Slavic and East European Studies Collection at IU

Founded in 1991 shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Holos Ukrainy (Голос України, Voice of Ukraine) is one of the most important Ukrainian dailies and a newspaper of record. Partially funded by the state, the newspaper is the official organ of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. Committed to non-partisan reporting on domestic political affairs, the newspaper’s primary focus is the coverage of politics, policy, legislative matters, and economic issues affecting Ukraine. One of the most important and primary functions of the newspaper is the coverage of parliamentary debates, legislative initiatives, policy deliberations, and the dissemination of new legislation.

Narodna Armiia (Народна армія, People’s Army) was released at the beginning of Ukrainian independence and with the newly created Armed Forces of Ukraine as successor to the Soviet military publication of the Ukrainian SSR, Leninskoe znamia (Lenin’s Banner). Published in Kyiv from 1991-2018, this Ukrainian-language publication details the creation, reform, and redevelopment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a particular focus on military training, international military cooperation, and social benefits for servicemen and their family members. Correspondents also covered the activities of Ukrainian peacekeepers in UN operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the activities of the Ukrainian-Polish battalion in Kosovo.

Published in Kyiv from 1990-2009, Narodna hazeta (Народна газета, People’s Newspaper) was a continuation of the short-lived Rukh (1989-1990), with the motto "For the unity of national-democratic forces." This Ukrainian-language publication was pro-independence, anti-communist, and provided detailed coverage of the lead-up to the first democratic elections held in the Ukrainian SSR. It ceased publication in 2009 due to bankruptcy.

Access to newspapers from all seven Federal Districts of the Russian Federation. Includes coverage of local issues of Moscow and St. Petersburg. The database represents such noteworthy regions as the troubled Northern Caucasus (Groznenskii rabochii from Chechnya, Severnaia Osetiia from Northern Osetiia-Alania, etc.), oil & gas rich Western Siberia (Tiumenskie izvestiia, etc.), the investment-friendly Volga region (Nizhegorodskie novosti from Nizhnii Novgorod or Samarskie izvestiia from Samara).