Protestant Communities in the USSR
subject: religion
subject: Protestant
subject: political repression
subject: migration
subject: Gulag
subject: children
subject: church
subject: culture
description: A project that collects and presents materials about the experience of Baptist and Pentecostal communities in the USSR.
creator: Miriam Dobson
creator: Nadezhda Beliakova
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1920-1991
format: Digital project
language: English
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR

The Horrors of the Chernobyl Catastrophe: An Oral History Interview with Denys Stavnichny
subject: Chernobyl
subject: nuclear technology
description: Oral history interview with Mr. Denys Stavnychyi by St. Andrew's Episcopal School Student Conrad Osipowicz. In this interview Stavnychyi, who lived in the Ukraine at the time of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, reiterates the seriousness of the tragedy and reflects on the inefficiency of the government that affected many people during the crisis.
creator: Conrad Osipowicz
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1986
format: Digital collection
language: English
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Ukraine

Последние свидетелей (Last Witnesses)
subject: political repression
subject: Gulag
subject: concentration camp
description: Oral history interviews with victims and witnesses of Soviet political repressions.
creator: MEMORIAL International
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1917-1991
format: Digital project
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR

Soviet Jewish Oral History Collection at the Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland)
subject: migration
subject: Jewish
subject: nationality
description: This collection, a project of the WRHS Cleveland Jewish Archives Advisory Committee, includes oral histories with Soviet Jews from the Greater Cleveland area and related materials. The collection consists primarily of abstracts, article drafts, correspondence, descriptions of the project, a dissertation, information sheets, interview protocols, lists, minutes, newspaper clippings, notes, oral history user agreements, procedures, programs, progress reports, reports, a script, a student paper, and transcripts of interviews.
creator: Western Reserve Historical Society
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1960-post-1991
format: Digital project
format: Digital archive
language: English
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: USA

Russian Perspective on Islam
subject: Islam
subject: religion
subject: nationality
subject: insurgency
subject: women
subject: education
description: Russian Perspectives on Islam documents the encounter and evolving relationship between the secular/Orthodox state and the Islamic regions, groups, individuals, and ideologies on the territory of the former Soviet Union and neighboring countries. This set of unique materials illuminates the strategies implemented by the Soviet and Russian state to establish authority and legitimacy among predominantly Muslim populations in Central Asia, the Northern Caucasus and Siberia and to enhance Moscow’s influence internationally with nearby Muslim countries, including Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey.
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-1991
format: Digital project
format: Digital archive
language: Russian
language: English
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Central Asia
coverage: Caucasus
coverage: Siberia
coverage: Turkey
coverage: Iran
coverage: Iraq
coverage: Pakistan

Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus
subject: political repression
subject: rehabilitation
subject: propaganda
subject: ideology
subject: intellectual
description: A civic project that collects and presents oral history interviews, photographs, archival documents, and other materials related to Soviet political repressions in Belarus.
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1917-1991
format: Digital project
language: Russian
language: Belarusian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Belarus

Our Whole Story / Kogu Me Lugu
subject: political repression
subject: World War I
subject: World War Ⅱ
subject: secret police
subject: collectivization
subject: communism
subject: KGB
subject: human rights
subject: deportation
subject: concentration camp
description: Kogu Me Lugu (translates into Collect Our Story, We're Collecting The Story, also Our Entire Story) is an online oral history portal that collects, preserves and shares the family stories of Estonians from around the world in video format. The project focuses on the memories of people who were repressed by the Soviet or Nazi regimes, people who escaped Estonia during the occupations of said regimes or arrived in Estonia as a result of the occupations.
creator: Estonian Institute of Historical Memory
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1940-post-1991
format: Digital project
language: English
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Estonia
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Germany
coverage: Russia
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Belarus
coverage: Kazakhstan
coverage: Central Asia
coverage: USSR
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Western Europe

Ziyouz Portal of Uzbek Literature
subject: literature
subject: nationality
subject: national culture
subject: culture
subject: literature & arts
subject: folklore
subject: theater
subject: poetry
subject: linguistics
subject: history
description: A website with a large number of digital copies of publications on Uzbek language, literature, and folklore. Many of these publications are contemporary works, but there is also a large amount of Soviet publications on the website. Apart from literary works and literary scholarship, the website also contains other scholarly publications produced in Uzbekistan over time.
creator: Davronbek Tozhialiev
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
language: Uzbek
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Uzbekistan
coverage: Central Asia

