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  • Russian Central Newspapers

    Russian Central Newspapers

    Comprehensive coverage of domestic news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia.

    Russian Central Newspapers provides same-day access to 35 of the most influential daily and weekly Russian publications on current affairs, including news magazines. Content includes official government publications, popular and business newspapers, and trade publications. Archives dating back to 1980 can be found online in this exclusive collection.

    Russian Central Newspapers Titles

    Active titles in Russian Central Newspapers include:

    • Argumenty i fakty (Аргументы и факты)
    • Ekran i stsena (veb versiia) (Экран и сцена [веб версия])
    • Ekspert (Эксперт)
    • Gudok (Гудок)
    • Izvestiia (Известия)
    • Kommersant (Коммерсантъ)
    • Komsomol’skaia pravda (Комсомольская правда)
    • Kul’tura (veb versiia) (Культура [веб версия])
    • Literaturnaia gazeta (Литературная газета)
    • Moskovskii komsomolets (Московский комсомолец)
    • Nezavisimaia gazeta (Независимая газета)
    • Pravda (Правда)
    • Rossiiskaia gazeta (Российская газета)
    • Slovo (Слово)
    • Solidarnost’ (Солидарность)
    • Sovetskaia Rossiia (Советская Россия)
    • Trud (Труд)
    • Vedomosti (Ведомости)
    • Zavtra (Завтра)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.

  • Russian Economics and Finance Periodicals

    Russian Economics and Finance Periodicals

    Unique coverage of news and analysis on issues affecting the Russian economy.

    Russian Economics and Finance Periodicals provides online access to 20 Russian journals covering a wide range of issues on business law, banking and finance, economic theory in relation to the current Russian economic environment, loopholes in current legislation, and more. An ideal resource for companies doing business in Russia, researchers of current Russian economic issues, and anyone interested in the development of Russian civil society.

    Russian Economics and Finance Periodicals Titles

    • BIT. Biznes & informatsionnye tekhnologii (БИТ. Бизнес & информационные технологии)
    • Den’gi i kredit (Деньги и кредит)
    • Ekonomicheskaia politika (Экономическая политика)
    • Finansovaia analitika: problemy i resheniia (Финансовая аналитика: проблемы и решения)
    • Kreativnaia ekonomika (Креативная экономика)
    • Nalogovyi vestnik (Налоговый вестник)
    • Natsional’nye interesy: prioritety i bezopasnost’ (Национальные интересы: приоритеты и безопасность)
    • Prikladnaia ekonometrika (Прикладная эконометрика)
    • Problemy ekonomiki i iuridicheskoi praktiki (Проблемы экономики и юридической практики)
    • Regional’naia ekonomika: teoriia i praktika (Региональная экономика: теория и практика)
    • Sovremennaia konkurentsiia (Современная конкуренция)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.

  • Russian Governmental Publications

    Russian Governmental Publications

    Key publications on Russia’s government.

    Russian Governmental Publications primarily monitors the events in the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. It includes stenographic records of the hearings of both its houses, the Duma and Federation Council, and provides vote results, resolutions and legislative drafts as well as auxiliary information such as the schedule and agenda of legislative work. The database features over 30 active publications, including Biulleten’ Schetnoi palaty (Бюллетень Счетной палаты Российской Федерации), published by the State Audit Chamber subordinate to the Duma, and the Vestnik Tsentrizbirkoma (Вестник Центральной избирательной комиссии РФ, The Herald of the Central Electoral Committee), responsible for all types of elections in Russia. Texts of laws, presidential decrees, government resolutions and decisions of the Constitutional Court are also available as well as comments on current Russian legislation published by popular legal journals Zakon (Закон) and Gosudarstvo i pravo (Государство и право).

