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Currently we observe the growth of interest to the family of Romanovs due to 100th anniversary of the revolutionary events in Russia. The paper considers main components of the information-bibliographic resources devoted to the Romanov dynasty and generated by the State Public Scientific Technological Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPSTL SB RAS). The article represents regional materials on Siberia and its role in the Romanovs’ fate, which are included in retrospective database (DB) “Union catalog of Siberian and Far Eastern books (XVIII century - 1930)” and currently replenished DB “Scientific Sibirika”. DBs were created based on materials selection from an obligatory copy of Russian literature, as well as foreign publications obtained by SPSTL SB RAS, information from secondary information sources, stocks of large libraries of Siberia and the Far East. DB “United catalog of the Siberian and Far Eastern books (XVIII century - 1930)” presents publications on the Romanov dynasty, published in the territory of Siberia and the Far East in the period from 1837 to 1922 (more than 170 titles). It comprises documents about the stay of the tsar’s family (trips, travel, exile) in the Siberian regions; activity of institutions named in honor of representatives of the House of Romanovs and/or under their protection; papers published for the anniversary of the Romanov dynasty; publications on the history of settlements named in honor of the most august persons in the Siberian region, impostors who appeared in a given territory. The table gives the list of the Romanov dynasty royal figures, the information about who is reflected in DB, indicating the number of publications devoted to individuals, years and topics of their publication. Modern publications about the Romanov dynasty (from 1990 to the present) are presented in DB “Scientific Sibirika”, where the section “History of Siberia and the Far East” is highlighted. It comprises a considerable number of documents devoted to the life tragic pages of the last Russian emperor from the Romanov dynasty connected with Siberia, which is known as “Tobolsk period of the Romanovs exile”. The documentary flow contains about 200 publications over a 25-year period. Its analysis is carried out, which shows the species structure of publications (monographs, articles in journals and collections) is shown, authors with high publication activity. Information resources of SPSTL SB RAS’ own generation are freely available in the web and could serve a useful source base for future research of scientists and specialists.