Time Period: Post-Soviet

  • Krasnaia Zvezda Digital Archive

    Krasnaia Zvezda Digital Archive

    The official newspaper of the Russian Armed Forces.

    Founded in 1924, Krasnaia zvezda (Красная звезда, Red Star) is the official paper of the Soviet and now Russian Ministry of Defense. Krasnaia zvezda is the premier source for current news and other information regarding the defense and security of the Soviet Union and Russian Federation. The newspaper publishes extensively on all aspects of Russia’s armed forces, including military reform, combat training and daily routine of troops, legal advice, analysis of Russia and CIS security issues, new combat equipment and arms, reports from areas of military conflicts around the world, information on foreign armies, alongside political, economic, business, cultural and sports news.

    The Krasnaia Zvezda Digital Archive contains the most complete 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.

    • Product Code: DA-KZV
    • Year First Published: 1923
    • Archive: 1923–2024
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Daily (260 issues per year)
    • Format: PDF, page-based
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  • Izvestiia RAN. Seriia Literatury i Iazyka Digital Archive

    Izvestiia RAN. Seriia Literatury i Iazyka Digital Archive

    Leading Russian journal in the fields of literature, linguistics, and philology.

    Izvestiia Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk (RAN). Seriia Literatury i Iazyka (Известия Российской Академии наук. Серия литературы и языка, The Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Series: Literature and Language) is a highly respected academic journal that has been published by the Soviet/Russian Academy of Sciences since 1940. The journal’s focus is on research in the fields of literature, linguistics, and philology. It is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious academic publications in Russia.

    The scope of the journal includes a broad range of topics related to Russian literature and language. Published six times a year, the journal features original research articles, reviews, and critical essays on literary theory, history of literature, comparative literature, linguistics, and cultural studies.

    Authors for the journal include esteemed scholars, experts, and university professors from Russia and abroad, while its distinguished editorial board ensures the quality of the published research. The journal’s interdisciplinary approach allows for a wide range of perspectives on the study of Russian literature from its earliest beginnings to contemporary works, and its coverage of linguistics includes a range of approaches, from syntax and semantics to sociolinguistics and discourse analysis.

    The Izvestiia RAN. Seriia Literatury i Iazyka Digital Archive includes all issues published from 1940 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, features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-IZLIT
    • Year First Published: 1940
    • Archive: 1940–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Bi-monthly (6 issues per year)
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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  • Izvestiia Digital Archive

    Izvestiia Digital Archive

    The official daily newspaper of the Soviet government.

    Among the longest-running Russian newspapers, Izvestiia (Известия, News) was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Remarkable for its serious and balanced treatment of subject matter, Izvestiia has traditionally been a popular news source within intellectual and academic circles. Continuously published for over 100 years, Izvestiia’s prominence endures today as one of the most subscribed news sources of contemporary Russia, covering domestic and foreign policy, commentary, culture, education, and finance.

    The Izvestiia Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1917 on (over 200,000 pages), 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.

    • Product Code: DA-IZV
    • Year First Published: 1917
    • Archive: 1917–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Daily (240 issues per year)
    • Format: PDF, page-based
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    Important Highlights

    Izvestiia served as the paper of record — the official daily newspaper — of the Soviet government from 1917 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, when Izvestiia became an independent publication.

    During the February Revolution of 1917, Izvestiia was founded in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) as the main newspaper of “The Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies.” At the time, Izvestiia reflected the views more common among the Menshiviks and other democratic socialist parties, with a moderate lean toward other liberal opposition groups. After the October Socialist Revolution, Izvestiia passed into the hands of the Bolsheviks. When the new Soviet government transferred the capital to Moscow, the newspaper was relocated as well. During the Soviet era, Izvestiia became the mouthpiece of the Kremlin, informing the public of government policies through its pages. Izvestiia was also recognized for its extensive international coverage, having correspondents in more than 30 foreign countries. This also made the paper an important channel for Soviet foreign policy.

