Library Research Guides: CEUS R320 R520 Central Asia in Soviet Times: Home

Introduction

The library’s collection for Soviet Central Asia is extensive.

It is located on the 6^th floor of the Wells Library east wing, ALF (Auxiliary Library Facilities, aka. remote storage), and online.

The library has a dedicated subject librarian for Central Asian studies, Dr. Akram Habibulla (akkhabib@indiana.edu; Wells E960; 812-855-9885).

The librarian for Slavic and East European studies is Wookjin Cheun (wcheun@indiana.edu ; Wells E560; 812-855-9413).

Call number ranges for Central Asia:

DK845-860 Soviet Central Asia. West Turkestan
DK901-909.5 Kazakhstan. Kazakh S.S.R.
DK909.2-909.39 Alma Ata
DK911-919.5 Kyrgyzstan. Kirghiz S.S.R. Kirghizia
DK919.2-919.39 Frunze
DK921-929.5 Tajikistan. Tajik S.S.R. Tadzhikistan
DK929.2-929.39 Dushanbe
DK931-939.5 Turkmenistan. Turkmen S.S.R. Turkmenia
DK939.2-939.39 Ashkhabad
DK941-949.5 Uzbekistan. Uzbek S.S.R.
DK949.2-949.39 Tashkent

The Library

Databases A-Z: List of major electronic resources.

Slavic and East European Studies Resources: An Overview

Subject Collections:

Slavic and East European Studies Collection

International Studies Collection

Central Eurasian Studies Collection

Folklore Collection

Theatre and Drama Collection

Public and Environmental Affairs Collection

Services:

Recommend books and films for purchase

Borrowing books for you from other libraries

Delivering electronically to you print journal articles and book chapters

How to Find Books in the Library?

Use IUCAT or OneSearch@IU

Transliteration Tables

Use "Subject Headings" when searching. The useful "Subject Headings" are:
Personal names
Historical events ("Collectivization of agriculture"; Sedentarization; Famines)

Country names (Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; "Asia, Central")

Disciplines (Anthropology; "Political science")

Time periods ("20th century"; 1939-1945; 1989- )

Types of materials (Sources; Encyclopedias; Dictionaries)

Refine search results applying different criteria such as language, subject, publication year, format, etc.

How to Find Journal Articles?

English-language Articles
Academic search
JSTOR

Russian-language Articles
Universal database of Russian social sciences and humanities

Primary Sources

Soviet Woman Digital Archive
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Published initially under the aegis of the of Soviet Women’s Anti-Fascist Committee and the Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR, in the aftermath of the WWII in 1945, the Soviet Woman magazine began as a bimonthly illustrated magazine tasked with countering anti-Soviet propaganda. The magazine introduced Western audiences to the lifestyle of Soviet women, their role in the post-WWII rebuilding of the Soviet economy, and praised their achievements in the arts and the sciences.

he magazine covered issues dealing with economics, politics, life abroad, life in Soviet republics, women’s fashion, as well as broader issues in culture and the arts. One of its most popular features was the translations of Soviet literary works, making available in English, (and other languages) works of Russian and Soviet writers that were previously unavailable. An important communist propaganda outlet, the magazine continued its run until the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Seventeen Moments in Soviet History: An Online Archive of Primary Sources
A thematically driven, chronological account of Soviet history through primary sources (texts, images, videos) as well as explanatory essays

Stalin Digital Archive
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The Stalin Digital Archive is a result of collaboration between the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI) and Yale University Press (YUP) to create an electronic database of finding aids, to digitize documents and images, and to publish in different forms and media materials from the recently declassified Stalin archive in the holdings of RGASPI.

Elektronnaia biblioteka istoricheskikh dokumentov
"... Задачей проекта является создание Электронной библиотеки исторических документов, в которой исследователи в открытом доступе смогут найти, в перспективе, все исторические документы, опубликованные в России с 1991 года ..."

Citation Styles

For more information on citation styles visit "Help With Writing Sources" on the library website.

Reference Sources

Encyclopedias

Sibirskaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia (1929-1932?) [an extensive article on Kazakh ASSR]
Bolʹshaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia (1926-1947; 1949-1958; 1970-1981)
Sovetskaia istoricheskaia entsiklopediia (1961-1976) [16 vols.]
Rossiiskaia istoricheskaia entsiklopediia (2015- )

Dictionaries
Historical dictionary of Kazakhstan (2012)
Historical dictionary of Tajikistan (2018)

Aggregators (or Reference Suites)
Oxford Reference Online
Gale Virtual Reference Online

Other
Europa World Plus

Indices

Memoirs and Diaries
Istoriia sovetskogo obshchestva v vospominaniiakh sovremennikov, 1917-1957: Annotirovannyi ukazatel' memuarnoi literatury. (1958-1967)
Sovetskoe obshchestvo v vospominaniiakh i dnevnikakh: Annotirovannyi bibliograficheskii ukazatel’ knig, publikatsii v sbornikakh i zhurnalakh. (1987-2017) [useful volume-by-volume info at GPIB (Gos. Publichnaia Istoricheskaia Biblioteka Rossii)]
Rossiia i rossiiskaia emigratsiia v vospominaniiakh i dnevnikakh: Annotirovannyi ukazatel’ knig, zhurnal’nykh i gazetnykh publikatsii, izdannykh za rubezhom v 1917-1991 gg. v 4-kh tomakh. (2003-2006)

Serials
Periodicheskaia pechat’ SSSR, 1917-1949: Bibliograficheskii ukazatel’. (1955-1963)
Gazety SSSR 1917-1960: Bibliograficheskii spravochnik. (1970-1984)
Half a century of Soviet serials, 1917-1968: A bibliography and union list of serials published in the USSR. (1968)

Published Documents
Otkrytyi arkhiv (1999-2013)

Prominent Journals

Ab imperio
"... an international humanities and social sciences peer-reviewed journal dedicated to studies in new imperial history and the interdisciplinary and comparative study of nationalism and nationalities in the post-Soviet space." ISSN: 2164-9731, 2166-4072
Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History
"... journal of Russian and Eurasian history and culture, Kritika is dedicated to internationalizing the field and making it relevant to a broad interdisciplinary audience. The journal regularly publishes forums, discussions, and special issues."
Slavic Review
" ... an international interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, past and present. The journal publishes articles of original and significant research and interpretation, reviews of scholarly books and films, and topical review essays and discussion forums."
Slavonic and East European Review
" ... the journal of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, is published by the Modern Humanities Research Association and UCL SSEES. Each volume consists of four issues, published in January, April, July, and October of each year."
Вопросы истории
"Советский и российский академический научный журнал в области истории. Выходит ежемесячно. Учредители: редакция журнала и Российская академия наук.
Исторический Архив
"Публикация впервые вводимых в научный оборот архивных документов и материалов по отечественной и всеобщей истории, историографии, источниковедению, документалистике, зарубежной архивной россике."
Отечественные архивы
" ... публикуются:нормативные акты (или информация о них), регламентирующие деятельность российских архивов; ...
документы из архивов России и зарубежных стран, отражающие события отечественной истории."

CEUS R320 R520 Central Asia in Soviet Times

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