Covers North American scholarship on East-Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Subjects include anthropology, culture and the arts, economics, education, geography, and more.

Guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Includes audio and video clips from BBC archives.

Primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera related to significant border areas and migration events from the 19th to 21st centuries.

Collection of academic journals, ebooks and Grey Literature documents in Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central, East and Southeast Europe.

Publications and archives from an independent international affairs policy institute, including audio recordings and transcripts of debates and speeches it has hosted.

Authoritative online encyclopedia of all important aspects of the Slavic language family from its Indo-European origins to the present day.

Encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages.

Ongoing Yiddish language bibliographical project that records the contents of nearly 1000 periodicals published worldwide from 1862 onward.

Collection of databases providing varying sources of current information, about Russia, the CIS, and the Baltic states, including central and regional newspapers.

Digitized and searchable version of the Jewish Encyclopedia, originally published between 1901-1906.

Texts in Russian and other languages, music scores, early printed books, etc.

Collections of Russian newspapers, academic journals and e-books; Middle Eastern Arabic language e-books; statistical publications from the Russian Federation and the CIS countries, and more.

Online encyclopedia covers the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present.

Collection of documents and correspondence from the British diplomatic corps in Russia relating to their observations and analysis of the "retro-reform" policy in Russia between 1883 and 1886.

Index to international journals and special interest publications in all areas of anthropology and archaeology. Produced by the Royal Anthropological Institute.

EBSCO database that provides access to the literature in the fields of religious studies and theology, including journal articles, essays, and book reviews.

Bibliography covers the history and archaeology of medieval East Central and Eastern Europe, from about AD 500 to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion of 1241.

CRL acquires and preserves newspapers, journals, documents, archives, dissertations from outside of the U.S., with content from Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Latin America.

Archive of official government correspondence, reports, and maps from the British Foreign Office concerning Persia (Iran), Central Asia and Afghanistan, from 1834 and 1922.

Publications and archives from an independent international affairs policy institute, including audio recordings and transcripts of debates and speeches it has hosted.

Formerly classified U.S. government documents about efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Translated reports, publications, news broadcasts covering facets of the Cold War, focusing on news outlets in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, Vietnam and more.

Archive of U.S. State Department Central Classified Files relates to commercial and trade relations beginning in the Tsarist Russia period and extending through Khrushchev period in Soviet history.

Collection of government intelligence research and reports prepared between 1941 and 1961 on various topics related to the Soviet Union (USSR) by the U.S. Department of State.

Primary source materials covering the First World War; covering experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict; propaganda and recruitment; and visual perspectives.

Scanned copies of the paper issues of the various FBIS Daily Reports, which sought to record, translate, transcribea and analyze foreign foreign mass media.

Collection of FOIA files from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library documenting the events leading up to the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. and its implications for U.S.-Soviet relations.

English translation of the complete official Soviet history of World War II, originally published in Russian in 1960 by the USSR Ministry of Defense.

History database (EBSCO) that provides access to journal articles that cover topics related to world history. For U.S. and Canadian history, see America: History and Life.

Collection of declassified files from the British Foreign Office related to political, economic, cultural, social, and dissident life in countries behind the Iron Curtain during the post-Stalin era.

Archive of cold war era U.S. Government organization charged with translation and analysis of foreign documents on scientific and technical topics, environmental concerns, nuclear proliferation and more.

Archive of scholarly journals and ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and mathematics. Journal coverage is volume 1 of each title until 3-5 years ago (embargo period varies by title).

JTA Jewish & Israel News is a searchable database chronicling modern Jewish history, as seen through the eyes of journalists. It consists of articles published or disseminated by the JTA (Jewish Te...

Book series published by Brill covers the development, enactment, and impact of the rule of law in Eastern Europe (2 most recent volumes not included).

Digitized collection of private and official papers of Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt, active in WWI and considered the "father" of the army of the German Republic.

Digitized archive of a German-language daily newspaper, originally offering a socialist perspective during the Cold War, and a contemporary communist and socialist perspectives since reunification.

Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race.

Primary sources for the study and understanding of European peoples in the aftermath of World War II. It covers the politics and administration of the post-war refugee crisis in Europe.

Archive of Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, from 1959 to 1996, and translated into English by the FBIS, a U.S. government organization.

Digital newspaper archive of various editions of New York Times, with coverage from from 1851 to 2020.

Collection of World War II leaflets and periodicals in over 10 languages, mostly created by the Allies, that were air dropped, or fired by artillery shell over German occupied territory.

Searchable, multimedia collection supporting the study of important events and themes related to revolution and protest from the 18th century through the 21st century.

Collection of primary source materials, including war diaries, letters, memoranda, cablegrams, maps, and charts, related to the activities of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia, 1918-20.

Collections of ephemera related to the 2010 Presidential Election in Belarus, the 2011 and 2016 Russian Federation Duma elections, the 2012 and 2018 Russian Federation Presidential elections, the 2...

Film collection of documentaries, newsreels and features from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens.

Archive of materials related to the activities of the Soviet film company Sovkino and its relations with various other companies in the film industry in the Soviet Union and abroad, from 1923 to 1935.

Primary source collection of Stalin's personal papers, monographs on communism, and works covering Stalin's personal biography, his work in government, and his conduct of foreign affairs.

Archive of government documents from Great Britain covers politics, international relations with Western Europe and the colonial world, from the 16th through the late 18th centuries.

Papers issued by the United Kingdom House of Commons including Bills and Acts, Command Papers, House of Commons Papers, and Hansard (the official report of debates in Parliament).

Collection of databases indexing scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, from journals, conference proceedings, symposia, and more. Includes citation network data.

Collection of correspondence between the British Foreign Office, British missions and consulates in the Russian Empire and the Tsarist government, and the Provisional Government.

Growing archive of digitized print newspapers in more than 30 languages from around the world, ultimately including titles from over 80 countries. New content is continually being added.

Database of non-US newspapers, newswires, and news sites including The Times (London), El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, and more.

Digitized archive of a German-language daily newspaper, originally offering a socialist perspective during the Cold War, and a contemporary communist and socialist perspectives since reunification.

Digital newspaper archive of Russkoe slovo (1910-1920) and Novoe Russkoe Slovo (1925-2010).

Archive of Articles published by Pravda during the Cold War and the years immediately following, from 1959 to 1996, and translated into English by the FBIS, a U.S. government organization.

Collection of summary intelligence briefing reports prepared for Britain and its allies starting prior to WWII, based on broadcast data from open, publicly available sources.

Documentary films related to Eastern Europe's history, cultures, and contemporary landscape, exploring pivotal moments that shaped these countries, political upheavals, wars, and geopolitical shifts.