Websites Catalogue

Websites dedicated to the Great Patriotic War

May 9, 2010   Official website of media support of celebration of the 65th anniversary of Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War (Russian, English, French, German)

Hurray for the Victory! All-Russian event. Addressed to those who want to pay tribute to war veterans and support the national holiday using all options of their cell-phones. Opportunity to listen to daily news reports “of the Soviet Information bureau”, songs of war time, send your pictures, leave a message in the Living Book of Memory.

60th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War Official website of the 60th Victory Day celebration in 2005 (Rus, Eng.)

Our Victory. Day by Day A project dedicated to the Great Patriotic War: war history by days, round-ups of the Soviet Information Bureau, pictures, posters, press of war time, awards, personal stories with pictures.

Victors. Soldiers of the great war  List of names of the Great Patriotic War veterans including those from the countries of the present CIS. Multimedia map of war “The Great War: the way it was”.

65 years of the Great Victory Appendix to the official website of the Ministry of Defence of Russia.

I remember Memories of the Great Patriotic War. Interviews and stories of veterans who went through the Great Patriotic War. Diaries, letters, photographs, pictures, audio recordings.

International council of Russian compatriots Newsline on how people celebrate the 65th anniversary of Victory over fascism around the world.

International event “Russkiy Mir — memory of heart” Open-ended event, announced by the “Russkiy Mir” Foundation with the purpose of preservation of memories of war, its every day and battle, every its veteran.

War literature Collected texts on the war history and the history of wars. A large section is dedicated to World War II.

Windows of Russia. People’s Photochronicle Internet portal dedicated to the history of Russia in photographs.

The Great Victory Project of the Information Agency “ITAR-TASS” dedicated to 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 

The Great Victory Moscow region in the Great Patriotic War.

Archives including materials on the Great Patriotic War 

“War. 1941—1945” Information on state archives of the Russian Federation which keep photodocuments of the period of the Great Patriotic War. Archive photographs (more than 1600). Information on authors.

1418 days Materials of exhibition of photographs dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (photographs from the collection of Moscow House of Photography)

War photochronicles of Karelia (1941—1945) Chronicles of the Great Patriotic War of the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia [NARK]

To the 60th anniversary of the Great Victory (1941—1945) Virtual exhibition of photographs, including photographs dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, prepared by the National Archive of the Republic of Karelia [NARK]: photo documents, demonstrative agitation

Living memory Virtual museum created in Saratov Regional Museum of local history, geography and culture

Personal archive of A.G. Filimoshkin Collection of amateur photographs of the period of the Great Patriotic War 1941—1945 of the front-line soldier A.G. Filimoshkin.

Unsubdued Palmira (Leningrad blockade in archive photo documents) Leningrad blockade in archive photo documents. Central state archive of cinema-photo-audio documents of Saint Petersburg [CSACPAD SPb]

Northern fleet in battles for Motherland. 1941—1945 Collection of photographs by military correspondent Robert Diament (1907 — 1987)

STALINGRAD. FEBRUARY — MARCH 1943. Photographs by military correspondent S.N. Strunnikov Central archive of social and political history of Moscow [CASPHM] presents unknown photographs made by military photo correspondent Sergey Nikolaevich Strunnikov.

Udmurtia to battlefront Collection of documents “Dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Victory” from the Center for documentation of contemporary history of the Udmurt Republic funds [CDCHUR]

Exhibition of photography: V. Arkashev. My war Photographs out of collection of V.I. Arkashev, photo correspondent of the army newspaper “Unichtozhim vraga” and then battlefront newspaper “Krasnoarmeiskaya pravda”. Belarusian state archive of cinema-photo-audio documents [BSACFAD]

LEND-LEASE: UNKNOWN REAL PHOTO Family archive of N.N.Aleksandrov dedicated to his father, N.I.Aleskandrov, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, photo documents on military cooperation of USSR and USA during the Great World War.

By paths of Victory. To the 60th anniversary of the Ukraine liberation (1944—2004) Virtual exhibition “To the 60th Anniversary of the Ukraine Liberation” of photo documents of cinema-photo-audio archive of the Ukraine named after G.S. Pshenichny

60 years after the war Exhibition of works by military photo correspondent O.P.Dmitriev at the Central state cinema-photo-audio archive of the Ukraine named after G.S.Pshenichny

World War II and Holocaust in the Ukraine “World War II and Holocaust in the Ukraine”. Photo documents of the Central state cinema-photo-audio archive of the Ukraine named after G.S.Pshenichny

Archives containing materials on World War II

A People at War Project “A People at War” is dedicated to Americans — both military and civilians — who participated in the events of World War II. Documents from the National Archives’ National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

African Americans During World War II, Photographs “African Americans During World War II”. Exhibition of photographs from US National Archives dedicated to the 50th anniversary of World War II termination.

Dambusters “Dambusters” — 617 Squadron of Great Britain Air Forces which performed dams bombing in industrial districts of Germany. Exhibition of photographs from the National archives of Great Britain

DW-WORLD.DE: 60 years later World War II Project of German publication “Deutsche Welle”, dedicated to the 60th anniversary of World War II termination.

Powers of Persuasion — Posters from World War II “Powers of Persuasion — Posters and post cards from World War II”. Materials from the US National Archives collections.

The Art of War — British propaganda 1939—45 “The Art of War — British Propaganda 1939—1945.” Illustrations to books, pictures in magazine, etc. from the National Archives of Great Britain collections.

Through a Lens: Dieppe in Photography and Film “Through a Lens: Dieppe in Photography and Film”. Beginning of “Rutter” landing operation of Canadian troops in occupied French port Dieppe in July 1942 (National Archives of Canada)

World War II, Photographs “World War II. Photographs” Photo documents from the US National Archives

Australian War Memorial Web-site of “Australian War Memorial” state museum dedicated to the military history of the country and in particular its participation in anti-Hitler coalition.