Founded in 1949, the Current Digest presents a selection of Russian-language press materials, translated into English for use in teaching and research. First published as The Current Digest of the Soviet Press (1949-1991), followed by The Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press (1992-2010), and now The Current Digest of the Russian Press.

Izvestiia was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official news organ of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Today, it is among the longest-running Russian newspapers. The database contains Federal and Moscow editions (marked with "m" after each issue number) of Izvestiia. Coverage begins in 1917.

Pravda ("Truth") originated in 1912 as a daily workers' newspaper and became the official voice of Soviet communism and the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991. Today, Pravda remains the official organ of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, an important political faction in contemporary Russian politics. Date range: 1912-2023

Coverage includes: Art-ėkran (1923); Bi͡ulletenʹ Sekretariata T͡Sentralʹnogo soveta Obshchestva druzeĭ sovetskoĭ kinematografii (1927); Ėkran Kino-gazety (1925); Foto-kino:ezhemesi͡achnyĭ illi͡ustrirovannyĭ zhurnal (1922); Iskusstvo kino (1936); Kadr:gazeta rabochikh i sluzhashchikh kino-fabriki Sovkino (19uu); Kino:dvukhnedelʹnik O-va kinodei͡ateleĭ (1922); Kino:ezhenedelʹnai͡a gazeta (1925); Kino:ezhenedelʹnai͡a gazeta : Leningradskoe prilozhenie (1925); Kino-fot (1922); Kino-front (1926); Kino-front (1930); Kino-gazeta:ezhenedelʹnoe illi͡ustrirovannoe izdanie : besplatnoe prilozhenie k "Kino-gazete." (1924); Kino-gazeta:ezhenedelʹnoe illi͡ustrirovannoe izdanie : Leningradskoe prilozhenie (1924); Kino-gazeta:ezhenedi͡elʹnoe illi͡ustrirovannoe izdanīe, posvi͡ashchennoe zhizni i interesam kinematografa (1918); Kino i kulʹtura:obshchestvenno-politicheskiĭ nauchnyĭ i proizvodstvenno-tekhnicheskiĭ zhurnal; Kino i zhiznʹ (1929); Kinomekhanik-stakhanovet͡s:izdanie redakt͡sii gazety "Kino" na vsesoi͡uznom soveshchanii selʹskikh kinomekhanikov-stakhanovt͡sev (1940); Kino na budivnyt͡stvi fabryky no. 6:odnodenna gazeta vyïzdnoï redakt͡siï gazety "Kino." (1931); Kino-nedeli͡a:promyshlennostʹ, tekhnika, iskusstvo (1924); Kino:Nizheg. prilozhenie k Kino-gazete (1925); Kino-repertuar:instruktivno-metodicheskie pisʹma sektora iskusstv (1932); Kino-zhiznʹ:ezhenedelʹnoe izdanie, posvi͡ashchennoe kinematografii (1922); Kino-zhurnal A.R.K. (1925); Proletarskoe kino (1925); Proletarskoe kino (1931); Proletkino (1923); Proletkino Povolzhʹi͡a:zhurnal povolzhskogo oblastnogo otd. t-va "Proletkino". (1923); Repertuarnye pisʹma po kino (1934); Repertuarnyĭ bi͡ulletenʹ Khudozhestvennogo otdela GPP (1926); Repertuarnyĭ bi͡ulletenʹ po kino (1934); Repertuarnyĭ bi͡ulletenʹ:teatr, kino, muzyka, ėstrada (1936); Rot-filʹm:gazeta i͡acheĭki VKP (b), fabkoma i upravlenii͡a obʺedinennykh fabrik "Mezhrabpomfilʹm." (1933); Sovetskiĭ ėkran (1925); Sovetskoe kino (1933); Sovetskoe kino:ezhemesi͡achnyĭ organ Khudozhestvennogo soveta po delam kino (1925); Vestnik fotografii i kinematografii (1923); Za bolʹshevistskiĭ filʹm:organ i͡ach. VKP(b), fabkoma i i͡ach. VLKSM Obʺedin. mosk. f-ki "Soi͡uzkino." (1932); Zritelʹ:zhurnal zhizni i iskusstva (1922)