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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: Український культурний фонд

Language: Ukrainian

This project collects and digitizes literary art magazines produced in Kharkiv between the 1910s and 1930s, valuable artifacts that are otherwise scattered throughout libraries in Ukraine and often in poor condition. These valuable artifacts are works dedicated to art and theater amid the background of early 20th century revolution, and constitute works of art themselves. The project ultimately…

Tags: 20th century| Kharkiv

Creator: Ukrainian Institute of National Memory

Language: Ukrainian

A collection of digitized archival documents on the political and social history of the Ukrainian revolution, 1917-1921. Documents largely pertain to the formation and governance of the independent Ukrainian People's Republic that existed between 1917 and 1921. The project has also compiled cultural sources from the period, including poetry and a playlist of revolutionary songs. The website also…

Tags: 20th 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: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Language: Ukrainian

The Mykhailo Maksymovych scientific library at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv has scanned and digitized over 3000 old and rare books ranging from the 15th through the late 19th centuries. Books come from all over Europe and include many culturally significant books from Ukraine. Users can use "advanced search" to search by author, title, period, or publisher, or click "browse…

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

Creator: Всеукраїнське фотокіноуправління

Language: Ukrainian

The VUFKU "Lost and Found" digital archive stores information, film, photos, and promotional materials from the Ukrainian film revolution of the 1920s-30s. Between 1922 and 1930, the All-Ukrainian Photo Cinema Administration released hundreds of feature films, documentaries, newsreels, and cartoons that together constituted the heyday of "Ukrainian Hollywood." The database includes information on…

Tags: 20th 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: 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: Бібліотека українського мистецтва

Language: Ukrainian

A go-to website for finding Ukrainian art and artists. Browse hundreds of digital scans of paintings, photographs, postcards, exhibition catalogues, rare books, and other sources from throughout Ukrainian history. Users can search by artist or keyword, or explore categories organized by art movement, medium, chronological period, and more. The section "eksklyusiv" (exclusive) found on the top menu…

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

Creator: Центральний державний архів-музей літератури і мистецтва України

Language: Ukrainian

The digital archives of the Literature and Art Archive-Museum of Ukraine house three large personal collections of notable Ukrainian figures of the 19th and 20th centuries: the Beretti architects, who designed and built many notable buildings in 19th century St. Petersburg and Kyiv; the Orientalist, linguist, and founder of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences Ahatanhel Krymsky; and…

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

Creator: Чтиво елеткронна бібліотека

Language: Ukrainian

This free online library of Ukrainian-language literature houses open access copies of many Ukrainian works, including books and periodical publications. Researchers can explore works by genre, including historical, literary, scientific, religious, and humor, or search by author or keyword. There's a lot here, including not only classic published works but also brochures, ephemera, pulp fiction,…

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

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: Shevchenko Portal

Language: Ukrainian

Dedicated to celebrated Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, and intellectual Taras Shevchenko, also known as Kobzar ("the bard"). The collection includes scans of Shevchenko's original handwritten writings, published works, paintings and illustrations, and personal and biographical documents. Click the three-lines icon on the lefthand toolbar to access the menu.

Tags: 19th century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського

Language: Ukrainian

An ongoing online project that aims to compile and make accessible the complete works of famed Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky. The digital collection includes works written, edited, and collaborated on by Hrushevsky; studies of Hrushevksy; his personal documents and correspondence as well as those of people close to him; archival, state, legal, and financial documents related to…

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

Creator: Blavatnik Archive Foundation

Language: English

The Blavatnik Archive is a non-profit organization that collects materials on 20th century Jewish life not typically found in standard archives: postcards, ephemera, correspondence, and more. About 15 percent of the archive's content is available online, and this number continues to grow as the foundation uploads more materials. Online collections offer rich materials on Jewish life and…

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

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: Российская национальная библиотека

Language: Russian

The Russian National Library's online collection of digitized newspapers includes many newspapers from Ukraine in both Ukrainian and Russian languages. Collections are especially rich for the mid-19th century through the 1940s, but researchers will find materials for as early as the 1700s and as late as the 2000s. Collections are organized by city, so the researcher must know which cities they are…

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