Russia

The Russian Federation, or Russia, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of the next-largest nation, Canada. It ranks seventh in the world in population, following China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, and Pakistan.

Russian Federation -- Rossiyskaya Federatsiya

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Russia Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Russia: CIA World Factbook
• U.S. Embassy in Moscow
• Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington, D.C.
• Official Goverment Site of the Russian Federation

International Organizations and Development Programs:

• U.N. Mission of the Russian Federation Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• Russia and the IMF The IMF's Russia Country Page with links to articles
• The Eurasia Foundation in Russia
• Human Rights Watch: Russia and Chechnya Monitors human rights in Russia and Chechnya
• SOVA Center Monitors racism, nationalism, xenophobia, and religious intolerance in the Russian Federation
• Memorial International Historical-Enlightenment Human Rights Society
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting Covers Human Rights in the Caucasus

Internet Resources: General

• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Turkic Republics and Communities (Altai, Bashkiria, Chuvashya, Daghestan, etc.)
• SovInformBuro contains various links on travel, politics, culture, the arts, technology and general web resources

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Library of Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit This is a hyper-media exhibit featuring two parts: the first illustrates domestic and foreign Soviet policy, and the second is dedicated to Soviet-American relations
• Friends and Partners Contains various links to sites on Russian art, literature, music, culture. Included are direct links to Russian museums and online literature collections
• Bucknell Russian Program Contains general literary resources as well as information on various Russian writers

Online News Sites and Servers

• BBC Russia BBC’s Russia page
• Eurasian Home
• EurasiaNet
• The Exile Moscow’s famous expat weekly
• Inside Russia and Eurasia
• Interfax News Agency
• The Moscow Times Moscow's English-language newspaper 
• New York Times Russia Page
• Pravda
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Russian Service
• Russian News from the Eurasia Research Center
• RIA Novosti
• SMI.ru Collects news from Russia’s news dailies
• St. Petersburg Times St. Petersburg's English-language newspaper
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Bashkir Language Study

•  UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures

Russian Language Study

• Russian Language Program at UCLA
• Russian Courses offered through The UCLA Deparment of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in Russia
• AATSEEL This page describes intensive programs in Slavic and East European languages as well as in the languages of the Republics of the former Soviet Union. The listings include those programs offered in U.S. (and some Canadian) colleges and universities as well as in programs abroad.
• The School of Russian and Asian Studies offers opportunities to study language and other disciplines at universities in Russia and Central Asia.
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Special Department of Philology at St. Petersburg State University offers Russian courses for foreigners
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The Association for Women in Slavic Studies The AWSS homepage contains a list of members' research, information about AWSS, a mentoring list, and other information
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Moscow State University (MGU) Official university website; contains information on faculty, registration, and publications
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship This program offers scholarships to undergraduate students with financial need and encourages students underrepresented in study abroad programs to apply. Awards of up to $5000 for semester or academic year study abroad programs.

 

Published: Thursday, April 14, 2005