Selected Online Resources

Alexander Palace Time Machine
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/mainpage.html
This beautifully designed site is an excellent resource for the history of imperial Russia and the Romanov family. Most articles are fully illustrated with period paintings and photographs.

British Library Slavonic and East European Collections
http://www.bl.uk/collections/easteuropean/slavonicinternet.html
The British Library has collected an impressive array of sources. It is possibly the best place to start searching for information on Russia.

The Face of Russia
http://www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/intro.html
This is the website for the PBS series of the same name. The site includes information about the series, a bibliography about Russian history, and a multimedia timeline from 850 A.D. to the present day.

H-Net
http://www.h-net.org/
"H-Net is an international interdisciplinary organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Our edited lists and websites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussion for colleagues and the interested public."

History of Russia
http://www.geographia.com/russia/rushis01.htm
"This site created by InterKnowledge Corporation, covers Russian history from its ancient times. It includes the following periods: ancient Russia, the Mongols and the emergence of Moscow, the Romanovs (concentrates on Peter the Great and Catherine the Great), the Napoleon's invasion, the pass to revolution and the Soviet era. The site also provides information about St. Petersburg, focusing on its history, including the history of the Hermitage and the Russian Museum, places of interest with brief information about the main sites, its theatres and famous cathedrals, such as St. Isaac's Cathedral and Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. The site also contains information about Russian waterways, including lake Baikal, the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Arctic region. Its art and architecture provides brief information on icon-painting and avant-Garde as well as on the main architectural styles throughout its history. In the chapter "The Russian Gazeteer" one can find information about the country's geography, its natural resources, flag and political structure. The site is of interest to undergraduates as well as to general public." (Elena Estraikh, Humbul Humanities Hub)

Humbul Humanities Hub
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/
"The Humbul Humanities Hub aims to be UK higher and further education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources." This directory's goal is suported by a great number of high quality resources. Being aimed at UK academia, it is a good source also of European humanities websites.

Harvard's Central Eurasian Studies Worldwide
http://cesww.fas.harvard.edu/
Harvard University's hosts this "network of sites" that are geared towards scholars of the Central Eurasian countries. With annotated resources, as well as lists of listservs, the resources are supposed to be multidiciplinary.

Library of Congress: Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sutoc.html
Library of Congress offers researchers an organized and succint study of the countries in the world.

New York Public Library: Slavic and Baltic Division
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/slav.balt.html
The home page for the Slavic and Baltic Division of the New York Public Library offers an insight of what collections on this topic are held at this library.

New York Public Library: Slavic and Baltic Division Internet Resources
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/slavic.cfm The New York Public Library maintains a collection of resources on Salvic and Baltic topics. It is particularly interesting to look at the Internet resources organized by topics. Scroll down the page to find the appropriate one.

St. Lawrence University, Russian Studies
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/peter.htm
St. Lawrence University Professor Kreuzer's lectures and assignments on St. Petersburg Miracle, Mystery, Authority is a course that not only traces Russian history, but also supports research and writing, as well as technology. Particularly helpful are his collected websites that mirror his lectures. Professor Kreuzer has taken the time and expertise to search through the Web for sites to support the topics of his class.

Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History
http://www.teacheroz.com/russia.htm
This site, maintained single-handedly by Tracey, and recommended by The History Channel, was created, in Tracey's words, "to assist students, teachers, and all history lovers locate information on the Web." The main site, covering an array of topics, reflects a growing site, which is also updated regularly. The section on Russia contains from links to Websites of general interest and directories to those related to history, literature, ballet, architecture, and religion.

TOL: Transitions On Line
http://www.tol.cz/
This website, an electronic successor to Transitions, covers current events in the countries of former Soviet Union, as well as Eastern Block countries, and the Balkans. The publication has offices in the Czech republic and Bosnia.

University of Pittsburgh Russian and East European Studies Virtual Library
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/
Supported by the University of Pittsburgh Russian and East European Studies and Center for International studies, this site offers a vast number of annotated Web resources. The collection is searchable by subject, which is further on separated by culture, region and period. It is also possible to search by keyword, or browse subjects.

University of Texas, Austin: Commonwealth Map collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth.html
The Perry Castaneda Map collection at the University of Texas offers many historical as well as contemporary, maps of the region.