The Slavonic Library
Newspapers in the Slavonic Library published prior to 1917
Collection materials in format
Analogue
On microfilm
The newspapers published prior to 1917 in the Slavonic Library have been received as deposit copies from around the Russian Empire.
Collection description
The newspapers published prior to 1917 in the Slavonic Library have been received as deposit copies from around the Russian Empire. The collection contains annual volumes of daily newspapers published in the largest cities, but newspapers from smaller towns are entirely missing or there are only single issues of them. Most of the newspapers are from 1890–1917. In addition to daily newspapers, the collection includes newspapers published by political parties, the army and regional government. Satirical magazines are from 1905–1907.
Material type
Newspapers
Accrual status
Completed
Main collection
The Slavonic LibraryParent collection
Newspapers in the Slavonic LibraryRestrictions of use
Only for reading rooms Kept in closed stack collection, use requires ordering the publication As a microfilm on reading stationsCollection themes
Keywords
Cataloguing principles
The description retains the character set and orthography of the publication whenever possible. Cyrillic characters may also be retrieved as transliterated according to the ISO-9 standard (see the transliteration guidelines).
Catalogue information
Paper catalogue made of the collection
Card catalogue made of the collection
The collection has been described in the reference database
The collection has been only partially catalogued
More information about cataloguing
Information on microfilmed newspapers is partially searchable in the National Library’s search service. For the time being, information pertaining to printed newspapers is only searchable by using the card catalogue.
More info
- The National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg
Provenance
The main part of the collection comprises newspapers received as legal deposits from the Russian Empire between 1828 and 1917.