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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)
- Album of a Journey through Southern Russia and the Crimea, by Way of Hungary, Wallachia, and Moldova
- 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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