The following list of links is not intended to be definitive or comprehensive, but it may act as a starting point in your use of the web, and provide ready access to some of the more useful web reources. The inclusion of a link here does not imply any endorsement by the University of Cambridge.

To help keep the lists both useful and up to date, please submit, with suitable annotations, links likely to be of interest to other Faculty members. You can email call@cam.ac.uk.

This page was fully revised by Joanne Chapter.

• Search Engines
• Information Servers
• Language
• Literature and Culture
• Mailing Lists
• Maps
• Media

Search Engines

• List of Russian search engines, directories and catalogues
• www.rambler.ru
• yandex.ru
• www.aport.ru
• Russian version of Google
• Yahoo! directory of links about Russia
• Sources on Russia - Comprehensive directory of Russian links
• Russian and Eastern European links

Information Servers

• The British Library's Guide to Slavonic and East European internet resources
• REESWeb Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources
• Cyrillic for Windows Paul Gorodyansky
• Russian Space Science Internet (RSSI) KOI-8
• www.gov.ru - The Russian Federation administrative bodies
• www.mid.ru - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
• www.rusemblon.org - Russian Consulate in London
• Russian and East European Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin
• www.russiatourism.ru - Federal Tourism Agency of the Russian Federation
• www.whererussia.com- General and travel information
• www.gbrussia.org - Great Britain - Russia Society
• www.waytorussia.net - Detailed information for the visitor and foreign resident
• www.gotorussia.co.uk - Visa service
• www.expat.ru - The virtual community for English-speaking expats and Russians
• www.cheap-moscow.com - Moscow homestays
• www.hofa.ru - Homestays in Russia & CIS
• www.moscow-life.com - Moscow life

Language

• Dictionary of Russian abbreviations and acronyms
• Bucknell University online Russian reference grammar
• BUBL Russian links
• Russian language tutorial and online phrasebook
• Russian Language Mentor
• www.gramota.ru
• Ethnologue's guide to the languages of Russia
• Russnet Russian language resources
• www.multilex.mail.ru - On-line dictionary
• Russian for Everyone Comprehensive Russian language learning resource written by Dr. Julia Rochtchina, University of Victoria, Canada
• Five inspiring TED.com talks in Russian

Literature and Culture

• Cambridge cultural memory working group
• Electronic library of Russian literature
• Museums of Russia
• Maksim Moshkov's electronic library
• Brandeis University 19th century Russian literature homepage - Links for many 19th century Russian authors
• The World of Russian Folk Art
• Alexander Boguslawdki's website dedicated to the history of Russian painting
• ArcheoBiblioBase's Archives in Russia online listing
• Petrozavodsk State University's Complete works of Dostoevsky
• The Pushkin Page at James Madison University
• Leeds University's Russian Archive
• The National Library of Russia
• Hokkaido University's listing of modern Russian writers
• Russian Poets of the 20th Century
• Bulgakov's Master and Margarita hosted at Middlebury College
• Richard Peace's Novels of Turgenev: Symbols and Emblems online resource University of Bristol
• www.ozon.ru - On-line shop - books, films, etc.
• www.esterum.com - Russian books worldwide

Mailing lists

• SEELANGS - the Linguist List for information on Slavic and Eastern European languages and literature. You can find archives of material on this list here

Maps

• Clickable map of Russia

Media

• www.rian.ru - Russian News & Information Agency Novosti (RIA Novosti)
• www.vor.ru - Voice of Russia - Russian State Broadcasting Company

Newspapers

• www.gazeta.ru - Russian popular on-line newspaper
• Argumenty i Fakty
• Vremya
• Nezavisimaya Gazeta
• Rosiiskaya Gazeta
• Izvestiya
• Novaya Gazeta
• Kommersant
• Itogi
• Komsomol'skaya Pravda
• Online listing of Russian newspapers

Radio & Audio

• Listenlive.eu's Russian radio stations streaming live over the Internet
• Listen to many live Russian radio stations
• Russkoe Radio (Moskva)
• Radio Baltika - St Petersburg local radio
• Echo Moskvy

Television, Film & Video

• University College London's Internet Resources on Russian Cinema (Comprehensive)
• Official site of Musei Kino
• Russian State Film Archive
• The All Union State Film Institute, Moscow
• Kinoeye Archive's Russian Cinema Resources
• Internet Movie Database: Russia
• Internet Movie Database: Soviet Union
• Kidon Media Russian Links
• Ethnic Television Network