Runivers is an online library aimed to provide free access to authentic documents, books and texts related to Russian history, which were previously kept in major libraries and state archives.

The main body of the collection consists of facsimile copies of books and journals published before 1917 as well as archive photos and documents on the history and culture of Russia.

[2] As of August 2010, Runivers claimed to contain over 1,500 books (high quality facsimile copies of original materials) mostly about Russian history.

The site includes a calendar with daily updates related to memorable events and people.

There are galleries of: Runivers features a military history encyclopedia combined from: Media related to Images from runivers.ru at Wikimedia Commons