Resources and Links

Major Resources

Johnson's Russia List - A daily email newsletter with information and analysis of contemporary Russia.

Russia on the Net - The Original Russian Web Directory, since September 1995.

M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University - One of the oldest and most important institutions in Russia. The university's official site offers information about the history, traditions, and present-day structure of the university. An english version of the site is available, but some sections are available only in Russian.

Language Study

The Slavic and East European Language Resource Center - This page focuses on resources for Russian: grammars, dictionaries, word games, encyclopedias. The SEELRC has resources for other languages as well.

Russian for Beginners from masterrussian.com - Provides several links to a variety of exercise to introduce you to the Cyrillic alphabet, develop your vocabulary, sharpen your listening skills, and introduce you to Russian grammar. (Check out the advanced page too.)

Russian On-line Reference: Grammar - Hosted by Bucknell University, this site offers practical study of Russian grammar. You can find information about installing cyrllic fonts on your computer, lessons on different parts of speech, and reading exercises.

Promt's Online Translator - Translate between Russian and either English, French, German, or Italian. This site can also be used to translate websites and email.

Anecdotes from Russia - Jokes and anecdotes from Russia.

yourdictionary.com - Provides access to a number of general and specialized on-line dictionaries, both English-Russian and Russian-English. You can also try the Russian-English-Russian on-line dictionary at Yandex.

History and Culture

Russian Texts Online- This site, conradish.net, has a large number of well known Russian stories online. Mouse-over tags provide a gloss for nearly every word in the text. (There are some problems with these translation, but generally a great online reading tool.)
 
The State Hermitage Museum- Information about the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, including collections and exhibits. Many high-quality images of art objects are available. This site was designed and built by IBM in 1997 and contains many special technologies.

Revelations from the Russian Archives- A Library of Congress exhibit, which presents twenty-five original Soviet documents in English translation.

http://www.museum.ru/- all museums of Russia.
 
Illustrated History of St. Petersburg - An organized and pictoral history of St. Petersburg in English.

www.russianpoetry.net - A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse.

http://www.polit.ru/story/poets.html - Listen and watch Russian poets reading their verses.

http://www.openspace.ru/literature/projects/75/ - Only for OpenSpace: Poets read two poems according to their choice: one poem is their own and the other one is of another poet.

http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Drama/index.html - Drama

And They All Confessed - An article written by Gudrun Persson about the terrors faced under the regime of Stalin.

Mass Media Resources

The Voice of Russia- A state-owned radio company. This multilingual site offers hundreds of feature programs on aspects of life in Russia, as well as daily news programs in six languages. Information is also available about Russian culture, the economy, current events, science, and technology.

Russia Today- A Global Online Community, with news, a search engine, and other services.

Round Table- An ecumenical forum sponsered by the World Council of Churches and the Russian Orthodox Church, and also involving inter-church aid agencies outside Russia and other Churches in Russia. This site contains information about Round Table projects, newsletters, and other resource materials.

The Voice of Russia- A state-owned radio company. This multilingual site offers hundreds of feature programs on aspects of life in Russia, as well as daily news programs in six languages. Information is also available about Russian culture, the economy, current events, science, and technology.
 
Mass Media Center of MSU - This site provides access to Moscow State University's publications.      
 
http://ipim.ru/- Internet portal of intellectual youth.