    Researchers of language, history, international relations, economics, social sciences, and more have access to a rich source of Russian documentary history from one easy search. The Izvestiia Digital Archive delivers unprecedented access to a repository chronicling the dramatic transformation of Soviet society, from Izvestiia’s beginnings as the official publication of Lenin’s revolutionary contemporaries to its status as the official publication of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

    From the first day of publication in February 1917, Izvestiia published first-hand accounts of events that shook the world, from the Russian Revolution, the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, Sputnik, and the fall of the Berlin wall.During the Soviet era, Izvestiia was less ideologically vocal than official party newspapers. The newspaper also played a real role during the Khrushchev era “Thaw” when the paper’s editors advocated de-Stalinization and reform.

  • Iskusstvo Kino Digital Archive

    Iskusstvo Kino Digital Archive

    The leading journal of Soviet and Russian cinema.

    With more movie screens than any nation at any time, the Soviet Union’s cinematic legacy helped shape the artistic and social agenda of the socialist world for most of the twentieth century. Iskusstvo kino (Искусство кино, Art of Cinema), founded in 1931, chronicled that cinematic legacy with its devotion to art in Russian film.

    Renowned as one of Russia’s premier journals of cinema, Iskusstvo kino offers Russian and foreign movie reviews, articles on filmmaking and cinema culture, criticism, and essays. More than that, Iskusstvo kino traces Russian arts and culture from the ‘socialist realism’ era — when film became the prime propaganda tool (“agitki”) for instilling Communist fervor in the masses — all the way through contemporary filmmaking.

    Iskusstvo kino was first published under the title Proletarskoe kino (Пролетарское кино, Proletarian Cinema, 1931–1932), then Sovetskoe kino (Советское кино, Soviet Cinema, 1933–1935), and finally under its present name (since 1936). A monthly publication from 1931–1941, Iskusstvo kino went on hiatus during World War II and then was published irregularly during 1945-1947 and bimonthly during 1947–1951 before resuming monthly publication in 1952.

    The Iskusstvo Kino Digital Archive offers scholars the most comprehensive collection available for this title, and features full-text articles, with full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

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    • Product Code: DA-IK
    • Year First Published: 1931
    • Archive: 1931–Feb 2023
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Monthly
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  • International Affairs Digital Archive

    International Affairs Digital Archive

    A Russian journal of world politics, diplomacy and international relations.

    Offering unique, first-hand analysis of major foreign policy and security issues facing Russia and other former Soviet republics, this internationally renowned journal is the English translation of the Russian-language journal Mezhdunarodnaia zhizn, which is published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The editorial board of this journal is traditionally headed by the minister himself, while the journal’s contributors are primarily experienced, high-ranking diplomats. As such, International Affairs is an excellent primary source for anyone interested in the course of Russian policy in foreign affairs. International Affairs often includes material from independent analysts, whose opinions may or may not differ from the official line. Roundtable discussions on topical world issues will also usually include representatives from the Russian Academy of Sciences, as well as from think tanks and universities.

    International Affairs sheds light on issues of foreign policy and diplomacy of Russia as well as:

    • Interrelations of Russia between foreign countries
    • Economies and policies of neighboring states
    • History of foreign relations, history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the USSR
    • Analysis and commentary from experts on international life
    • Book reviews of relevant publications
    • Memoirs, often devoted to experiences of diplomats in contested or relatively unknown episodes of international relations
    • White papers from international organizations and conferences
    • Previously unpublished documents on Soviet and Russian foreign policy

    The International Affairs Digital Archive contains the most complete set of the journal, comprising more than 600 issues and nearly 16,000 articles. 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-text articles, with full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

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    • Product Code: DA-IA
    • Year First Published: 1955
    • Archive: 1955–2025
    • Language: English
    • Country: United States / Russia
    • Frequency: Bi-monthly (6 issues per year)
    • Format: Full text and full image (article-based PDFs starting in 2015)
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  • Interfax Newswires

    Interfax Newswires

    The most authoritative collections of Russian news reporting.

    The Russian edition of Interfax Newswires is available exclusively via Infoteka. Interfax is a Russian non-governmental news agency based in Moscow. Established in 1989 by former employees of Radio Moskva, news coverage is primarily focused on issues concerning Europe and Asia, with reporting from London, New York, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Denver, Moscow, Kyiv, Minsk and Almaty. Interfax employs around 1,000 journalists and produces over 1,500 stories daily. Content is loaded onto platform within 10 hours after publication.

