Slavic and Eurasian Studies at Harvard : Library and Archival Resources

Smetana, Sprzedana narzeczona. Teatr Wielki / juis [Fragment]. Poster for an opera performance at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. Part of Slavic poster collection : Opera performances at Teatr Wielki in Warsaw.

This guide provides a starting point for research for students, faculty, and visiting researchers in Slavic and Eurasian studies at Harvard University. It includes selective lists of reference resources, both online and in print. For the up to date information on our newest resources and projects please visit Harvard Library's Slavic Blog.  

For requests for new materials and inquiries about the Slavic collections please contact bibliographic specialists at the Americas, Europe and Oceania Division (AEOD) at Widener Library:

Russian/Belarusian/Former Soviet Union collection: Anna Rakityanskaya (617) 495-4797

Ukrainian collection:  Olha Aleksic (also Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute) (617) 998-5367

Slavic Central and South European collection: Lev Chaban (617) 998-5368

Serials librarian: Kristin Kulash (617) 998-5369

For general Slavic reference inquiries and research assistance please contact: 

Svetlana Rukhelman, Research Associate, Department of Comparative Literature and Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies (617) 496-8241

For technical issues concerning this guide:

 Anna Rakityanskaya (617) 495-4797

The Harvard Library collections can be accessed via its online catalog HOLLIS. To learn more about HOLLIS, please visit the HOLLIS Quick Tips.

To render Cyrillic words using Roman characters, HOLLIS uses the Library of Congress system of transliteration.  (Please note that most other U.S. library catalogs and databases use the same system, while several other systems are in use in Europe, the former Soviet Union, and in other contexts.) 

The ALA-LA Romanization tables page on the Library of Congress website provides transliteration tables for various non-Roman languages, including Slavic and non-Slavic languages that use Cyrillic alphabet:

In addition to this, one can also use the automatic online transliteration tool.