Category Archives: New resource

New resource – Nezavisimost’ Digital Archive (1991-2002)

New resource

We now have access to the Nezavisimost’ Digital Archive (1991-2002) via East View.

Established in 1991 on the eve of the Ukrainian declaration of independence, Nezavisimost’ (Независимость, Independence) was an independent, high-profile Russian-language daily and a successor publication to Komsomolskoe znamya (Komsomol Banner, initially called Stalinskoe plemya [Stalin’s Tribe]), with a long history as a Soviet publication. One of the most popular newspapers in the early years of Ukrainian independence, Nezavisimost’ covered domestic and international politics, business and economic affairs, and popular culture, becoming a lively outlet for social and political commentary, opinion and analysis.

New resource – Narodna Armiia Digital Archive

New resource

We now have access to the Narodna Armiia Digital Archive via East View.

Narodna armiia (Народна армія, People’s Army) was released at the beginning of Ukrainian independence and with the newly created Armed Forces of Ukraine as successor to the Soviet military publication of the Ukrainian SSR, Leninskoe znamia (Lenin’s Banner). Published in Kyiv from 1991-2018, this Ukrainian-language publication details the creation, reform, and redevelopment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a particular focus on military training, international military cooperation, and social benefits for servicemen and their family members. Correspondents also covered the activities of Ukrainian peacekeepers in UN operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the activities of the Ukrainian-Polish battalion in Kosovo.

New resource – Chernobyl: Newspapers Collection

New resource

We now have access to Chernobyl: Newspapers Collection (DA-ChNC) via East View. This collection includes three local newspapers published in towns in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and its immediate vicinity:

  • Prapor peremohy (Прапор перемоги, Victory Flag)
  • Tribuna Energetika (Трибуна Энергетика, Energy Workers’ Tribune)
  • Trybuna pratsi (Трибуна праці, Labor Tribune)

Klassiki

New resource

We now have access to Klassiki 

Note that to access this resource you have to register using your *.ox.ac.uk email address. You will receive a welcome email followed by an access confimation email later to be able to use the resource. Please do not use your Oxford SSO username or password to register.

Klassiki is a video-on-demand platform which is dedicated exclusively to cinema from Eastern Europe – including Ukraine, Russia, and the Baltics – the Caucasus and Central Asia. Klassiki features a library of over 100 titles, spanning silent cinema to the 2020s, a film Pick of the Week feature, and a Journal area of related content including interviews, essays and national cinema overviews. A potentially useful resource to students of film, visual culture and modern languages.