    Russian Governmental Publications Titles

    • Biulleten’ mezhdunarodnykh dogovorov (Бюллетень международных договоров)
    • Federal’nye zakony (Федеральные законы)
    • Gosudarstvennaia Duma. Dnevnik zasedanii (Государственная Дума. Дневник заседаний)
    • Gosudarstvo i pravo (Государство и право)
    • Konstitutsionnyi sud. Opredeleniia (Конституционный суд. Определения)
    • Parlamentskaia gazeta (Парламентская газета)
    • Pravitel’stvo. Postanovleniia (Правительство. Постановления)
    • Pravo. Zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Право. Журнал Высшей школы экономики)
    • Prezident. Ukazy (Президент. Указы)
    • Rossiiskaia Federatsiia segodnia (Российская Федерация сегодня)
    • Sovet Federatsii. Dnevnik zasedanii (Совет Федерации. Дневник заседаний)
    • Sud’ia (Судья)
    • Vestnik ekonomicheskogo pravosudiia Rossiiskoi Federatsii (Вестник экономического правосудия Российской Федерации)
    • Vestnik Tsentral’noi izbiratel’noi komissii RF (Вестник Центральной избирательной комиссии РФ)
    • Vlast’ (Власть)
    • Zakon (Закон)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.

  • Russia/NIS Statistical Publications

    Russia/NIS Statistical Publications

    The latest statistics from Russia, in digital format.

    Russia/NIS Statistical Publications provides unparalleled access to important statistical data from 1995 to present. Designed to optimize searching and browsing of statistical data, the database contains data from the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics and the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Developed in cooperation with leading statistical authorities, Russia/NIS Statistical Publications contains official reports, yearbooks, monthly reports, special bulletins and related publications of regional statistical bodies and statistical agencies of the former Soviet Union. Coverage includes major economic indicators, industry, agriculture, economy and finance, population, environment, transportation, health, natural resources, and regional/urban statistics.

    Russia/NIS Statistical Publications Content

    • Full-text and full-image
    • Advanced search in Russian, English or transliteration with a virtual keyboard display
    • Point and click on a title to browse or locate tables or graphs
    • Save results in popular spreadsheet formats
    • Compatible data with GIS software

    Active titles in the Russia/NIS Statistical Publications database include:

    • 30 let Sodruzhestvu Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv 1991-2021. Staticticheskii sbornik (30 лет Содружеству Независимых Государств 1991-2021. Статиcтический сборник)
    • Demograficheskii ezhegodnik Rossii (Демографический ежегодник России, The Demographic Yearbook of Russia)
    • Investitsii, finansy i tseny stran Sodruzhestva Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv (Финансы, инвестиции и цены стран Содружества Независимых Государств, Finances, investment and prices of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
    • Naselenie i usloviia zhizni v stranakh Sodruzhestva Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv (Население, занятость и условия жизни в странах Содружества Независимых Государств, Population, employment and living conditions in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States)
    • Regional’naia statistika (Региональная статистика)
    • Sotsial’no-ekonomicheskoe polozhenie Rossii (Социально-экономическое положение России)
    • Torgovlia v Rossii (Торговля в России)
    • Trud i zaniatost’ v Rossii (Труд и занятость в России)
    • Voprosy statistiki (Вопросы статистики)
    • Zdravookhranenie v Rossii (Здравоохранение в России)
    • Zhenshchiny i muzhchiny Rossii (Женщины и мужчины России)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.

  • Russian Academy of Sciences: STM Journals

    Russian Academy of Sciences: STM Journals

    A collection of Russia’s most important scientific research.

    Russian Academy of Sciences: STM Journals presents Russia’s most important scientific research from the peer-reviewed journals of the prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences. The journals are published by the well-known Nauka Publishing House, the leading publisher of scientific books and journals in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Available online for the first time internationally, the titles within Russian Academy of Sciences: STM Journals are arranged into a total of nine collections, each focused on a different scientific field (see below for details).

    Russian Academy of Sciences: STM Journals Content

    Astronomy (UDB-STM-AST) – 6 titles

    Contains articles by leading Russian and international scientists on various aspects of astronomy and astrophysics, such as radio-astronomy, stellar astronomy, celestial mechanics, the study of the Earth from outer space, and more.


