Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers

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The 1990s and early 2000s were a tumultuous time in Ukraine’s history. The fall of the Soviet Union and the establishment of independent Ukraine radically altered its political system. Citizens were guaranteed free speech and property rights; however, they suffered under a prolonged economic depression. In 2000, corruption scandals and the murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze triggered nationwide protests against Ukraine’s political elites.

The Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers (LIUN) collection traces the history of Ukraine during this early period of independence, and the events leading up to the Orange Revolution (2004–2005). Comprising over 250,000 pages and 900 titles, LIUN includes local newspapers from over 340 cities and towns—including publications from each of Ukraine’s 27 regions. This hyperlocal coverage provides researchers with granular insight into regional and ethnic interests, concerns, and conflicts that are still relevant today.

Many of the titles are in Ukrainian and Russian; this collection also includes ethnic newspapers in languages such as: Armenian, Crimean Tatar, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, and more.

The Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers collection is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions. The collection is available for free to all CRL members institutions. Non-CRL institutions that wish to purchase the Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers collection should contact us for more information.

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Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers

Current Titles

The Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers collection includes over 900 titles, accounting for nearly 35,000 issues and over 250,000 pages. Titles in the collection include:

  • Afganets (Афганец), Odesa
  • Agrarnik (Аграрник), Balakliia
  • Aktsent (Акцент), Donetsk
  • Al’ baian (Аль баян), Kyiv
  • Arkasivs’ka vulytsia (Аркасівська вулиця), Mykolaev
  • Avangard (Авангард), Luhans’k
  • Avdet (Авдет), Bakhchysarai
  • Boevoe bratstvo (Боевое братство), Bakhmut
  • Brat’ia slaviane (Братья славяне), Severodonetsk
  • Chornobyl’s’ki visti (Чорнобильські вісті), Kharkiv
  • Dovir’ia (Довiр’я), Poltava
  • Golos naroda (Голос народа), Krasnyi Luch
  • Homin Karpat (Гомiн Карпат), Verkhovyna
  • Khrystyians’kyi demokrat (Християнський демократ), Uzhhorod
  • Kommunist Zaporozh’ia (Коммунист Запорожья), Zaporіzhzhia
  • Liberal’na hazeta (Ліберальна газета), Kyiv
  • Liubystok (Любисток), Zhytomyr
  • Nova Volyn’ (Нова Волинь), Rivne
  • Partriot Priazov’ia (Партриот Приазовья), Berdians’k
  • Sekretnye yssledovanyia (Секретные исследования), Dnipro

Download the title list below to view the complete list of titles in the Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers collection.

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About the GPA CRL Alliance

East View and the Center for Research Libraries have created the GPA CRL Alliance to steer the development of a series of thematically designed databases for East View’s Global Press Archive program to meet the specific needs and priorities of CRL members. Launched in 2019, the charter phase of the GPA CRL Alliance resulted in the creation of nine collections, encompassing hundreds of newspaper titles and totaling over 4.5 million pages, of which 3 million pages are fully Open Access.

The first of these collections – Late Qing and Republican-Era Chinese Newspapers, Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers, Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers, Imperial Russian Newspapers, Southeast Asian Newspapers, and South Asian Newspapers – are all Open Access collections and are the result of close collaboration between East View and CRL, with CRL advisors selecting and curating the content, and CRL members funding the collections to facilitate global Open Access.

Encouraged by the positive results of Phase 1, a second phase of the GPA CRL Alliance is now underway. The continuation of this highly successful academic-commercial partnership between CRL and East View will serve our shared values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and continue to extend access to global newspaper collections to the widest possible audience. Fundraising for Phase 2 has ended but CRL members are still encouraged to contribute to the program.

Click the link below to learn more about the GPA CRL Alliance, available collections, and plans for the next phase of the Alliance.

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