Researching Russian and Soviet History


Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the Uncategorized category. Noteworthy entries are filed topmost.

Women’s literature and theatre

This post features Russian women’s literature which has been translated into English.

Given the great number of Russian literary sources translated into English, please restrict suggestions to those items available at or through the UMW library or on open-source websites.

For Non-Fiction works by authors (such as letters or memoirs), or their friends and families, please visit the post on Memoirs.

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Revolution and Soviet-era literature and theatre

This post features Russian Revolution and Soviet-era literature that has been translated into English.

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Russian and Soviet Art and Architecture

This post features sources concerning Russian and Soviet art and architecture.

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Russian Religion and Religious Persecution

This post features sources concerning Russian religion, and religious persecution in Russia and the Soviet Union.

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Travel Accounts of Russia and the Soviet Union

This post features primary materials relating to foreign accounts of traveling in Russia or the Soviet Union.

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Women in Russian and Soviet History

This post features primary sources concerning women in Russian and Soviet history.

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Dissent and Resistance in Russian and Soviet History

This post features primary sources concerning dissent and resistance in the Soviet Union.

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Imperial Russia, 1700-1917.

This post features primary sources on the imperial period of Russian history.

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Medieval Russia

This post features primary sources on all spheres of life in Medieval Russian history.

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Russian Revolutions and Civil Wars

This post features primary sources concerning the February and October Revolutions of 1917 and the subsequent Civil Wars.

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Cold War

This post features primary sources related to the Cold War with an emphasis on Soviet documents and the Soviet Union’s participation in the conflict.

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Russian and Soviet government sources

This post features primary sources of Russian and Soviet government agencies that have been translated into English.

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Communist Party of the USSR

This post features primary sources of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union that have been translated into English.

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Imperial literature and theater

This post features Russian Imperial-era literature that has been translated into English.

Given the great number of Russian literary sources translated into English, please restrict suggestions to those items available at or through the UMW library or on open-source websites.

For Non-Fiction works by authors (such as letters or memoirs), or their friends and families, please visit the post on Memoirs.

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Everyday life and ordinary people

This post features primary sources on everyday life and ordinary people in Russian and Soviet history that have been translated into English.

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Newspapers, magazines, and journals

This post features sources on articles in Russian and Soviet newspapers, magazines, and journals that have been translated into English.

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Published document collections from the archives

This post features document collections from Russian archives published in book form and translated into English.

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Collected works, correspondence, and memoirs of political leaders

This post features the collected works, correspondence, and memoirs of Russian and Soviet political leaders.

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Quantitative data: censuses, economic statistics, public opinion surveys, etc.

This post features primary sources on quantitative data in Russian and Soviet history, including censuses, economic statistics, and public opinion surveys.

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Films, documentaries, and documents about film

This post features Russian films and documentaries available in the non-print library at the University of Mary Washington  http://www.umw.edu/technology/resources/…), as well as documents about films and documentaries.

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