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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: Національна академія наук України

Language: Ukrainian

Open access PDF copies of several archaeological academic journals from the early Soviet period through the present.

Tags: 20th century| All Ukraine

Creator: Центральний державний науково-технический архів України

Language: Ukrainian

Collections of records from various science, engineering, technical, military and industrial projects in Ukraine in the late Soviet period. To find open access digitized materials (as opposed to listings of undigitized archival holdings): under "Пошук", select "Пошук за атрибутам". On the next page, select "Цифрова копія документа НАФ" ("digitized copy of NAF document") and search categories will…

Tags: 20th century| All Ukraine

Creator: Національна історична бібліотека України

Language: Ukrainian

This online archive compiles journals, papers, archival materials, and other publications created within the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences during the early Soviet period. Users can search using keywords or by browsing the collections of different departments, including history, philology, archaeology, museum studies, arts, socioeconomics, anthropology, and more.

Tags: 20th century| All Ukraine

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Ukrainian Catholic University

Language: English

Sixty-nine oral history interviews conducted in 1995-1996 and pertaining to Soviet collapse and the formation of independent Ukraine from 1988-1991. Interviews were conducted with Mikhail Gorbachev and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk, and with numerous politicians, dissidents, religious figures, diplomats, journalists, businesspeople, scientists, and military and intelligence officers.…

Tags: 20th 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: 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

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: 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