Everyday Life and Microhistory in Russia

This website is an attempt to draw in one place scholarly materials that may be useful for a research related to the broad topic of "everyday life and microhistory in Russia." One of the main focuses is to introduce to students and scholars primary sources such as diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and other narratives that are apt to touch upon private lives of Russians and provide some tips on how to find those materials.

General tips on searching

Useful subject headings:

Daily life

Family life

Family and gender issues

Cost and standard of living

Sources

Diaries

Childhood and youth

Sexuality

Social change

Useful words for title search:

Everyday

Private

Zapiski

Dnevniki

Vospominaniia

Interesting “series” of contemporary Russia

Blizkoe proshloe (Molodaia gvardiia)

Zhivaia istoriia: povsednevnaia zhizn’ chelovechestva (Molodaia gvardiia)

Sotsial’naia istoriia Rossii XX veka (ROSSPEN)

Moi 20 vek (Vagrius)

Bibografii i memuary (Zakharov)

Bibliographies

Reference sources and tools | Research monographs | Journal articles | Dissertations | Serials | Primary sources | Archival guides (putevoditeli) | Online resources

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