After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine became an independent country, thereby radically altering its political system. The Local and Independent Ukrainian Newspapers (LIUN) collection traces the history of Ukraine during this early period of independence and the events leading up to the 2004 - 2005 Orange Revolution. (Coverage: 1990s - early 2000s, in Ukrainian, Russian, other )
Many titles are in Ukrainian and Russian. Also includes ethnic newspapers in languages such as: Armenian, Crimean Tatar, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, and more.