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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: Center for Research on the Liberation Movement

Language: Ukrainian

Extensive collection of publications, internal documents and statistics, children’s and youth newsletters, personal recollections, and other sources from Ukrainian independence movements from 1917-1991. Users can search materials by category, date, author, institution/organization, document name, keywords and archival institution.

Tags: 20th 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: Archival Information Systems

Language: Ukrainian

Archive of Ukrainian periodicals dating back to 1896. Sources are most numerous for 1917-1945. You can search for items and filter by date, location, or publication title, or browse aggregated collections by clicking "Колекції" (collections) on the homepage.

Tags: 20th 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: Litopys

Language: Ukrainian

Books and other documents from Ukraine dating from the 800s through the 1700s. Sources include ancient chronicles and annals, classic literary works and poetry, historical and political works, and fiction. Users can browse different subcollections on the home page or use the search function.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| All Ukraine| ancient Ukraine| Kyivan Rus'| 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.

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Creator: Diasporiana

Language: Ukrainian

Archive of writing and periodicals from the Ukrainian diaspora, particularly in North America, dating back 125 years. Includes drama, poetry, political science, children’s books, folklore, and over 8,000 periodical publications (mostly from the mid-20th century).

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

Creator: The New York Public Library

Language: Yiddish

A search for keyword "Ukraine" on the New York Public Library online archive brings up 1115 results. Sources in Judaica and Jewish history are especially rich, as well photos, illustrations, and other religious documents. The NYPL has also digitized its collection "Peasant art of subcarpathian Russia," comprising photos of physical artifacts and material culture from Zakarpattia. Researchers can…

Tags: 19th century| 20th century| Chernihiv| Crimea| Galicia| Ivano-Frankivsk| Kherson| Kolomy| Kyiv| Odesa| Poltava| Rivne| Sevastopol| Volhynia| Zakarpattia

Creator: Odesa I. Mechnikov University

Language: Ukrainian

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 dating back to the 18th century.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| Odesa

Creator: Державна архівна служба України

Language: Ukrainian

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 birch bark deeds with proto-Ukrainian language; diplomatic and religious documents from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; photos of 19th century…

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| Chernihiv| Khmelnytsky| Kyiv| Lviv| Middle Ages| Zakarpattia| Zhytomyr

Creator: Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine in Lviv

Language: Ukrainian

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 church leaders of Ukraine, Poland, and other countries 1516-1888 (includes notable figures such as Boris Khmelnytsky);
F. 310 op. 1, archives of…

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| Lviv

Creator: Central State Historical Archive of Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian

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 metric book information on various religious communities, including Jews, Lutherans, and Orthodox Christians.

Tags: 15th century| 16th century| 17th century| 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| Chernihiv| Chernivtsi| Dnipro| Kharkiv| Kyiv| Middle Ages| Odesa| Podil| Poltava| Sumy| Ternopil| Vinnytsia| Volyn

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

Creator: Central State Electronic Archive of Ukraine

Language: Ukrainian

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 Sevastopol; records from German occupation in the 1940s (in German language); and state security records for Ukraine for 1916-1941. Metric books collections…

Tags: 18th century| 19th century| 20th century| Crimea| Dnipro| Donetsk| Odesa| Zhytomyr