LibGuides: Eastern Europe & Eurasia: Primary Sources: Getting Started

Printed Primary Sources

In the "Books & Media" tab of the Duke Library catalog conduct a "Subject Heading" search for "Sources", "Personal narratives", "Interviews" or "Correspondence." For example:

Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Sources
NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) -- Interviews
Political persecution -- Soviet Union -- Personal narratives
Ukraine -- History -- Orange Revolution, 2004 -- Sources
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931- -- Correspondence

For e-only published sources, use limit the search results by "Physical Media -- Online"

Newspaper articles are primary documents for the time period in which they were published. See the list of Russian and East European Historical Newspapers. The following three titles are available in English, presented on a cross-searchable platform:

The Current Digest of the Soviet and Post-Soviet Press
Russian-language press materials, translated into English. Date coverage: 1949-present.
Russian Central Newspapers
Database of over 40 newspapers from Russia, including the following English-language publications:
- Moscow News (1930-2014)
- ITAR-TASS Daily (1997-2008)
- Moscow Times (2017-present)
- New Times (monthly: 1997-2006; weekly: 2007-2017; web-version: 2017-present)
International Affairs
English-language version of the journal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers analysis of foreign policy and international security issues. Date coverage: 1955-present