audio)
Images from World War II period in Ukraine and concentration camp in Lviv, Poland.
(1941-1944; facsimiles, English language)

Ivano-Frankivsk

Online exhibitions documenting history of the region. Exhibitions include newspaper facsimiles and photos.
(photos, Ukrainian facsimiles and interface)

Northern Ukraine

Links to genealogical records of Carpatho-Rusyns.
(English transcriptions and interface)
Statistics from repression.
(September 1939 – May 1941; Russian commentaries and transcription)

Family History Sources

Links to genealogical records of Carpatho-Rusyns.
(English transcriptions and interface)
Searchable database drawing from dozens of genealogical sources. Focuses on, but is not limited to, the Jewish community in Galicia.
(1815-1940; English records)
Database of interviews with Jewish people from Ukraine.
Includes facsimiles of official documents.
Explore the database by family name, city.
Advanced search here.
(photos, English transcriptions, Ukrainian and Yiddish facsimiles)

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