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Art
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Hermitage
(in Russian and English) This is the official site of the world
famous State Hermitage Museum and provides virtual exhibitions and
interactive tours, including 360-degree panoramas of the rooms of
this great palace.
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Museum
of History of Moscow (in Russian and English)
You will enjoy the graphics.
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Russian icons (in Russian)
This site provides the great collection of Russian icons and related
links
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Tzarskoe Selo Palace (in
Russian and English) The web site of the palace and park ensemble
Tzarskoe Selo, which in 1834 became the "sovereign's estate,"
belonging to the reigning monarch. From 1811 to 1843 the Tzarskoje
Selo Imperial Lyceum, where Pushkin obtained his education, was
located here. The site provides general information about the ensemble,
historical facts and a brief description of its owners -- Russian
monarchs.
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Virtual
CALL Library’s Site on Russian Art:
Fine Arts
If you are interested in purchasing Russian art, this is the
site for you.
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Web
Museum
This is one of the most comprehensive virtual museums on the web.
Here you may find virtual copies of works by countless renowned
artists and biographical information about the artists
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Education
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in Moscow
The fullest catalogue of public and private educational institutions,
study courses and private tutors on all the specialties and forms
of education in Moscow, starting from the nursery school level up
to the academy level. Education system and documents of the Ministry
of Education. List of addresses, telephone numbers, and references
to all the Web resources available. The site provides a page for parents,
a counseling page, and a humor page.
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Food
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Russian Cuisine Site
Recipes, customs and traditions.
Did you know that the heaviest meals of the Russian day are
breakfast and what Americans call lunch?
The evening meal, supper, is light.
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Geography
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CIA
World Factbook on the Russian Republics
This site provides geographical and historical information as well
as other informative demographics on each of Russia’s Republics.
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Moskovskoe
Metro (in Russian) The Moscow underground public transportation
system site which is a virtual museum, directory and encyclopedia.
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Moscow Day By Day
(in Russian and English) This site provides a beautiful photograph
collection of Moscow as Muscovites see it plus links
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Maps
at National Geographic
This site provides a
database of maps from National Geographic.
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MapBlast
At this site, pick a city or country and create your map.
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Russian
Cities on the Web
This site provides a list of links to cities throughout Russia.
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Wonderful
World of World Geography
World Geography site developed by a high school teacher. Information
on Russia. Studying Russia. Lesson Plans. Maps. Globes. FREE E-mail.
Local site search. Web search. Links. Clip Art.
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Government
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Future
Russia
Future Russia. New ideas,
technologies and personalities for the future Russia. «Future Russia»
is a program for creating, support, and proliferation of the new
ideas and technologies that can substantially influence the development
of Russia. Program Coordinator: Independent Expert Council for strategic
analysis of the problems of foreign and domestic policy for Russian
Federation Council.
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Government,
Politics and Law (about.com)
The Russian Federation Constitution, modern Russia, politics and
politicians as well as legal codes and constitutions are detailed
at this site.
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Links
to web sites of Russian federal governmental bodies, and regional
governments
Very varied and often updated
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Politic
organizations of Russia
urls of Russian parties,
politicians
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Russia.net
Politics
The Russian Constitution, political organizations and parties and
information on the elections are located here.
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Russian
Government Internet Network
Russian Government official
information, official documents, draft laws
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Vladimir
V. Putin
Everything about President
Vladimir V. Putin: his life, his career and lots of pictures
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All
of the Embassies of Washington, D. C.
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History,
Culture & Civilization |
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Bucknell
University Russian Studies Web Site
This is a beautiful and beautifully organized site, which
provides comprehensive information on culture, history, media and
society.
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Friends
& Partners
Friends & Partners was jointly developed by friends in the US
and Russia to promote better understanding between the people of
the two countries. This
site contains an extensive database addressing such topics as culture,
commerce, business, life, family, etc.
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INFOART.RU (in Russian) This informational site is one of the largest
in Europe. In addition
to world news, politics and economics, you will find information
on art, culture, science, sport, weather, etc.
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Kulichki (in Russian) This
site has something for everyone, from apartment sales to recipes.
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University
of Pittsburgh REESWeb Russian and East European Studies
The REESWeb is a comprehensive index
of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus,
Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS,
the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union.
It provides links to language, literature, music, art, culture,
public affairs, government and politics, business, economics, law,
history, geography, sociology, media, journalism, science, technology,
engineering, computers and communications.
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Russian
History on the Web by Dr. Marshall Poe
This is an excellent, well-organized site on Russian historical
resources on the Internet.
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Russia.net
History
Russian history from the early settlements to the coup of August
1991 is summarized at this site.
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Soviet
Era (about.com)
The history of the Soviet
era with relevant links.