Project "J-Doc"
subject: Jewish
subject: anti-Semitism
subject: religion
subject: politics
subject: culture
subject: nationality
description: Project "J-Doc" focuses on state policies of the USSR that affected Jews. It provides free access to various types of sources, including archival documents, periodicals, and oral history interviews.
creator: Nadav Foundation
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1917-1991
format: Digital archive
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Europe
coverage: Central Asia
coverage: Uzbekistan
coverage: South Caucasus
coverage: Russia
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Israel
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Belarus

Mosaic Tajikistan
subject: mosaic
subject: art
subject: urban history
subject: architecture
subject: national culture
subject: literature & arts
description: A website dedicated to mosaics in Tajikistan's architecture and artwork. On this site, users can browse photos of Tajikistan's mosaic artworks, locate them on a digital map, and learn about the artists and history of the mosaics.
creator: Bactria
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1960-post-1991
format: Digital project
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Tajikistan
coverage: Central Asia

Архив Сахарова (Archive of Sakharov)
subject: Andrei Sakharov
subject: dissent
subject: human rights
subject: science
subject: nuclear technology
subject: intellectual
subject: Elena Bonner
subject: personal narrative
description: The official archive of Sakharov, containing scientific works, journalism, epistolary heritage, documents of social and political activity, memoirs, personal and property documents, as well as materials for evaluating the social activities of A. Sakharov and E. Bonner (discussion materials and criticism; reviews and reviews; materials in protection and support; academic degrees, honorary titles, awards, prizes), materials for Sakharov's genealogy. Records that are not directly available on the website can be requested online.
creator: Archive of Sakharov
source: Archive of Sakharov
date: 1940-post-1991
format: Digital archive
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Russia

«Письма о Ташкенте» — художественный исторический альманах ("Letters about Tashkent" - artistic historical almanac)
subject: memory
subject: urban history
subject: Tashkent
subject: everyday life
subject: culture
subject: general
subject: personal narrative
subject: art
description: A website that collects personal accounts, old photographs, and other types of materials on the city of Tashkent. A lot of posts on the website are dedicated to the city's history.
creator: Evgenii Skljarevski
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Uzbekistan
coverage: Central Asia

UN Archives Geneva
subject: League of Nations
subject: international relations
subject: World War Ⅰ
subject: World War Ⅱ
subject: refugee
subject: United Nations
subject: general
description: The UN Archives Geneva platform gives access to the fonds and collections managed by the United Nations Library and Archives in Geneva, including the archives of the United Nations in Geneva, the League of Nations (1919-1946), international peace movements (from 1870), and private papers. The digital copies of many documents, including the entire League of Nations archives, are freely downloadable through the platform. For other undigitized files, the online platform can be used as a comprehensive digital finding aid.
creator: United Nations Library Geneva
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital archive
language: English
language: French
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Asia
coverage: Africa
coverage: Europe
coverage: China
coverage: US
coverage: France
coverage: Germany
coverage: Poland
coverage: Egypt
coverage: global

Total Digital Access to the League of Nations Archives (LONTAD)
subject: League of Nations
subject: international relations
subject: World War Ⅰ
subject: World War Ⅱ
subject: refugee
subject: general
description: The entirely digitize League of Nations Archives, estimated to contain some 15 million pages of content. The archives include tons of Soviet-related documents on a variety of topics.
creator: United Nations Library Geneva
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1920-1946
format: Digital archive
language: English
language: French
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Asia
coverage: Africa
coverage: Europe
coverage: China
coverage: Armenia
coverage: US
coverage: France
coverage: Germany
coverage: Poland
coverage: Egypt
coverage: global

