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Listen Live: Russia - This site contains links to a large number of Russian radio stations, classified by city and genre. Most stations can be streamed through a computer.
Vladimir Vysotsky - The official website of the Vladimir Vysotsky fund. Read about Vysotsky, one of Russia’s most iconic bard singers. The site contains articles about Vysotsky’s work, lyrics to his songs, audio/video clips, photos, and more.
Russian Painting - This website, maintained by the Rollins College Russian department, offers a look at paintings throughout Russian history, from historic icons to modern art. The site provides historic overviews of each artistic era, brief biographies of various Russian painters, and lots of paintings.
ROL Russian Encyclopedia - This is a information resource center set up by the ISP Russia Online.
Russian Language: Russian New Year and Christmas - Overview of common Russian phrase, songs used on New Year and Christmas. This site also contains Russian names Holidays and a few other useful information about language as well as culture.
"VESTI"-Russian News
Decoration of Moscow for New Year.
- Article on Decoration of Moscow in 2005 for Holiday Seasons. Vesti is also a popular television news program, this website provides all the stories covered on this program.
Kul'tura pis'mennoj rechi - This frequently-updated web site discusses the ins and outs of the Russian language.
American Schools Show Support for Russians in Beslan - This news broadcast features American High Schools, offering Russian.
Russkaya Fonetika - An interactive and comprehensive web site documenting Russian phonetics.
Report.ru - Russian news, sorted and written by the experts.
Film.ru - A great web site about movies and film, from Russia and around the world.
Sports News - Love the sports page? Read your sports in Russian! This site is part of the mail.ru news page.
Lebed - An independent almanac
Dahl's Dictionary Online - The online version of Dahl's Tolkovyj slovar'.
Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology - Learn about and even browse the catalogue of Moscow's scientific library.
Library of Philosophy - For those wishing to explore philosophy, this web site has a great amount of philosophical literature, in Russian.
Old records - This web site gives interesting insite to record and music industry in Russia, from its very start.
National Corpus of the Russian language - This corpus of modern Russian is an incredible resource for those interested in Russian linguistics.
Luvranyo - This cute web site takes great works of Russian art and gives them a twist!
Murzilka - Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Russia's popular children's journal. The journal includes poems and short stories.
Takaya - This is an electronic journal, affiliated with the Centre for Gender Studies at
European Humanitites University in Minsk, which discusses gender issues from all over the former Soviet Union.
Russian Mission Control Web Site - This is a fantastic web site for those interested in aviation and space travel.
The Grand Inquisitor - Read this section from Dostoevsky's masterpiece, "The Brothers Karamazov."
Krushchev and his shoe - This article discusses a new documentary, which features Krushchev's "shoe incident" at the UN.
The Third International Meeting of school directors. - This article discusses a meeting, gathering school directors from schools around the world with Russian language programs.
Weekend.ru - This is the online version of the print journal, "Weekend," whose slogan is "The Journal for People with a taste for life."
Lev Shcherb's 124th Birthday - Read about Russia's great filolog.
506 years ago, a bukhalter was called a bukhalter - Read the fascinating history of this common word.
Russian language week in Paris - Read about how the Parisians celebrate the Russian language during this special week.
AIF Encyclopedia - health - This edition of the children's encyclopedia features topics on health.
Dahl's Dictionary online - This standard of Russian dictionaries is now available online.
Uznai Prezident - This is the Russian president's web site for children.
Without the letter "yo"... - This article talks about the importance of that little e with the two dots on top.
RBC Business News - This is a great site for those looking for the latest business news from Russia.
Russian Language in the World - This is a tremendous document from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, documenting the use of the Russian language throughout the world.
The Russian basketball federation - Learn about hoops Russia!
Elections.ru - The Duma elections are all the talk right now in Russia. Keep yourself up-to-date on the polls and the topics that keep Russian politics interesting!
Yo! Happy Birthday. - Last week, St. Petersburg celebrated the 225th birthday of the invention of the letter "yo".
AIF - Months - Part of the children's encyclopedia, this section talks about the origins of each month and its importance in Russian history and culture.
