Russian provincial newspaper 1917 issues

[John Gilinsky]

For those interested in Imperial Russia and the Provisional Government in 1917 here is an interesting link to a digitized Russian provincial newspaper:

http://ogv.karelia.ru/

“Olonets Gubernskiia Viedomosti”

First half of 1914 and all of 1917 (138 issues) is excellently digitized

Includes official and local war related news and information

Олонецкие губернские ведомости

Petrozavodsk State University is currently digitizing their entire collection of Олонецкие губернские ведомости (News of Olonets Province). The paper was published between 1838 and 1917, and remains an excellent source of provincial life in the Russian Empire.

John

Toronto