Guides: Russian and Soviet History: Newspapers

Newspapers

Guide to Open Access Historical News Sources from Slavic, East European and Eurasian Countries
A guide to freely available digitized historical news sources from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union curated by members of the East Coast Consortium of Slavic Library Collections.

Current Digest of the Russian Press
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Weekly selection of Russian-language press and documentary materials, translated into English. "Articles state the opinions and views of the original authors, not of the publisher of the journal."
Founded in 1949, the Current Digest was first published as The Current Digest of the Soviet Press (1949-1991), followed by The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (1992-2010), and now The Current Digest of the Russian Press.
Russian Central Newspapers
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The Universal Database of Russian Newspapers (UDB-COM) provides comprehensive coverage of national news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia. Official sources (Rossiiskaia gazeta, Krasnaia zvezda, ITAR-TASS), independent media and partisan publications are all represented on this database, thus offering a wide array of opinions and perspectives. Several English-language newspapers including the notable Moscow Times, widely read by the international community in the Russian capital, constitute an important part of the database.
Pravda Digital Archive
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Pravda ("Truth") was the official voice of Soviet communism and the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991.

Izvestiia Digital Archive
Among the longest-running Russian newspapers, Izvestiia (Известия, News) was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
Novoe Russkoe Slovo Digital Archive
The most widely read Russian newspaper in North America for over a century. First published in 1910 in New York, Russkoe slovo (Русское слово, Russian Word) initially carried pro-Communist leanings before undergoing nominal and ideological changes a decade later. Under the new name Novoe russkoe slovo (Новое русское слово, New Russian Word), the newspaper shed its pro-Communist sympathies and established itself as the premier newspaper of the Russian émigré community in New York and beyond.

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