Research Guides: Russian and Slavic Studies resources: Literature

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MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) This link opens in a new window
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The MLA International Bibliography provides bibliographic records for books, book chapters, journal articles, and dissertations published in the fields of modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Full text is available for some articles. The MLAIB covers items published from around 1920 to the present.
Book History Online This link opens in a new window
Book History Online (BHO) is a comprehensive international bibliography covering scholarly monographs, articles, and reviews in the fields of book and library history, focusing on the production and distribution of printed books in their economic and socio-cultural contexts, as well as their preservation and description. It is the online continuation of the Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries.

Online literary projects

Whole Tolstoy in One Click / Весь Толстой в один клик
All 90 volumes of Leo Tolstoy's writings (plus the 91st volume which contains the index) were digitized and placed in open access. Provides free access to all known and published works of Leo Tolstoy.
Polka / Полка
An ever expanding list of the Russian seminal literary texts currently includes over100 titles, from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" (1188) to Pelevin's "Chapaev and Pustota" (1996). Each entry contains the history of the book and its publication, critical analysis, scholarly articles and visual materials.
Tamizdat project
This ongoing project documents Russian literature published outside of the Soviet Union in 1950-1990.
New Map of Russian Literature
In Russian only.
An international directory of Russian writers, poets, critics, translators, playwrights and publishers.
Fundamentalnaia elektronnaia biblioteka (FEB)
E-library "Russian literature and folklore" is a full-text project highlighting Russian literature, bibliographies, scholarly research and historical and biographical works. The content is organized by individual authors, genres or specific works of literature. The coverage is from 11th to 21st century and is constantly expanding. The content is in Russian.
Kolonna Publishing House
Kolonna opened access to its ebooks and a periodical publication "Mitin Zhurnal"

Literary museums

Memorial house of Chekhov in Yalta, Crimea
Russian State Literary Museum
The site of Vladimir Dal' State Literary Museum is a virtual portal to several literary museum in Russia.

Online literary journals and magazines

Лиterraтура. Электронный литературный журнал.
Russian only.
A journal of contemporary Russian prose, poetry, drama, and literary criticism has been in existence since 2014. The landing page displays a current issue, but full archive is available. One of the features of the site is "Лиterraтурная школа" with an archive of videolectures on various topics related to the contemporary Russian literature.
Litosfera / Литосфера
A monthly online journal of the contemporary Russian prose, poetry and literary criticism.
Gorky / Горький
In Russian.
"Gorky" is a non-commercial project about books and reading. Russian as well as international literature are discussed.
TextOnly
In Russian.
An online magazine of contemporary Russian literature.
"Iunost'" magazine / Журнал "Юность"
This influential literary magazine "Iunost'" ("Youth") served as a springboard for generations of young Soviet writers. A good number of them became classics of Russian literature. The archive offers access to issues from 1955 to 2019, although not all issues are available. In Russian.
Greza.space (Грёза)
In Russian only. The open online space for discovering and discussing new poetic practices. Along with poetry it features articles, visual art and philosophical discussions on the matters of poetry. The editor of the site is Galina Rymbu.
Журнальный зал (Zhurnalnyi Zal = Periodicals Room)
Current and archived literary periodicals, including so-called "think magazines". Soviet, current Russian and emigre publications are represented. Please be aware that not all titles are able to provide access to full content.

How to find translations

Universal guide on how to find translated works of literature
Please use tabs for specific literary forms.

Children's literature

National Digital Children's Library
Digitized children's periodicals
In Russian.
Tramvai / Трамвай
Children's monthly (1990-1995). In Russian.