Blinken OSA Library
subject: human rights
subject: Communism
subject: foreign relations
subject: Cold War
subject: politics
subject: legal source
subject: law
subject: everyday life
subject: economy
subject: general
subject: Soviet-Afghan War
description: Blinken OSA Library houses a non-circulating reference library of books related to the Cold War, Communism, international human rights, history of broadcasting and the archival profession as well as a collection of more than 7.300 dailies and journals published from the 1950s onwards in 40 languages. Most of the items were created by the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute.
creator: Central European University
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1884-2018
format: Digital library
language: English
language: Russian
language: Polish
language: German
language: Hungarian
language: Czech
language: French
language: Romanian
language: other
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Russia
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Hungary
coverage: Czechoslovakia
coverage: Poland
coverage: Bulgaria
coverage: Romania
coverage: Yugoslavia
coverage: East Germany
coverage: Albania
coverage: China
coverage: Austria
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Estonia
coverage: Lithuania
coverage: Latvia
coverage: US
coverage: UK
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: other
coverage: Afghanistan

Glasnost in Print
subject: Glasnost
subject: Perestroika
subject: society
subject: everyday life
subject: late socialism
subject: collapse of the USSR
description: An online exhibit of digitized Soviet and Russian newspaper editions from the 1980s through the 1990s that illuminate the transformation of Russian society in that period.
creator: Thomas C. Wolfe
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1980-2000
format: Online exhibition
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: USSR

The Blavatnik Archive
subject: Jewish
subject: anti-Semitism
subject: nationality
subject: culture
subject: war
subject: military
subject: World War II
subject: propaganda
subject: education
subject: women
subject: holiday
subject: festival
subject: political leader
subject: religion
subject: Judaism
subject: POW
subject: holocaust
subject: architecture
subject: political repression
subject: personal narrative
description: The Blavatnik Archive is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to preserving and disseminating materials that contribute to the study of 20th-century Jewish and world history, with a special emphasis on World War I, World War II, and Soviet Russia. This digital archive now contains over 113,000 items of various types.
creator: Len Blavatnik
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1910-post-1991
format: Digital archive
language: Russian
language: English
language: German
language: Yiddish
language: Ukrainian
language: Polish
language: other
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: Germany
coverage: France
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Lithuania
coverage: Poland
coverage: Austria
coverage: Belarus
coverage: US
coverage: Czech Republic
coverage: Israel
coverage: Uzbekistan
coverage: Europe
coverage: Asia
coverage: Central Asia
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Kazakhstan
coverage: Georgia
coverage: South Caucasus
coverage: Estonia
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: China
coverage: Azerbaijan
coverage: Hungary
coverage: Bulgaria
coverage: Moldova
coverage: UK
coverage: Romania
coverage: Mongolia

Russian Archives Online
subject: urban history
subject: Great Patriotic War
subject: economy
subject: sport
subject: culture
subject: everyday life
subject: agriculture
subject: music
subject: art
subject: healthcare
subject: infrastructure
subject: women
subject: army
subject: literature & arts
description: Russian Archives Online (RAO) is an online collection of Russian and Soviet-related archives and other sources of film footage, photographs, and fine art featuring support materials and robust archival search engine.
creator: ABAmedia
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: USSR
coverage: China
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Bulgaria
coverage: Egypt
coverage: Cuba
coverage: global

Рукописи онлайн (Manuscripts Online - Manuscript Department of the Institute of Russian Literature, RAS)
subject: literature
subject: intellectual
subject: culture
subject: Aleksandr Blok
subject: Andrei Belyi
subject: Innokentii Annenskii
subject: Marina Tsvetaeva
subject: Fedor Sologub
subject: literature & arts
description: Digitized manuscripts of Aleksandr Blok, Andrei Belyi, Innokentii Annenskii, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Fedor Sologub.
creator: Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-1930
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia

Электронная библиотека Института русской литературы (Пушкинского Дома) РАН (Digital Library of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
subject: literature
subject: intellectual
subject: scholarship
subject: culture
subject: literature & arts
description: The digital library of the Institute of Russian Literature of the RAS, providing free access to digital copies of the Institute's publications and other literary studies publications.
creator: Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Russia

Online Collections of the Wende Museum
subject: Cold War
subject: art
subject: culture
subject: literature
subject: foreign relations
subject: censorship
subject: migration
subject: personal narrative
subject: literature & arts
description: The Wende Museum is an art museum and historical archive dedicated to the Cold War. Its online collections consist of artworks, artifacts, documents, films, and historical witness interviews related to the subject.
creator: The Wende Museum
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1950-1991
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
language: English
language: Albanian
language: German
language: Hungarian
language: Romanian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Albania
coverage: East Germany
coverage: Hungary
coverage: Romania
coverage: USA

