Posts by Bogdan Horbal

Ort has been researching a new book project tentatively entitled "The Afterlife of a Death: Meaning, Memory, and the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich."

The newly acquired is a unique, extensive collection of rare original photos showing Sakhalin and its penitentiary system in the early 20th century.

This volume, while worn and partially incomplete, is unsophisticated and offers the firsthand study of provincial Bohemian book arts which remain little known outside the Czech Republic

The New York Public Library holds an extensive collection of Slavic and East European avant-garde publications some of which were showcased during the Graphic Modernism From the Baltic to the Balkans, 1910–1935 exhibition held at the NYPL October 5, 2007, through January 27, 2008. Particularly well represented are books with illustrations by Czech avant-garde artists, including more 

The work is a rare first and only edition of one of the first, if not the first, Western monograph devoted to a Russian work of art.

"My research centers on sound changes since Common Slavic and how they are reflected in one of the Slavic dialects which demonstrates archaic language features."

CEEOL is a leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the humanities and social sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe.

Aleksis/Aleksei Rannit was an Estonian poet, art critic, and librarian. He worked at the Library from 1956-1961 before becoming the curator of the Slavic and East European collections at Yale University Library where he remained for 20 years. 

The splendidly decorated Altar Gospel, prepared by command of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, was likely a benefaction to the Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery in St. Petersburg.

During her Short-Term Fellowship at the New York Public Library, Martiniuk conducted research for her latest project on the adaptation and appropriation of Slavic folklore in contemporary young adult and popular literature in the West.

22 Russian zines, most published within the last five years, have been added to our collections. They cover a wide spectrum of topics from politics, feminism, housing development, cats, and much more.

This profile is part of a series of interviews chronicling the experiences of researchers who use The New York Public Library's collections for the development of their work.

The Imperial Russian Newspapers collection comprises out-of-copyright newspapers spanning the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries, up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

The first newspaper under this title was published between January 1, 1830 and June 30, 1831 by a literary group led by Russian poet and journalist Anton Antonovich Delvig and a world-famous Russian poet, playwright, and novelist Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin.

Poland has a long parliamentary and constitutional tradition. Here is a select list of publications which offer the text of major constitutions and works on them available through NYPL and partners.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, New York became a significant center of Slavic publishing activity, including both books and periodicals. Also, numerous writers and poets of Slavic background called New York their home or spent time in the city.

The treaty was signed between Poland on one side and Russian and Ukrainian Soviet republics on the other. It ended the Russo-Polish War of 1919–20 and established a new Polish border.

It was only beginning in 1917 that the process to introduce women's right to vote picked up momentum worldwide resulting in women's suffrage becoming a reality in an increasing amount of states, including Slavic and East European countries. Below are some books written in the late 19th and early 20th century (all digitized) which were published to raise an awareness and appreciation of women's contributions to society.

Zlatá Praha was a Czech illustrated magazine that was first published in 1864-1865 and later in 1884-1929. Almost all of its content has been digitized.