    • Product Code: UDB-IFX
    • Archive: 2012–present
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Varies
    • Updates: Continuous
    • Format: Full text
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    Interfax Newswire Packages

    Diplomaticheskaia panorama (Дипломатическая панорама, Diplomatic Panorama), 240 issues per year

    This daily publication compiles comment and interviews with senior politicians from around the world on major international issues and relations. Brought to you by a network of well-placed journalists, this publication keeps subscribers fully-briefed on diplomacy across the region. The Diplomaticheskaia panorama bulletin provides unrivalled insight into the corridors of power in the Kremlin and from around the CIS. With Interfax correspondents’ extensive access to senior diplomats and policy makers from Russia and abroad, this issue brings the news on key foreign policy issues from Russia and the former Soviet Union, including Russia’s positions on key international issues with comment and insight from leading Russian and foreign diplomats and experts. Diplomatic commentary covers a wide-range of issues, from bilateral relations to the crises in Ukraine and Syria.

    Novosti Interfaksa (Новости Интерфакса, The News from Interfax), 365 issues per year

    This primary news feed is the real-time general newswire. Novosti Interfaksa has long set the standard for Russian news journalism with its speed, accuracy and impartial reporting. Interfax’s network of bureaus and journalists are based in the heart of Europe, the Far East, and the near abroad bringing subscribers a constant feed of breaking and developing political and lead economic news 24 hours a day. From politics and society to business and key energy news, Novosti Interfaksa keeps readers informed of everything taking place on the ground in the region, as it happens. Newswire subscribers are the first to receive breaking news in the forms of flashes, and articles are continually added to as events unfold.

    Prezidentskii vestnik (Президентский вестник, Presidential Bulletin), 240 issues per year

    Prezidentskii vestnik daily bulletin provides subscribers with comprehensive accounts of the activities of the region’s presidents and prime ministers, correspondence between them, and their opinions on key international and domestic issues. With contacts within the presidential administrations across the regions, Interfax’s team of correspondents brings the news from the desks of state leaders, commentary and international visits.

    Voennye Novosti (Военные новости, Military Newswire), 365 issues per year

    This real-time newswire carries breaking and developing news from all aspects of the military-industrial complex, from armed forces news to ship and aircraft building, in addition to a broad spectrum of related issues, including relevant events in the space and rocket building sectors. The newswire also carries policy news, comment and expert analysis and news on mediation and conflict resolution on the ground and at international organizations, as well as comprehensive coverage of the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s role in finding solutions to hotspot problems such as Syria and Iraq, and the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.

    VPK Rossii i eksport oruzhiia (ВПК России и экспорт оружия, The Military-Industrial Complex of Russia and Arms Exports), 52 issues per year

    This is a subset of Voennye novosti (Military Newswire). A comprehensive round-up of the week’s developments across the military-industrial sector. Leading with policy issues and commentary as well as exclusive interviews with heads of defense enterprise and leading experts in the most-closed sector of the Russian economy, this publication brings subscribers news on a wide range of topics from the military-industrial complex. The aviation, space and rocket, and shipbuilding and navy sections deal with logistical, hardware, and other relevant news, while other sections cover weapons manufacturing, development and arms exports, chemical disarmament, exhibitions, and a foreign military review.

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  • Higher School of Economics Academic Journals

    Higher School of Economics Academic Journals

    Key journals from one of Russia’s top universities.

    Consistently ranked as one of Russia’s top universities, the Higher School of Economics (HSE) is a leader in Russian education and one of the preeminent economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. Having rapidly grown into a renowned research university over the last two decades, HSE sets itself apart with its international presence and cooperation. Now a dynamic university with four campuses, HSE is a leader in combining Russian education traditions with the best international teaching and research practices. Since 2013, HSE has been a member of the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project, a highly selective government program aimed at boosting the international competitiveness of Russian universities.