Slovari.ru - This web site contains dozens of Russian language and literature dictionaries.
Virtual Excursion through the Lomakovsky Museum - Take a virtual tour of the Lomakovsky museum of classic cars and motorcycles, located in Moscow.
Blues in Russia - If you love Russian and the blues, this is the place for you. Lean all about the Blues scene in Russia.
Atlas of language in Russian villages. - This fascinating site examines the differences in the Russian language from different regions in Russia.
Computerra - Love computers? Read about the latest computer news inside and outside of Russia in this popular online Russian magazine.
Russian Law Sites - This site links to various web sites, in Russian, about law.
Red October Candy - Learn about one of Russia's oldest and best candy makers, Red October.
Phraseology list - Learn the meaning of hundreds of Russian phrases and expressions, from A Vas'ka slushaet da est to Yashchik Pandory.
Student forum - See what students and teachers are thinking.
Bolero - Learn about various products available in Russia surfing through Bolero, one of Russia's most popular online shopping portals.
Kailas Records - This is a web site of a record company in Russian specializing in the music of Russia's varying ethnic groups.
Management in Russia and Abroad - Read this popular journal about management and business practices in Russia.
St. Petersburg 300 - The official site of the celebration of St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary. Includes all the news about the event, as well as the history of St. Petersburg.
Eda v Peterburge - This fun web site allows you to search for the many culinary delights that St. Petersburg has to offer in its restaurants and cafe's. Find information on nearly all St. Petersburg eateries.
The Moscow Metro - Not the official site, but a project of Artem Lebedev - this is a virtual museum of the Moscow Metro system with archives, images, and photographs. It also includes official information about the metro.
Romir.ru - Romir.ru is one of Russia's premier survey research organizations. Learn about what Russians think, read, and buy.
Fight in the Duma - Read and see the reactions of some of the members of the Duma regarding the passage of the language law.
Vesti - This news website includes video broadcasts, accompanied by text transcripts, on a variety of topics.
The History of Moscow University - A virtual museum for the history of the university. It includes reproductions of original documents, sketches, and the people who made MGU famous.
Pogoda - Read the weather, in Russian, for cities around the world.
Ex Libris - NG - Read about the literary scene in Russia by reading about literature, culture, and the latest books.
Official Russia - This is the official web site of the government of Russia. Here, you can read about the laws of the land, the lawmakers, and the president.
History of the Decembrists - Read about the history of the Decembrist uprising. This site includes information about and a portrait of every Decembrist who settled in the Yenisei region.
The Bolshoy Theater - Read all about the goings on at one of Russia's best known theaters.
BISNIS - This is the Russian language version of the web site for BISNIS - The Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States, a part of the Department of Commerce of the United States.
Tatu - Read a little bit about Russia's first ever rock group to go platinum.
Art Peter - This site presents the art and culture of St. Petersburg.
Russian Club Music Page - Learn, read, and listen about contemporary Russian music. Even includes guitar tablature.
BankMonitor - This web site contains various databases of financial information, all in databases of financial information from institutions like the IMF and the World Bank. Its purpose is to provide this information to NGOs in the Former Soviet Union.
BankMonitor - This web site contains various databases of financial information, all in Russian.
Culture Pages - Gazeta.ru - Learn about what is new and fascinating in the sphere of Russian culture.
Russian Museums - This is the composite web site for all museums of Russia. Find information about your favorite museum.
Strana - This is a news web site from the office of the President of Russia.
Izvestiya Info - This is a great news resource.
Great Songs from the Soviet Past - This comprehensive web page allows visitors to listen to a large number of Russian songs that were recorded in the Soviet Union. Selections include folk songs, movie soundtracks, children’s songs, and a Russian take on Beatles hits.
The Institute of Modern Russian Culture - This institute has a wonderful collection of Russian art and also historical projects, put together especially for use in the classroom.
Tzarskoje Selo
The state museum - The website has virtural tour of Tzarskoje Selo, as well as history and information about visiting hours.
The Tzarskoje Selo State Museum Reserve is a brilliant monument of world architecture and park and garden artistry of the 18th-20th centuries. A magnificent group of architects, sculptorsand painters brought the desires of their royal clients to fruition here.