Osip Mandelʹshtam Papers, 1900-1979 (mostly 1914-1937)
subject: literature
subject: intellectual
subject: art
subject: culture
subject: Osip Mandelʹshtam
subject: literature & arts
description: The collection consists of Russian-language works, correspondence, and printed matter of Mandelʹshtam. It contains holograph and typed manuscripts of his poems, reviews, articles, and essays, often in draft form representing different stages of his work, many of which are in the hand of his wife, Nadezhda, who acted as his amanuensis.
creator: Princeton University Library
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1900-1979
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia

Russian and early Soviet sheet music collection
subject: music
subject: art
subject: culture
subject: literature & arts
description: A collection of Russian and early Soviet music scores published from 1904 to 1938.
creator: Columbia University Libraries
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1904-1938
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
language: English
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: USA

Электронная библиотека «Наука права» (Digital Library "Science of Law")
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: legal studies
subject: scholarship
subject: justice
subject: court
subject: legal source
description: An online library of laws and legal studies. It provides open access to Soviet and Russian legal sources and legal literature.
creator: Digital Library "Science of Law"
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Russia

National Database of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: local administration
subject: legal source
description: Online database of the official texts of legislation of Uzbekistan from 1925 till today.
creator: National Center of Legal Information “Adolat”
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1925-post-1991
format: Online database
language: Russian
language: Uzbek
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Uzbekistan
coverage: Central Asia

ИПС "Әділет" Legal information system of Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: local administration
subject: legal source
description: Online database of legal acts of Kazakhstan adopted from 1948 till today.
creator: Institute of legislation and legal information of the Republic of Kazakhstan
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1948-post-1991
format: Online database
language: Russian
language: Kazakh
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Kazakhstan
coverage: Central Asia

Библиотека нормативно-правовых актов СССР (Library of the Legal Acts of the USSR)
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: legal source
description: A digital collection of extensive Soviet legal acts (transcripts), covering the whole Soviet period.
creator: Library of Legal Acts of the USSR
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1917-1991
format: Digital library
format: Digital collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR

Dokumentų paieška - Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas (Document search - Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania)
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: legal source
description: Online database of legal acts of Lithuania, containing the official texts of legislation adopted in Lithuania during its Soviet period. It also contains texts of international laws and international agreements that involved Lithuania.
creator: Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1940-post-1991
format: Online database
language: Lithuanian
language: English
language: Russian
language: German
language: French
language: Italian
language: Latvian
language: Estonian
language: Polish
language: Spanish
language: Belarusian
language: Ukrainian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Lithuania
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Europe
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Russia
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Estonia
coverage: Poland
coverage: Belarus
coverage: Ukraine

Библиотечные и архивные ресурсы Государственной Думы (Library and Archival Resources of the State Duma of Russia)
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: legal studies
subject: scholarship
subject: legal source
description: The digital library of the Parliamentary Library of Russia, containing documents and publications of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, including published official laws, meeting records, published law collections, and works of legal studies. Many digital copies are available online.
creator: The State Duma of Russia
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Russia

Электронная библиотека РНБ (Digital Library of the Russian National Library)
subject: general
subject: culture
subject: science
subject: art
subject: children
subject: Russian Revolution
subject: music
subject: folklore
subject: cartography
subject: history
subject: Great Patriotic War
subject: Leningrad Blockade
subject: literature
subject: Russian avant-garde
subject: urban history
subject: sport
subject: propaganda
subject: literature & arts
description: Digital library of the Russian National Library, providing free access to a large number of digitized pre-revolution and Soviet literature.
creator: Russian National Library
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
language: other
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: USSR

БД Персональный состав РАН (Database "Personnel of the Russian Academy of Sciences")
subject: scholarship
subject: science
subject: culture
subject: intellectual
subject: Russian Academy of Sciences
description: Database of biographical information of the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences from the 17th century till today.
creator: Russian Academy of Sciences
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Online database
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia

Рассекреченные документы разведки (Declassified Documents of Intelligence)
subject: foreign intelligence
subject: intelligence
subject: foreign relations
subject: World War Ⅱ
description: Document collections and other publications of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, based on the agency's declassified archival documents. Currently, this page provides free access to one document collection dedicated to Europe and the USSR during 1935-1945.
creator: Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1935-1945
format: Digital document collection
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: USSR
coverage: Europe
coverage: Baltics
coverage: Eastern Europe
coverage: Finland
coverage: Germany
coverage: France