    Chemistry (UDB-STM-CHM) – 20 titles

    Contains articles and research by influential Russian and international scientists on various topics related to chemistry, including up-to-date theoretical and applied research on biochemical, organic and non-organic chemistry, solid fuels, molecular and supramolecular photochemistry, radiation chemistry, thermodynamics and crystal chemistry, and much more.


    Energy and Natural Resources (UDB-STM-ENR) – 22 titles

    Contains articles and research by leading Russian and international scientists covering a broad range of topics related to energy and natural resources, including key research on bioenergy, living matter energy, cosmic energy, oceanology and hydrobiology, marine geology, magnetic storms, physical-chemical processes in the upper and middle atmosphere, and other related fields of research.


    Industry and Applied Sciences (UDB-STM-ASC) – 13 titles

    Provides researchers and industry professionals with fast and reliable access to industry trends and advanced research on the theory and practice of automatic control, experimental physics, methods and analysis of the operation of various physical instruments, electrodynamics, radio wave propagation theory, signal processing, and other related fields of inquiry.


    Life Sciences (UDB-STM-LSC) – 26 titles

    Contains research by prominent Russian and international scientists on such essential topics as evolutionary, comparative and ecological physiology, biochemistry and morphology, agrochemistry, structural and functional genomics, bioinformatics, biomedicine, molecular enzymology, molecular virology and immunology, among others.


    Mathematics (UDB-STM-MTH) – 13 titles

    Provides researchers and industry professionals with important and up-to-date research on such topics as fundamental mathematics, discrete mathematics, graphs theory, cryptography, probabilistic problems, computation experiments, and others.


    Medicine (UDB-STM-MED) – 10 titles

    Provides medical researchers and professionals with the latest research on neurochemistry, molecular neurobiology, nervous system biochemistry, parasitology, natural-focal transmitted diseases, immunology, child psychology, psychology of personality, and many other related topics.


    Physics (UDB-STM-PHY) – 24 titles

    Provides researchers with full-text access to thousands of articles authored by some of the most distinguished scientists from Russia and elsewhere on a variety of topics such as molecular biophysics, biophysics of complex systems, quark models, supersymmetry and supergravitation, collision of particles at high and super-high energies, string theory, quantum theory of dispersion, and more.


    STM Reports (UDB-STM-RPT) – 3 titles

    Contains articles and other materials concerned with the organization and coordination of scientific research for the whole country. Also publishes reports on major scientific research of priority issues, as well as new trends in scientific research and current scientific problems and their development. Emphasis is given to complex problems, the solution of which requires contributions from specialists in various fields of knowledge.

  • Pravda Digital Archive

    Pravda Digital Archive

    The most important newspaper of the Soviet era.

    Pravda (Правда, Truth) was the official voice of Soviet communism and the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991. Founded in 1912 in St. Petersburg, Pravda originated as an underground daily workers’ newspaper, and soon became the main newspaper of the revolutionary wing of the Russian socialist movement. Throughout the Soviet era, party members were obligated to read Pravda. Today, Pravda still remains the official organ of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, an important political faction in contemporary Russian politics.

    In its early years, Pravda was subjected to constant persecution, fines, penalties, and prohibitions by the government. To avoid censorship and forced closures, the name of the newspaper changed eight times. In 1914 when the Russian Empire entered World War I, the Russian government moved to close down all subversive newspapers and military censorship was reimposed. After February 1917, when Tsar Nicholas II was deposed and replaced by the Provisional Government, Pravda became the official organ of the Bolshevik Central Committee and was allowed to reopen. When Lenin strongly condemned the Provisional Government and editorials in Pravda called the government “counter-revolutionary,” Pravda was once again subject to censorship and was forced to change names, as in tsarist times. When the Bolsheviks seized power during the October Revolution in 1917, Pravda became the official publication of the Soviet Communist Party.

