Moscow State University Department of History provides access to: Electronic texts (in Russian); Databases (in Russian); Digital sources and Paleography; Links for reference books (in Russian); Art and History Museums around the World (in English).
"FEB-web" is short for The Fundamental Digital Library of Russian Literature and Folklore is a repository of Russian verbal art and the scholarly and other texts vital to understanding it.
KiberLeninka is Russian Digital Science Library for popularization of sciences and scientific activities via scholarly publications in a wide range of disciplines.
Comprises 80 collections of electronic documents, one of which represents the collection of rare editions of different historical and cultural value, all others are joint into the thematic collections. Two collections are dedicated to the exhibitions of book treasures and archival documents of the Russian State Historical Archive and the Russian State Library.
A unique database was created that contains facsimile page-by-page images of over 3,000 volumes published in Russia in the 19th-early 20th century; a unique collection of 3,900 maps and over 20,000 illustrations and photographs.
Izvestiia was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Izvestiia has traditionally been a popular news source within intellectual and academic circles.
Coverage of the Russian Newspaper, Literaturnaia gazeta, 1929 -present. Presents articles on literary criticism, culture, economics, sociology, ethics, and daily life; excerpts from literary works, both prose and poetry; and information for discussion and debate.
Coverage of national news, current events, economic developments and cultural events in Russia.
Official sources (Rossiiskaia gazeta, Krasnaia zvezda, ITAR-TASS), independent media and partisan publications are all represented on this database, thus offering a wide array of opinions and perspectives. Several English-language newspapers including the notable Moscow Times, widely read by the international community in the Russian capital, constitute an important part of the database.