Библиотека русского географического общества (Library of the Russian Geographical Society)
subject: geography
subject: archaeology
subject: astronomy
subject: science
subject: biology
subject: intelligence
subject: geology
subject: cartography
subject: intellectual
subject: history
subject: education
subject: Russian Geographical Society
subject: agriculture
subject: economy
subject: ethnography
description: The digital library of the Russian Geographical Society, containing thousands of digitized books, maps, atlases, periodicals, expedition reports, and other types of materials of the Society.
creator: Russian Geographical Society
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital library
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Russia
coverage: USSR

Virtual Exhibitions of the National Archives of Latvia
subject: Sovietization
subject: World War Ⅱ
subject: independence
subject: diaspora
subject: political repression
subject: intellectual
subject: culture
subject: refugee
description: A few well-organized online exhibitions of documents from Latvian archives, many of which are dedicated to Soviet political repressions in Latvia.
creator: National Archives of Latvia
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1940-post-1991
format: Online exhibition
language: Latvian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Baltics

Database of Deported Latvian Residents
subject: deportation
subject: political repression
description: The database contains lists of persons who were deported from Latvia to distant territories of the USSR by the Soviet regime between 1941 and 1953.
creator: National Archives of Latvia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1941-1953
format: Online database
language: Latvian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Baltics
coverage: USSR

Latviešu diasporas dokumenti (Latvian Diaspora Documents)
subject: diaspora
subject: deportation
subject: everyday life
description: A database that collects information related to the historical heritage of the diaspora in Latvia and the world. This heritage consists of the documents of both individuals and organizations, covering the period from the years of the Second World War to the regaining of Latvia's independence.
creator: National Archives of Latvia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1940-1991
format: Digital archive
format: Online database
language: Latvian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Baltics

Dokumentu un rakstu krājumi - Latvijas Valsts arhīvs (Document Collections and Articles of the State Archives of Latvia)
subject: political repression
subject: Sovietization
subject: military
subject: World War Ⅱ
subject: rural history
subject: dissident
subject: World Association of Free Latvians
description: Document collections published by the State Archives of Latvia, some of which have digital versions freely available via this web page.
creator: State Archives of Latvia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1940-post-1991
format: Digital document collection
language: Latvian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Baltics

Latvijas Valsts arhīvs datubāzē (Latvian State Archives Database)
subject: political institution
subject: party organization
subject: agriculture
subject: economy
subject: culture
subject: industry
subject: trade
subject: energy
subject: environment
subject: forestry
subject: infrastructure
subject: media
subject: propaganda
subject: healthcare
subject: transportation
description: The database of Latvian State Archives that contains all descriptions and historical records of the Communist Party fonds (9083 items) and provides free access to many original documents.
creator: State Archives of Latvia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1940-1991
format: Digital archive
language: Latvian
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Latvia
coverage: Baltics

The First Republic of Georgia
subject: The First Republic of Georgia
subject: political institution
subject: foreign relations
subject: personal narrative
description: A digital project presenting extensive documents related to the First Republic of Georgia.
creator: National Archives of Georgia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1918-1921
format: Digital project
format: Digital collection
language: Georgian
language: French
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Georgia
coverage: South Caucasus

Index of the Members of the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians
subject: literacy
subject: activism
subject: national culture
subject: intellectual
subject: celebrity
subject: culture
subject: nationalities
description: Biographical data of more than 15,000 people in the Society for Spreading Literacy among Georgians from its founding until its liquidation, in 1879-1927.
creator: National Archives of Georgia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1879-1927
format: Online database
language: Georgian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Georgia
coverage: South Caucasus

Documents about Germans Living in Georgia and Transcaucasia
subject: German
subject: education
subject: religion
subject: nationalities
description: A digital project that presents more than 1000 archival records of the 19th-20th centuries about Germans living in Georgia and Transcaucasia.
creator: National Archives of Georgia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1830-1940
format: Digital collection
format: Digital project
language: Russian
language: Georgian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Georgia
coverage: South Caucasus

