Capturing the turmoil leading up to World War I and the
Russian Revolution
This collection provides online access to a select
group of Slavic and East European newspapers
published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Featuring fully searchable titles from Georgia,
Hungary, Poland, Russia and other countries,
Slavic & East European Newspapers offers in-depth
coverage of the people, issues and events that
shaped this important region between 1835 and
1922.
History, politics and daily life over two centuries
Covering the Crimean and Balkan Wars, the emancipation of Russian serfs, Hungarians'
1848 revolt against Austria, the January Uprising, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the
start of World War I, the Russian Revolution, the ensuing Civil War and much more,
Slavic & East European Newspapers, 1835-1922 provide a range of viewpoints from
diverse cultures. They also provide fresh insight on such notable figures as Alexander
II, Karl Marx, Otto von Bismarck, Joseph Stalin, Ilia Chavchavadze, Vladimir Lenin and
others.
Slavic & East European Newspapers includes such titles as Golos Kavkaza (T`bilisi,
Georgia); Est (Budapest); Schlesische Zeitung (Wroclaw, Poland); Biednota and Russkiia
Viedomosti (Moscow); and Dielo Naroda, Kommercheskaia Gazeta, Novoe Vremia and
Pravda (St. Petersburg). Through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative updates,
letters, poetry, advertisements, matrimony and death notices, these newspapers—printed in German, Hungarian and Russian—chronicle the evolution of Slavic and East
European societies during an eventful century.
An integral part of the World Newspaper Archive
Created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries—one of the world's
largest and most important newspaper repositories—Slavic & East European Newspapers,
1835-1922 is a core collection in the World Newspaper Archive. Advancing research and
offering opportunities for fresh insights across wide-ranging academic disciplines, the
World Newspaper Archive will include historical newspapers published in Latin America,
Slavic and Eastern Europe, South Asia and other regions. The Center for Research
Libraries and its partners are committed to providing sustainable access to a rich and
diverse set of international scholarly resources.
Ideal for students, teachers and scholars around the globe, this uniquely comprehensive
online resource can be cross-searched with America's Historical Newspapers for
unprecedented coverage of world history.
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