Online resources in Russian Studies

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