Runivers () is a site devoted to

Russian culture Russian culture ( rus, Культура России, Kul'tura Rossii, kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern cultu ...

and history. Runivers targets Russian speaking readers and those interested in Russian culture and history. Runivers is an online library aimed to provide free access to authentic documents, books and texts related to

Russian history The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' people, Rus' state in the north in the year 862, ruled by Varangians. In 882, Prin ...

, which were previously kept in major libraries and state archives. This project is not-profit. The main body of the collection consists of

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copies of books and journals published before 1917 as well as archive photos and documents on the history and culture of Russia. The digitalizing is supported by

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.Report from runivers.ru
read 5 August 2011

Collection

Books and publications

As of August 2010, Runivers claimed to contain over 1,500 books (high quality

copies of original materials) mostly about Russian history. Also Runivers provides access to encyclopedias, document collections and photos. Many of the publications were not available for

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or were forbidden in

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(e.g. works of

Russian philosophers Russian philosophy includes a variety of philosophical movements. Authors who developed them are listed below sorted by movement. While most authors listed below are primarily philosophers, also included here are some Russian fiction writers, ...

). The site includes a

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with daily updates related to memorable events and people.

Photo collection

Runivers offers a collection of photographs taken by distinguished Russian photographers at the turn of the 20th century. Each photo gallery is accompanied by the biography of the photographer. The captions give information about the picture, objects on it and a place where it was taken. There are galleries of: * Dmitriev, Maksim Petrovich * Den'er, Andrey Ivanovich * Levitsky, Sergei Lvovich * Karl Karlovich Bulla * Barschevskiy, Ivan Fedorovich * Karelin, Andrey Osipovich * Karrik, Vasiliy Andreevich * Prokudin-Gorsky, Sergey Mikhaylovich

Encyclopedias

Runivers features a military history encyclopedia combined from:
Encyclopedic Military Lexicon. Sankt-Petersburg. 1852–1855
( Военный энциклопедический лексикон)
Encyclopedia of Military and Marine Sciences. Sankt-Petersburg. 1883–1897
( Энциклопедия военных и морских наук)
Military Enceclopedia. Published by Sytin. Sankt-Petersburg. 1911–1915
( Военная энциклопедия Сытина)

Other parts

Complete collection of laws of Russian Empire
* Complete collection of military encyclopedias
Many other dictionaries and encyclopedias
*

Periodical Periodical literature (singularly called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) consists of Publication, published works that appear in new releases on a regular schedule (''issues'' or ''numbers'', often numerically divided into annu ...

. Journal "Questions of philosophy and psychology" was not available for general public in

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Archival documents collected by Russian Academy of Sciences and the Archeographic Commission

Collection of books on military and marine history of Russia
* There are more than 3200 historical documents presented in the Runivers covering the following topics: :
Katyn Massacre
:
Crimea: history as a part of Russian Empire
:
Sevastopol and Russian Navy
:
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
:
Kuril Islands: history of question
:
East Prussia: history and way to Russia

Biographies and main works of Russian philosophers
as well as their books, manuscript, letters, diaries.

References

*http://www.vremya.ru/2009/233/10/243987.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20091022175039/http://www.rian.ru/pressclub/20091021/189594852.html *https://www.cnews.ru/news/line/elektronnaya_biblioteka_runivers_vyigrala *https://russkiymir.ru/publications/88649/

External links

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