The archive of Izvestia newspaper from the first issue of 1917 has become available on the Internet

The archive of Izvestia newspaper since the first issue of February 28 (March 13), 1917 has become available in digital form and with smart search. This large-scale joint project of Izvestia, the National Electronic Library and Yandex is timed to coincide with the upcoming 108th anniversary of the newspaper.

Yandex technologies have recognized and processed the texts of Izvestia issues for more than 100 years, which amounts to over 30 thousand issues. Now users can browse through a unique collection of one of the oldest editions of Russia.

"Izvestia" newspaper is a chronicle of events that have been taking place in the country and in the world for more than 100 years. Now this invaluable information will become available not only to professionals working with archives, but also to any person who is interested in the history of our country," said Sergei Koroteev, editor-in-chief of the modern printed Izvestia.

The digital archive has a clear navigation: the issues of the newspaper are broken down by year, the issues contain not only a visual scan of each page, but additionally all the texts of the notes, which makes it possible to search for the necessary information.

Read more in Izvestia's exclusive article:

History in digital: the archive of Izvestia issues since 1917 is now available on the Web