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Literature
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Russkaya Mysl (in Russian)
The famous newspaper of the Russian immigration first published
in 1947 in Paris. Though it provides some recent political news
from Russia, it is mainly dedicated to Russian literary life. It
is a newspaper written mainly by Russian immigrants and/or about
Russians abroad. M.Tsvetaeva, S. Cherny, V. Nabokov, A. Kuprin,
I. Bunin, N.Teffi, and N. Berdyaev were among the authors of this
newspaper.
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Russky Zhurnal (in Russian)
The daily Internet periodical concentrates on culture, politics,
and Russian society in general.. A great source for anyone who is
interested in classic and modern Russian and world literature. It
links to the best literature sites where one may find full texts,
reviews and other useful information on the topic.
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Virtual
CALL Library’s Site on Russian Literature
97 sites on poetry
including contemporary and scientific Russian literature.
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Media:
Radio & TV |
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The Russian Service of
the British Broadcasting Corporation provides information and news
in English and Russian from London and Russia.
Live audio.
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F&P
Radio and TV in Russia/NIS
This site provides many links to radio and TV stations.
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National News Service (in
Russian) In addition to recent news, interviews and reviews of national,
regional, and international media sources, this site includes the
National Electronic Library (Natsionalnaia Electronnaia Biblioteka),
the largest electronic archive of the Russian media.
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Radio
Free Europe
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Radio
Liberty (in Russian) This is the electronic version of the
famous radio station and presents daily reports on current events.
Live audio.
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Rumbler
Top 100 Russian Media resources
(in Russian)
Provides links to the most popular Russian Internet media
resources
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Russia
Today
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Music
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Kulichki/Vladimir
Vysotsky (also in English) a great site for admirers of Vladimir
Vysotsky, the famous
Russian bard. 558 texts of his songs and poetry, 560 audio and
video tapes, notes
to 118 songs, 373 photos, Vysotsky's prose,
his biography, articles and memories about him, and more.
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Songs at Little Russia
This page of the site created by Russians living and studying in San
Antonio, TX, provides brief info and audio files of Russian bards.
The site itself is also worth being explored. You
may find here a great collection of other audio files of different
Russian singers including pop, opera, and religious. The site also
provides the pages devoted to Russian fairy-tales (you can listen
to them performed by actors),
find out something new about Russian art and literature, enrich your cooking skills,
and get some general information about the CIA.
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Virtual
CALL Library’s Site on Russian Music
Oldies but goldies plus contemporary, too.
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News,
Newspapers & Magazines |
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Agrumenty I Fakty (in Russian)
One of Russia’s most popular tabloids, it provides interesting
information about contemporary life in Russia. Check Ugolok
O.Bendera and you will find the way out of the problems you
may encounter in contemporary Russia.
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Gazeta.Ru
(in
Russian) This Internet newspaper is colorful and well organized
and addresses every interest.
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Komsomolskaya
pravda (in Russian) this is a popular daily Russian newspaper
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Lenta.Ru
(in Russian and English) this
is one of the most comprehensive news sites on the Internet.
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Moskovskie
Novosti this is the
Russian version of the English newspaper Moscow News, which first
appeared in 1930 as the newspaper of foreign professionals living
in the Soviet Union.
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List.ru
(in Russian)
- Newspapers
and Magazines From and About Russia/NIS
This site provides
a listing of and links to newspapers and magazines from and about
Russia and other countries of the NIS.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta (in Russian)
One of Russia’s most popular newspapers, this site provides
16 additions dedicated to specific topics.
Ogonek (in Russian) Ogonek
is one of Russia’s oldest (1889) and most popular magazines and covers
a broad range of topics. The
heading Biblioteka Ogonka links to the full texts of books published
in Soviet times and includes works by Andrey Platonov, James Oldridge,
Ernest Hemingway, the goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and the figure skater
Irina Rodnina
Polit.RU
here you will
find current events and interviews with leading Russian politicians,
economists and businessmen.
Russkaya Mysl (in Russian)
the famous newspaper of the Russian immigration first published in
1947 in Paris. Though it provides some recent political news from
Russian , it is mainly dedicated to Russian literary life. It's a
newspaper written mainly by Russian immigrants and/or about Russians
abroad. M.Tsvetaeva, S. Cherny, V. Nabokov, A. Kuprin, I. Bunin, N.Teffi,
and N. Berdyaev were among the authors of this newspaper.
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Religion |
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Russian-Speaking
Countries |
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Russian
is the official language of Russia, and is spoken as the first language
by over 160 million people (including those living in the former Soviet
Republics). In addition, Russian is widely spoken in the former Warsaw
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Republics
of Russia (about.com)
This site provides the Russian Republics in alphabetical order with
links to geopolitical information on each republic.
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Siberia
(about.com)
General information, Siberian regions and the Trans-Siberian Railroad
are at this site.
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Sports
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Travel
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