    Pravda’s primary role was to deliver the official line of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and the newspaper remained the official voice of Soviet communism up until 1991, when Boris Yeltsin signed a decree closing it down. After the collapse of the USSR, nationalist and communist journalists intermittently published a print newspaper and an online newspaper under the name Pravda. Today, Pravda represents the oppositional stance of the Communist Party in the Russian Federation.

    The Pravda Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues of the newspaper from 1912 on, totaling over 31,000 issues and over 169,000 pages. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    Why Pravda Is Important to Researchers Today

    Pravda has been a newspaper of record since the dawn of the Soviet era and remains a prominent news source in today’s Russia. With the Pravda Digital Archive and its 100+ years of valuable primary-source material, researchers now have the means to search through the chief chronicle of Russian and Soviet history, from the beginnings of the Russian Revolution through World War II, the Cold War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and everything in between. Just as news articles can subtly reveal changes in society, Pravda delivers insight to cultural and historical changes during its publication through the entire Soviet era and beyond.

    As the Soviet state newspaper and central source of information and education, Pravda offered well-written articles and analyses on science, economics, cultural topics and literature, as well as communist theory. Conceived for the mass proletariat, Pravda was accessible to everyone and was the premiere example of a new style of mass media and official literary Russian.

    Lenin, as leader of the Bolshevik Party, wanted a newspaper to air differences and debates, reporting not only on local struggles, but also presenting commentary on the central political and theoretical questions facing communism. As an important contributor to the newspaper, Lenin wrote articles and provided direction to the editors. Pravda significantly shaped public opinion through its mass reach, using militant slogans, tales of heroic feats of production, and denunciation of class enemies.

    Average Soviet workers were also able to voice their opinions in the pages of Pravda. They wrote to the newspaper with reports on daily life or complaints about shoddy consumer goods, public wrongs, or difficulties with bureaucracy. Many of the articles publicized labor activism and exposed the working conditions in Russian factories.

    The unprecedented level of access made possible by the Pravda Digital Archive offers a rich repository for researchers of language, history, international relations, economics, social sciences, and so much more, and is essential to understanding the span of Soviet history and the development of Soviet culture.

  • Rossiiskaia Gazeta Digital Archive

    Rossiiskaia Gazeta Digital Archive

    Official daily newspaper of the Russian government.

    Founded in 1990 by the government of the Russian Federation, Rossiiskaia gazeta (Российская газета, Russian Newspaper) is a Russian newspaper of public record based in Moscow with 13 regional offices, and foreign bureaus in the US, France, the UK, Germany and elsewhere. Boasting a nationwide circulation, the newspaper covers domestic and foreign news, economics, culture, sports, and governmental affairs. As an official newspaper, its editorial policy reflects the government’s policy on any given issue, although it also frequently publishes commentaries and opinions that differ from official government positions. The newspaper also features interviews with influential Russian politicians, business, and cultural figures.

    Rossiiskaia gazeta is an authoritative source of official government policy and an important venue of official commentary on laws and regulations enacted by the Russian legislature. With a daily print run of more than 180,000 and a large online presence, Rossiiskaia gazeta serves as the go-to media outlet for government related news and official communiques and notices.

    The Rossiiskaia Gazeta Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1990 on, with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization, complete original graphics, and searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

  • Polis Digital Archive

    Polis Digital Archive

    Prominent journal on Russian domestic and foreign policy issues.

    Founded by a group of leading Russian scholarly organizations and associations, POLIS. Politicheskie issledovania (ПОЛИС. Политические исследования, POLICY. Political Studies) is a prominent peer-reviewed journal that publishes academic research and essays on Russian domestic and foreign policy issues from a variety of academic perspectives and disciplines. Formerly published under the title Rabochii klass i sovremennyi mir (Рабочий класс и современный мир, The Working class and the Contemporary World) from 1971-1990 at the Institute of the International Labor Movement of the Academy of Sciences, POLIS has emerged in the post-Soviet era as one of the most important and vibrant scholarly periodicals that brings together Russian and foreign experts and researchers.