FROM RUSSIA WITH ART - The main objective of the project is to conserve and make available to users worldwide Russia's cultural wealth and provide effective information support to Russian artists, art students, critics, chroniclers and art lovers too.
The main task of the project is to create modern information infrastructure in the sphere of modern art on the bases of the latest technologies.
Russia Profile - This is a new online newspaper, produced by the owners of such newspapers as the Moscow and St. Petersburg times.
Pikovaya Dama - A side-by-side Russian/English translation of Pushkin's great work.
Russian word usage - Find a specific Russian word on any web site, inculding the author's own translation of "Queen of Spades."
Online Nachalo Study guides - These online exercises, produced by George Mitrevski, are wonderful additions to any Russian class.
H-Russia - Join these interesting academic discussion groups.
Oprah Interviews Tolstoy - Read this piece from Smithsonian Magazine, which proposes a hypothetical interview between the Queen of talkshows and this great Russian literary figure.
American Balalaika Symphony - Learn all about this traditional Russian musical instrument. You can even download some music.
SEEFA - The Slavic and East European Folklore Association is a non-profit organization, devoted to folklore.
Russian Folk Art - This Canadian web site (available in French and English) showcases the various features of Russian folk art.
Overview of Russian history - This web site, hosted by Geographia, gives you the basics of Russian history
Ruscuisine - Love Russisan cooking? Then take a look at this site. It offers hundreds of traditional Russian recipes.
Linguistic Highlights of the Putin Presidency - This article in the Moscow Times discusses President Putin's speech habits.
The Language Guide - This site offers vocabulary practice and sound samples of the Russian language.
New York Public Library Slavic and Baltic Division - Learn more about this incredible collection, which contains nearly half a million volumes in Slavic and Eastern European languages.
Russian movie reference directory - This web site offers information on various Russian movies and actors.
NDXC Audio Archives - This web site offers radio archives from the Soviet Union.
The Icon and the Fax - This work in progress is part of a tool from a Russian culture class at Yale University. It has many resources and online videos.
History of the Russian Navy - For all you military history buffs out there, this web site has a fantastic chronicle of the history of the Russian navy.
Horizons: Canadian and Russian lanscape painting. - This site, brought to you by the Virtual Museum of Canada, draws parallels between Russian and Canadian art trends.
Russian Super Pages - This is a fantastic collection of resources for the Russian Internet, compiled by Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus, of the University of Northern Iowa.
Phonetic alphabet - This site features the use phonetic alphabet for the Russian language.
Paul Ilyinsky - This week, Paul Ilyinsky, the only member of the Romanov family to hold an elected office, died. Read about what it was like to be a Romanov in post-revolutionary times.
Humbul Humanities Hub Slavonic Resources - This page groups together and reviews various online Slavic resources.
A Dictionary of Period Russian Names - This dictionary will give you dates and if possible the origins for some of Russia's older names.
Listen to the Slavic Languages - This web site is from the Slavic Languages and Cultures Department, University of Groningen. It includes text, translation, and audio files of some small texts.
Master and Margarita Guide - If you love the novel Master and Margarita, you will love this web site, which gives detailed maps of the events of the novel, a timeline, and character analysis.
Soviet Archives Exhibit - This exhibit, which can be seen both online and in person, presents items and documents from the Soviet Union.
Verbs of Motion - A tutorial to help you learn the verbs of motion. It includes funny cartoons, movies, and interactive text.
Everything you wanted to know about Grammar ...
- These are the grammar pages from the Cornell Russian departments. They are simple and comprehensive
National Geographic's map machine - Get all sorts of different map views of Russia, using the map machine.
Children's books of the early Soviet era - Learn all about the books that influenced generations of Soviet citizens.
Russian Life Directory - This directory, offered by the journal "Russian Life," offers information about goods and services offered by organizations, corporations, and educational institutions.
Vanity Plate Challenge - This web site contains a collection of vanity plates that resemble Russian words and phrases.