აფხაზეთის ვირტუალური არქივი (Virtual Archive of Abkhazia)
subject: everyday life
subject: general
subject: political institution
subject: culture
subject: theater
subject: personal narrative
description: A web-archive containing photos, videos, books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and other types of materials related to Abkhazia.
creator: National Archives of Georgia
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1789-2015
format: Digital project
format: Digital archive
language: Georgian
language: Abkhaz
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Georgia
coverage: Abkhazia
coverage: South Caucasus

Photo Catalog of the National Archive of Georgia
subject: general
subject: everyday life
description: Database of the Central Archive of Film and Photographic Documents of Georgia, where you can search and browse historical photographs of the country.
creator: Central Archive of Film and Photographic Documents of the National Archive of Georgia
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital archive
language: Georgian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Georgia
coverage: South Caucasus

Виртуальные выставки и тематические подборки документов - Государственный архив Минской области (Virtual Exhibitions and Thematic Selections of Documents of the State Archive of Minsk Oblast)
subject: culture
subject: art
subject: theater
subject: intellectual
subject: Great Patriotic War
subject: literature
subject: education
subject: justice
subject: archive
subject: economy
subject: Komsomol
subject: memory
subject: architecture
subject: urban planning
subject: literature & arts
description: Online exhibitions and collections of archival documents from the State Archive of Minsk Oblast.
creator: State Archive of Minsk Oblast
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Online exhibition
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Belarus

Помнiкi гiсторыi права Беларусi (Monuments of the Legal History of Belarus)
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: Constitution
subject: foreign relations
subject: political institution
subject: criminal law
subject: economic law
subject: economy
subject: everyday life
subject: legal source
description: A digital collection of key legal documents, including constitutional laws, international agreements, criminal laws, and economic laws, in the history of Belarus.
creator: National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
creator: Presidential Library of the Republic of Belarus
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Digital collection
format: Digital project
language: Russian
language: Belarusian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Belarus

Правовые акты БССР (Legal Acts of the Belarusian SSR)
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: everyday life
subject: political institution
subject: economy
subject: culture
subject: social history
subject: family
subject: general
subject: legal source
description: A database of more than 3,500 officially published legal acts of the BSSR.
creator: National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1917-1991
format: Digital archive
format: Online database
language: Russian
language: Belarusian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Belarus

Resolution No. 418 of the Azerbaijan SSR Council of Ministers, Oct. 14, 1983
subject: law
subject: legislation
subject: housing
subject: legal source
description: Resolution of the Azerbaijan SSR Council of Ministers "On the approval of the Model Rules for registering citizens who need to improve housing conditions and allocating residential areas in the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR"
creator: Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1983
format: Online article
language: Azerbaijani
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Azerbaijan

Archival Documents of the State Archive of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
subject: KGB
subject: security service
subject: intelligence
subject: foreign relations
subject: Western Ukrainian People's Republic
subject: Ukrainian question
subject: secret police
subject: political institution
description: Document collections on various topics based on Ukrainian foreign intelligence service records.
creator: State Archive of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine
source: Link to the Resource
date: 1920-1954
format: Digital document collection
language: Ukrainian
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Ukraine

Оцифровані документи - Державний архів Херсонської області (Digitized Documents of the State Archive of Kherson Oblast)
subject: religion
subject: security service
subject: KGB
subject: local administration
subject: everyday life
description: A significant number of digitized documents from the fonds of the State Archive of Kherson Oblast.
creator: State Archive of Kherson Oblast
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-?
format: Digital archive
language: Ukrainian
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Kherson Oblast

ВИСТАВКИ Online - Державний архів Полтавської області (Online Exhibitions of the State Archive of Poltava Oblast)
subject: famine
subject: Great Patriotic War
subject: literature
subject: culture
subject: law
subject: Constitution
subject: religion
subject: ostarbeiter
subject: late socialism
subject: intellectual
subject: Ukrainian Revolution
subject: legal source
subject: literature & arts
description: Online exhibitions of archival documents from the State Archive of Poltava Oblast.
creator: State Archive of Poltava Oblast
source: Link to the Resource
date: pre-1917-post-1991
format: Online exhibition
language: Ukrainian
language: Russian
type: Open Access Primary Source
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Poltava Oblast