    The Higher School of Economics Academic Journals database includes 12 titles from this respected institute on a number of topics including economics, education, law, psychology, management, and more.

    • Product Code: UDB-HSE
    • Archive: 2011–present
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Varies
    • Updates: Continuous
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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    Higher School of Economics Academic Journals Titles

    The Higher School of Economics Academic Journals database contains the following titles:

    Ekonomicheskii zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики)

    Quarterly, first published 1997, archive from 2017–present. Theoretical and applied problems of economics, related methodological problems, including the problems of statistics and the teaching of economics.

    Forsait (Форсайт)

    Quarterly, first published 1997, archive from 2017–present. Dedicated to theoretic and applied questions of strategic forecast, scientific and innovation policy. The authors are among the leading Russian and international experts. Each issue contains theoretic articles, analysis of practical experience, reviews of conferences and seminars.

    Gorodskie issledovaniia i praktiki (Городские исследования и практики)

    Quarterly, first published 2016, archive from 2016–present. Advances the theory and practice of how cities, urban areas, and communities function and develop. The purpose of the journal is to create a common language among various professionals dealing with urban issues in the current fluid and highly unpredictable environment.

    Patria

    Quarterly, first published 2024, archive from 2024–present. Dedicated to covering traditional values ​​both in Russian reality and in the humanitarian sphere as a whole. Covers the entire spectrum of humanitarian and social sciences, but with a focus on philosophy, religious studies and cultural studies. The journal positions itself as not only a place for publishing the results of scientific research, but also a space for discussing key topics for society at the academic level.

    Pravo. Zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Право. Журнал Высшей школы экономики)

    Quarterly, first published 2008, archive from 2017–present. Publishes materials on the topical issues of legal science, the state of Russian justice, as well as the general tendencies of law evolvement in the contemporary world.

    Psikhologiia. Zhurnal Vysshei shkoly ekonomiki (Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики)

    Quarterly, first published 2004, archive from 2017–present. Contains concepts, research and methodical guides of leading Russian and foreign schools of psychology, articles by leading Russian scientists and exclusive articles by foreign psychologists in Russian. Each issue contains a collection of articles dedicated to certain psychological problems.

    Rossiiskaia ekonomika: prognozy i tendentsii (Российская экономика: прогнозы и тенденции)

    Monthly, first published 1993, archive from 2017–present. Monthly short-term forecasts of the main economic indicators as well as analysis of current trends in industry, agriculture and finance. Also features the state of the state budget, social sphere and foreign trade, and a chronological account of economic highlights. Analyses and forecasts are done by independent experts on the basis of reliable statistics.

    Vestnik mezhdunarodnykh organizatsii: obrazovanie, nauka, novaia ekonomika (Вестник международных организаций: образование, наука, новая экономика)

    Quarterly, first published 2006, archive from 2017–present. Contains complex information about the activities of international institutions (European Commission, G-8, Organization for Economic Cooperation, World Bank, UN and UNESCO) in the sphere of education, science and new economics with the aim of widening the the scope of information and raising the quality and effectiveness of participation of Russian students, professors, lecturers and experts in international cooperation.

    Voprosy gosudarstvennogo i munitsipal’nogo upravleniia (Вопросы государственного и муниципального управления)

    Quarterly, first published 2007, archive from 2017–present. The journal takes upon the task of collecting, analyzing and providing evaluation of data, as well as publishing complex information about research in the area of theoretic and practical problems of public administration. The authors rank among the leading Russian and international experts. Each issue contains theoretical articles, analysis of practical experience (both Russian and international), discussions of current problems, reviews of publications and legislation in the sphere of public administration.

    Voprosy obrazovaniia (Вопросы образования)

    Quarterly, first published 2004, archive from 2017–present. Covers theoretical and applied problems of education in Russia. Features articles of leading Russian and foreign scientists and experts. Each issue contains discussions, criticism, reviews of publications and legislative acts in sphere of education.

    Economika v shkole (Экономика в школе)

    Semi-annually (2 per year), first published 1996, archive from 2011–2013. The country’s first specialized scientific and informative and educational and methodical edition for teachers of schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, heads of educational institutions and seniors.