Nearly 1-in-5 Speak a Foreign Language at Home - Read this article about these new findings from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sher's Russian Index - The most comprehensive web site featuring links of Russian-related materials.
Committee on College and Pre-College Russian - Look at facts and figures about Russian enrollment. See what other people are doing with degrees in Russian. Findhigh schools near you with a Russian program.
The Time of Troubles - Discover Russia's colorful history. Learn how Russia came to be ruled by two men known as "False Dmitri."
Foreignfilms.com - Can't get enough of Russian movies? Then browse the Russian section of this web site to learn all about them.
The School Bureau - For the new school year, Gramota has created a forum where Russian students can ask questions about their language. You can learn from it too!
Gramota Games - Play word games from the Gramota web site. Some are difficult, and most require a Flash plugin.
Kennan Institute Occasional Papers - This portion of the Kennan Institute web site contains many interesting papers relating to Russia's past and present. Of particular interest is Blair Ruble's paper St. Petersburg's Courtyards and Washington's Alleys: Officialdom's Neglected Neighbors.
The U.S. Russia Business Council - This is the web site for an organization committed to fostering commercial relationships between American and Russian businesses.
BISNIS - This is the web site of the Business Information Service for the Newly Independent State (BISNIS), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. From this site, you can learn about business development in Russia.
Library of Russian Literature and Folklore - This is a site presented by the Fundamental Electronic Library, and has several databases that give the user access to texts of and about great works of Russian literature.
Maps! - Need a map of Russia or the former Soviet Union. The Perry Castañeda Library Map collection from the University of Texas certainly has what you are looking for.
Russia Rising - This site, presented by National Geographic, shows the positive side of New Russia. Requires Flash.
Friends and Partners - This is a joint Russian/American project, linking The United States and Russia through Internet resources.
All about the comrade - Read this short piece about the use of salutations in the Russian language, from the Interfax news agency.
It's official... - Read about the law making Russia the state language. You can also read about Vladimir Zhirinovsky's "unorthodox oratory" in speaking the Russian language (which, now with the new regulations, would be against the law).
The Tower of Babel - Russian - This site has set up a morphological word analyzer and searchable databases for dictionaries.
A Tolstoy Speaks, and Russia Listens - Read this article in the New York Times about the Author Tatyana Tolstaya.
ACTR Essay Contest - Read about the ACTR essay contest for post-secondary education.
Dostoevsky Enlisted in Patriot Drive
- Read about how the Russian schools are turning to the language of Dostoevsky to regain a sense of patriotism.
Law on State Language - Scroll down a bit to read about the new law on state language requiring the Cyrillic alphabet for all languages of Russia, and the controversy it is creating.
Bucknell University Russian Department - The Bucknell Russian department web site has long been known as a great resource for all things Russian, including lists of American businesses operating in Russia, a comprehensive guide to grammar, and a timeline of Russian history.
Tolstoy Studies Journal - This web site has great resources about the writer, including a filmography and image gallery.
Multitran - This online Russian/English dictionary (plus more) also has an excellent "fuzzy" search option.
AATSEEL Annual Meeting - Updates on the AATSEEL annual meeting in New York City. This will be the conference to go to for all the latest in teaching Slavic and Eastern European languages (including Russian!)
Verbioso - This web site offers free trial software for Russian dictionaries.
Job listings - Posted to a mailing list, this is a comprehensive list of websites for jobhunters with an interest in Russian and Eurasian studies.
Russian in Iowa - This video (you can play it if you can play .mov on your computer) advertises the Russian program at the University of Iowa, but can also act as a guide on how to advertise your Russian program.
Basic Rules of Russian Grammar - This site (entirely in Russian) spells out the rules of Russian grammar.
Gallery of Russian Poets - Learn about your favorite Russian poets.
Online Bilingual Library of Russian Literature - This site offers great Russian literature in Russian and in English.
Concordances of The Complete Works
of F. M. Dostoevsky - This wonderful site allows you to search all of Dostoevsky's work by word!
AATSEEL Annual Meeting - This is updated information on the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) annual meeting, in New York, December 27-30. It is going to be a great time for Slavic language specialists!
Gramota - This is the site of the ministry of education.
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