Russian & Slavic Studies
For additional assistance, contact Raik Zaghloul
Web Resources
Free Online Newspapers:
ITAR/TASS (the largest news agency in CIS)
Итоги see also http://www.itogi.lenta.ru/ (In Russian)
Известия (Russian daily)
Комсомольская правда (Russian daily)
Московские новости (Russian weekly)
The Moscow Times (in English)
Независимая газета (Russian weekly)
Новая газета (in Russian)
Новый мир (Monthly literary journal. In Russian).
Правда (Russian daily)
Радио эхо Москвы (you can also listen to it)
Radio Free Europe/Liberty (Russian service)
Российская газета (Russian daily)
Русский журнал (In Russian)
SCOLA Russian TV Online (Free Russian TV on the Internet)
The St. Petersburg Times (in English)
Ведомости
Online bibliographies, archives
ArcheoBiblioBase
An electronic information system about archival repositories in the Russian Federation and includes the current sixteen federal archives under the administration of Rosarkhiv, as well as other major archives of Russian Federation agencies.
Archives in Russia (the genealogical site for researching Russian roots)
Bibliography of Russian/Soviet Cinema
Compiled and updated by Professor Vladimir Padunov of the University of Pittsburgh. An extensive, subdivided bibliography ranging from the birth of cinema in Russia to the present day.
Guide to Russian reference works
Compiled by Wojciech Zalewski , former curator of Slavic Collections at Stanford University Libraries. An indispensable guide for any serious scholar. Now updated by Karen Rondestvedt, also of Stanford.
National Library of Russia - Electronic Catalogues, with assistance from a Russian keyboard link.
The Open Society Archives (Budapest)
Includes information about and descriptions of its various holdings, including the records of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute (1949-1993) and its successor, the Open Media Research Institute (1994-1997), as well as archives of the Soros Foundations networks, archives of the Central European University, records of various human rights movements and issues, as well as a unique and extensive collection of audiovisual materials.
Pushkin Center Digital Collection at the University of Wisconsin
Contains over 8000 works of secondary literature on Alexander Pushkin as well as numerous translations and rare editions of the poet's work. For more information about the Pushkin Center and the project, please visit: polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic/resources/pushcent.htm.
Russian Archives Database
This database brings together dozens of print archive pathfinders in a fulltext searchable database.
Soviet Union Internet Archive (primary sources of early Soviet history)
Russian language search engines & directories
Апорт/Aport
Кирилл и Мефодий/Kirill i Mefodii (includes encyclopedia at http://mega.km.ru/bes_98)
Rambler
Russia on the Net
Russia.com
Russia Online
Яндех/Yandex
Specialized search engines & directories
OAIster
OAIster is a search system created by the University of Michigan that searches freely available, difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources. Currently it searches nearly 1.5 million resources from almost 200 different institutions worldwide.
REENIC (Russian and East European Network Information Center) at the University of Texas, Austin.
REENIC features a directory for 28 countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. It includes links to information servers in and about these countries.
REESWeb at the University of Pittsburgh
ReesWeb, sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies of the University of Pittsburgh is a comprehensive, dynamic index of electronic resources on Russia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. It provides an excellent starting point for exploring Russian and East European Web resources. REESWeb also offers a REES specific calendar of events and announcements.
Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Page
Hip and comprehensive, this is the only gateway to cultural studies you need on the web.
Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web
A very extensive directory of links to relevant sites in the REES region. Compiled and updated by Hokkaido University in Japan. In English or Japanese.
Online Shopping
http://www.ikea.ru
http://www.yandex.ru/index_engl.html
http://www.bolero.ru
http://www.dostavka.ru
http://www.molotok.ru