    Given its mission and high academic profile, the journal has over the years served as an essential forum for political scientists, political sociologists, policy makers, and international relations specialists interested in a wide range of political issues. Among other things, the journal also publishes notices and brief summaries of the latest political science-related academic works and dissertations defended in Russian universities and academic institutions.

    The Polis Digital Archive includes all issues of Rabochii klass i sovremennyi mir and POLIS published from 1971 on (over 7,500 articles), with an additional year’s worth of content available for purchase on an annual basis. The archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

  • Periodicals of Central Asia and the Caucasus

    Periodicals of Central Asia and the Caucasus

    A collection of rare and influential publications from these regions.

    Periodicals of Central Asia and the Caucasus includes a number of authoritative periodicals from the region. The publications are mostly in Russian and English and cover various issues of domestic and international importance. The collection contains news and data on state structure, politics, legislation, the judicial system, and indicators on all sectors of economy and more, making it an excellent source for scholars, investors, field experts and students. Many titles have a rich archive dating back to 2000.

    Periodicals of Central Asia and the Caucasus Titles

    • AP-BLITZ. Tajikistan News
    • AzerNews
    • Bakinskii rabochii (Бакинский рабочий)
    • Delovoi Kazakhstan (Деловой Казахстан)
    • Dlia Vas (Для Вас)
    • Iuzhnaia Osetiia (Южная Осетия)
    • Kazakhstanskaia pravda (Казахстанская правда)
    • Narodnoe slovo (web version) (Народное слово [web версия])
    • Neitral’nyi Turkmenistan (Нейтральный Туркменистан)
    • Nezavisimaia Respublika (Независимая Республика)
    • Novoe vremia (Web versiia) (Новое время [Web версия])
    • Pravda Vostoka (Правда Востока)
    • Respublika Abkhaziia (Республика Абхазия)
    • Slovo Kyrgyzstana (Слово Кыргызстана)
    • Svobodnaia Gruziia (web version) (Свободная Грузия [web версия])
    • Turkmenistan (Туркменистан)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.

  • Newspapers of the North Caucasus, Abkhazia and South Ossetia

    Newspapers of the North Caucasus, Abkhazia and South Ossetia

    News coverage from one of the most volatile areas of Russia and the former USSR.

    Newspapers of the North Caucasus, Abkhazia and South Ossetia offers an invaluable resource for researchers studying the socio-political landscape of one of Russia’s most dynamic and historically significant regions, along with the contested territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. By accessing a diverse array of perspectives and reports, scholars can gain a nuanced understanding of the region’s complex history, ongoing conflicts, and societal transformations. Moreover, the inclusion of newspapers from Abkhazia and South Ossetia offers a unique window into the narratives and dynamics shaping these disputed territories, facilitating comparative analyses and fostering dialogue on regional autonomy and sovereignty issues. Researchers across disciplines, from political science to anthropology, stand to benefit from the rich and varied content curated within this database, which serves as a vital tool for exploring the multifaceted dimensions of the North Caucasus and its neighboring regions.

    Newspapers of the North Caucasus, Abkhazia and South Ossetia Titles

    • Dagestanskaia pravda (Дагестанская правда)
    • Den’ Respubliki (День Республики)
    • Gums (Гумс)
    • Ingushetiia (Ингушетия)
    • Iuzhnaia Osetiia (Южная Осетия)
    • Kabardino-Balkarskaia pravda (Кабардино-Балкарская правда)
    • Kerla dahar (Керла дахар)
    • Khalkan dosh (Халкъан дош)
    • Respublika Abkhaziia (Республика Абхазия)
    • Serdalo (Сердало)
    • Severnaia Osetiia (Северная Осетия)
    • Sovetskaia Adygeia (Советская Адыгея)
    • Stolitsa plius (Столица плюс)
    • Vesti Respubliki (Вести Республики)

    See title list for full list of active and archived titles.