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  • Gudok Digital Archive

    Gudok Digital Archive

    One of Russia’s oldest and leading trade newspapers.

    Founded in 1917, Gudok (Гудок, Whistle) began as a small newspaper focused on rail industry news, but grew by the 1970s into a 700,000-circulation daily with an edgy mix of commentary and satire on culture, politics, and society. Gudok’s circulation was relatively small—but deceptively influential—when it first started out, which encouraged creativity and expression as the newspaper’s focus on the railway industry shielded authors from some of the ideological hazards of writing for general interest publications. Gudok continues today as Russia’s leading trade newspaper, focused primarily on the railway industry, but attracting a national audience with its coverage of the literary scene. Notable authors and journalists whose works have appeared in Gudok include Ilya Ilf, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Lev Slavin, Sasha Krasny, Alexander Kabakov and others.

    The Gudok Digital Archive contains all obtainable published issues from 1918 on (over 135,000 pages), 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.

    • Product Code: DA-GUDO
    • Year First Published: 1917
    • Archive: 1918–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Daily (240 issues per year)
    • Format: PDF, page-based
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  • Far Eastern Affairs Digital Archive

    Far Eastern Affairs Digital Archive

    A Russian journal on China, Japan and the Asia-Pacific.

    Far Eastern Affairs is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for China and Contemporary Asia (formerly known as the Institute for Far Eastern Studies). The journal provides in-depth multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary discussion of Russia’s relations with China, Japan, North and South Korea, as well as other countries of the Asia-Pacific region. As such the journal introduces its vast contingent of readers, both in Russia and abroad, to the region’s rich history and culture, politics and economic state of affairs. It does so by providing cutting-edge research and commentary on a broad array of topics and issues of interest to specialists and non-specialists alike.

    Since its inception in Russian in 1972 (in English – since 1974) the journal has become the premier scholarly publication in Russia that provides deep insight into and new information about the region as well as Russia’s role in shaping its social and political dynamics by attracting works from well-known scholars, practitioners, statesmen, diplomats, and analysts. Its primary objective is to cultivate and maintain a long-lasting, relevant, and academically rigorous scholarship on one of the strategically and geopolitically most important regions in the world.

    The Far Eastern Affairs Digital Archive contains the most complete set of the journal from the very first issue, comprising more than 200 issues and nearly 31,500 pages of high-quality scholarship. 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.

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    • Product Code: DA-FEA
    • Year First Published: 1974
    • Archive: 1974–2024
    • Language: English
    • Country: United States / Russia
    • Frequency: Quarterly
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  • Eksport Vooruzhenii Digital Archive

    Eksport Vooruzhenii Digital Archive

    Authoritative Russian journal on the global arms industry.

    Published since 1997 by the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, Eksport Vooruzhenii (Экспорт вооружений, Arms Exports) is one of the most authoritative and most important scholarly publications in Russia covering issues related to the global production and trade of military goods and armaments.

    Published bimonthly, the journal has distinguished itself as a provider of insightful and balanced commentary on and analysis of the global arms market, becoming a platform for original research on broader industry dynamics, developments, and trends. Among other various topics, the journal devotes particular focus to the analysis of military-technical aspects of the defense industries of various countries, the viability of weapons systems in a constantly evolving global arms market in the context of emerging geopolitical challenges, and various cases (oftentimes unannounced) of defense-industrial cooperation between Russian and foreign companies.

    The Eksport Vooruzhenii Digital Archive comprises more than 145 issues and over 2,100 articles, including several special issues published in addition to the regular bimonthly issues. This is the most complete set of the journal available and includes several rare issues that were procured and scanned by Infoteka especially for this archive. An additional year’s worth of content is available for purchase on an annual basis.

    The archive features full page-level digitization and complete original graphics. The archive has searchable text, and is cross-searchable with numerous other Infoteka digital resources.

    • Product Code: DA-EXP
    • Year First Published: 1997
    • Archive: 1997–2025
    • Language: Russian
    • Country: Russia
    • City: Moscow
    • Frequency: Bi-monthly (6 issues per year)
    • Format: PDF, article-based
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