"Stefanyk collection of historical newspapers from Western Ukraine 1930-1945" (forthcoming). A collection of 25 newspapers published in L'viv between 1930-1945. 52 reels of microfilms.
Social movements, elections, ephemera (1991-2020). Collection of unique election ephemera including party programs, propaganda materials, special newspaper editions, handbills, sticks, and literature produced by all political parties or candidates.
This document collection covers the period from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, but also includes a number of formerly classified historical reports and articles written by U.S. intelligence historians since the end of the Cold War.
The newspapers Prapor peremohy and Trybuna pratsi (both in Ukrainian) provide researchers with an opportunity to explore the larger socio-cultural and historical context of the regions affected by the Chernobyl disaster. Tribuna Energetika, published in Russian under the aegis of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, provides insight into the everyday life of the power plant and the city of Pripyat. Includes coverage of the operation of the power plant, its construction and expansion operations, as well as the life of the community of workers and specialists stationed there.
The collection contains texts by such artists as Wassily Kandinsky, Pavel Filonov, Kazimir Malevich and Anatolii Petrytskyi; publications of art groups such as the Jack of Diamonds (Bubnovyi valet) and Màkovets; theoretical tracts by Nikolai Tarabukin and Boris Kushner; and books by well-known critics such as Iakov Tugendkhol'd, Erikh Gollerbakh, and Nikolai Punin.
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).