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Creator: Digital Maidan Archive

Language: Ukrainian

The Digital Maidan Archive is a voluntary history project created to preserve the memory of the Maidan Revolution of 2013-2014. The goal of the project is to create an electronic database of the sources about the events of the Revolution of Dignity. The site consists of three main sections: the history of the Maidan, video and photo archives.

Tags: 21st century| Kyiv

Creator: Український інститут національної пам'яті

Language: Ukrainian

Since the Maidan Revolutions of 2013-2014, the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory has collected oral history accounts from the Maidan Revolutions and, subsequently, of the Russo-Ukrainian War from 2015 through the present. Transcripts of these oral histories have been collected into several-volume books that are available for free download in both ePub and PDF formats. Each volume is devoted…

Tags: 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського

Language: Ukrainian

Database of publications by the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences dating back to the 1920s. While much of the content is from recent years, users can search by date to find historic publications. Especially rich for archaeological expeditions in Ukraine during the Soviet period.

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Language: English

The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute's historical and contemporary atlas projects provide data, statistics, maps, photographs, and analysis on a wide range of topics throughout Ukrainian history, as well as on contemporary politics and society. MAPA brings the latest innovations in information technology to Ukrainian studies in this approach to the country's past and present. The breadth of…

Tags: 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine| Early Modern| Kyivan Rus'| Middle Ages

Creator: Крим—це Україна

Language: Ukrainian

This Ukrainian government project showcases archival documents from the history of Crimea to demonstrate the region's Ukrainian identity, in response to the 2014 annexation by Russia. The collection includes documents on the 1853-6 Crimean War, Crimean Tatars, the 1917 Revolution in Crimea, 19th and 20th century tourism to the peninsula, and more.

Tags: 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| Crimea| Kherson

Creator: ELibUkr (Electronic Library of Ukraine)

Language: Ukrainian

Links to the digital archives of major research institutions and universities in Ukraine. Many of these institutions and universities hold digital archives dating back to Soviet times.

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| Chernihiv| Chernivtsi| Donetsk| Kharkiv| Kyiv| Sumy| Ternopil| Vinnytsia| Zhytomyr

Creator: College of Europe Natolin Campus

Language: English

The Three Revolutions project compiles sources on the three revolutions that have occurred on Kyiv's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) since 1990 — The Revolution on Granite (1990), the Orange Revolution (2004-2005), and the Euromaidan Revolution (2013-2014). These materials include archival documents, media, and original oral history interviews. To access the project's open access…

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Центр міської історії

Language: Ukrainian

Based in Lviv, the Center for Urban History houses digital projects pertaining to the urban history of Ukraine, especially Lviv. Since the beginning of the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War, the Center has embarked on an intensive project to digitize more materials. Open access online sources are found on the "Digital" section of the Center's website. Most interesting is the "Urban Media Archive," a…

Tags: 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| Lviv

Creator: Ukrainian Institute of National Memory

The Ukrainian Institute for National Memory has created and compiled a diverse range of oral histories on topics throughout modern Ukrainian history. Interviews touch on everything from the Holodomor of the 1930s through the 21st century revolutions in Ukraine.

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського

Language: Ukrainian

Ukrainica is a major database compiling reference, informational, and documentary sources on the broadest areas of Ukrainian history, culture, economics, and more. Its sources are archival, published, and manuscript documents and include materials created both within and without Ukraine, on all topics related to documenting the history and heritage of the Ukrainian people.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine| ancient Ukraine| Kyivan Rus'| Middle Ages

Creator: Internet Archive

Language: Ukrainian

This Internet Archive collection preserves primary source online materials from the Ukrainian revolutions and Russian-Ukrainian conflict of the 21st century (before the 2022 war). The Ukrainian Conflict internet archive is a collaborative project by the Internet Archive team, Stanford University, the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, the Library of Congress, and Global Investigative News…

Tags: 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Cossackdom.com

Language: Russian

An electronic database compiling sources and information on Ukrainian and Russian cossacks from the 15th through 21st centuries. While many documents are secondary sources, researchers can find published archival document collections, visual sources including maps and illustrations, historical songs and ethnographic collections, and more.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: European University in St. Petersburg

Language: Ukrainian

Scans and transcripts of diaries from Ukraine, the Russian empire, and the Soviet Union, from the 19th century through today. Users can search for Ukrainian-language diaries as well as Russian-language diaries pertaining to Ukrainian history (Belarusian diaries are available too). Diaries and diary entries can be searched by included words, year, gender, topic, and more. This is a valuable site…

Tags: 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Central State Archives of Public Associations of Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian

The Central State Archives of Public Association (CDAGO) online exhibitions include numerous original scans from their archival collection. This website URL brings researchers to a list of exhibition topics spanning the breadth of modern Ukrainian history, including literary figures and movements, World War II, the Afghan War, the transfer of the capital of Ukraine from Kharkiv to Kyiv, the 1920s…

Tags: 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Центральний державний архів вищих органів влади та управління України

Language: Ukrainian

Many documents from the Central State Archives of Supreme Bodies of Power and Government of Ukraine (TsDAVO) are available in digitized or published format on the archive's website. Documents are available both in published document collections as well as documentary exhibitions. To browse document collections, choose "publikatsiyi" (publications) from the main toolbar. Here you can access free…

Tags: 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Ukrainian Institute of National Memory

Language: Ukrainian

The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory houses several digital archive projects, including features on the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, World War II, Ukrainian independence, contemporary Russian aggression against Ukraine, and more. Users can find links to these projects on the website's homepage, linked here.

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського

This collection of digitized materials from the V. I. Vernadsky National Library ranges from throughout Ukrainian culture and history. Researchers will find a great number of archival, visual, published, and audio sources spanning many centuries. This source is especially good for pre-20th century history. Users can search by collection, source type, or using the search function.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine| ancient Ukraine| Middle Ages

Creator: Інститут історії України

Language: Ukrainian

This vast database contains published document collections, oral history collections, old metric books, law collections, archival collections, and more. This is a good initial place to look for any research topic. Sources are categorized under "Е-Джерела" (E-resources) by period, and there is also a search function.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine| ancient Ukraine| Kyivan Rus'| Middle Ages

Creator: Верховна рада України

Language: Ukrainian

A major, searchable database of legislation passed in Ukraine dating back to 1903, although sources are most numerous for the period since 1991 and especially the 21st century. Users can use advanced search functions to search hundreds thousands of legal documents and can also browse by committee, most popular documents, and other categories.

Tags: 20th century| 21st century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна бібліотека України імені Ярослава Мудрого

Language: Ukrainian

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 on the basis of their scientific, social, historic, and cultural value. Digitized materials number in the thousands. Users can locate sources using…

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| 21st century| ancient Ukraine| Dnipro| Kharkiv| Kyiv| Kyivan Rus'| Middle Ages| Odesa