Open Access Sources for Ukrainian History

"Bukovina" newspaper | Газета "Буковина"

A specific yet detailed source for studies of 19th century Habsburg Ukraine. The Chernivtsi National University in Western Ukraine provides digitized scans of the regional newspaper "Bukovina" for the years 1885 and 1886. Prominent literary and…

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, 1986. Wilson Center Digital Archive

This digital archive collection compiled by the Wilson Center contains Ukrainian and national KGB reports, Communist Party directives, and Ukrainian Academy of Science measurements which discuss technical issues with the Chornobyl plant, details of…

Chernobyl archive. Archive of oral histories | Чорнобильський архів. Архів усних історій

The Chernobyl archive, a project by the Chernobyl Historical Workshop, is designed to preserve and transmit the history of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. It comprises over 200 oral history interviews and written essays by first responders,…

Chornobyl. Documents from the task force of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (1986-1988) | Чорнобиль. Документи оперативної групи ЦК КПУ (1986-1988)

TsDAGO, the archive of public organizations in Ukraine, has published a book comprising hundreds of pages of archival documents related to the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. It includes documents surrounding the explosion of 1986 and subsequent task…

Central State Electronic Archive of Ukraine | Центральний державний електронний архів україни

The Central State Electronic Archive holds several digitized collections on its website (despite the name, other electronic holdings must be accessed at the physical archive). These include metric books collections from Donetsk, Crimea, and…

State Archive of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Державний архів Дніпропетровської області

The Dnipropetrovsk oblast archive website holds digitized documents from the region's early Soviet history, especially on famine and repression, as well as church and synagogue metric books. Under the heading "elektronyy arkhiv" on the lefthand…

State Archive of Donetsk Oblast. List of metric books | Державний архів Донецької області. Список метричних книг

A collection of hundreds of digitized metric books from different church and synagogue districts in Donetsk region from 1800-1928. These historical records document local births, marriages, and deaths.

Holodomor of 1932-1933. Kharkiv region | Голодомор 1932-1933 рр. Харківська область

This site compiles hundreds of archival documents the State Archives of Kharkiv oblast and the State Security archive of Kyiv pertaining to the Holodomor famine of the 1930s as experienced across Ukraine and in Kharkiv oblast' in particular. It…

State Archive of Kyiv Oblast. E-Archive | Державний архів Київської області. Е-архів

Users may choose from the categories "until 1917" and "1917-1991" on the first page of the Kyiv oblast digital archive. Collections preceding 1917 include archival collections of the Kyiv provincial board 1780-1919, Kyiv state chamber 1781-1919, Kyiv…

Babyn Yar: people, power, history. Documents and materials | Бабин Яр: людина, влада, історія. Документи и матеріали

A completely digitized collection of archival documents, photos, newsreels, and academic articles on the history of the Babyn Yar region of Kyiv from the late 18th century through the 21st century. Many sources are dedicated to the massacre of 34,000…

Archive of old newspapers | Архів старих газет

A small collection of Ukrainian newspapers published between 1825 and 1943. These include the Kyiv Telegraph, Soviet newspapers Pravda and Vysty VUTsVK, the newspaper of the Ukrainian anarchist movement Makhnovshchina from 1919, and local newspapers…

Culture of Ukraine Digital Library | Культура України електронна бібліотека

An online library of digitally available books from the Yaroslav Mudry National Library of Ukraine. The library comprises four major collections: culture, art, ethnography, and cultural institutions (libraries, archives, museums). Books are uploaded…

Holocaust memorial center "Babyn Yar" | Меморіальний центр Голокосту "Бабин Яр"

A multimedia project on Babyn Yar and the history of the Holocaust, WWII, and the Soviet period in Ukraine by the Holocaust Memorial Center of Babyn Yar in Kyiv. The entire website is worth exploring, but two main areas will be of use to researchers.…

Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine. Document exhibitions | Центральний державний історичний архів України. Документальні виставки

The online document exhibitions of the Central State Historical Archive reveal a rich array of metric books, law books, parish registers, and religious and military documents from different Ukrainian provinces over several centuries. One can find…

Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv. E-archive | Центральний державний історичний архів України м. Львів. Е-Архів

The Central State Historical Archive in Lviv has digitized four major collections on its website. These include:
F. 12, op. 1: legal rulings and acts of the Perevorsk district court, 15th-18th centuries;
F. 132, op.1: letters of state, civil, and…

Unique documents of the National Archive collections | Унікальні документи Національного архівного фонду

The State Archival Service of Ukraine has compiled unique documents from across Ukraine's archives into one digitized collection. Here one can find notable and rare sources from across 1000 years of Ukrainian history. Highlights include 12th century…

Library of Rare Books at Odesa I. Mechnikov University | Електронна бібліотека Одеського національного університету імені І.І. Мечникова

A collection of foreign and Ukrainian early modern texts, rare editions of 19th and 20th century books, and periodicals. This source is especially rich in local lore and literature on Odesa and the Northern Black Sea Coast, and local newspapers…

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