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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)

New resource – The Civil & Military Gazette Online, 1876-1963

New resource

We now have access to The Civil & Military Gazette Online, 1876-1963 via Brill.

The Civil & Military Gazette stood as an unrivalled media institution, offering extraordinarily broad perspectives on South Asia during the late 19th and 20th centuries. This database offers access to holdings from 1876-1963 and covers British rule in India at its height, partition and the early years of the independent countries of India and Pakistan. As well as political events, the paper also cultivated and published literary talent, including Rudyard Kipling, some of whose earliest works first appeared in the Gazette.