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Russian Federation - Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Central Federal District, Southern Federal District, Northwestern Federal District [ Capital = St. Petersburg ], Far Eastern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Urals Federal District and Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District

Russian Republics : Adygea, Altai, Bashkortostan, Buryatia, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Kalmykia, Karachay-Cherkessia, Karelia, Khakassia, Komi, Mari El, Mordovia, Sakha (Yakutia), North Ossetia-Alania, Tatarstan, Tuva, Udmurtia, Khakassia, Chechnya, Chuvashia

Russia is the largest country in the world, covering almost twice the territory of either Canada, China, or the United States.

Capital City of Russia: Moscow


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Hotels in Russia

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Gateway to over 100 bookable hotels in Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States and countries of the former Soviet Union and CIS.

Hostels

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Travel Guides Russia / Magazine / Related books

 Amazon.com - Books about Russia

Russia & Belarus - Lonely Planet Travel Guides 
By Simon Richmond (Author), Mark Elliott (Author), Patrick Horton (Author), Steve Kokker (Author)
Cosmopolitan cities, bubbling volcanoes, spectacular mountains and breathtaking art - Russia is as diverse as it is dramatic, while Belarus satisfies those in search of a Soviet experience. Untangle the conspiracy theories and immerse yourself in the rich heritage - from Minsk to Moscow, Siberia to Kamchatka, make sure you're carrying this best-selling guide to the world's most enigmatic destination.
Paperback: 792 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 4th edition (March 2006); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1741042917
The Rough Guide to Moscow - by Dan Richardson
The Rough Guide to Moscow is the insider's handbook to Russia's fastest-changing city. The guide includes extensive coverage of all the sights, from the Kremlin cathedrals and palaces to Stalin skyscrapers and the KGB museum. There are lively reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, plus the low-down on the ballet, concert-going and clubbing. Coverage is also given to nearby attractions including Lenin's estate, the medieval town of Suzdal and the Trinity Monastery. This new edition also includes a full-colour introduction with over 30 photos of the best activities and sights Moscow has to offer. Finally there is informed background on Moscow's history, politics and culture, from Ivan the Terrible to Putin and Tchaikovsky to Tatu.
Paperback 496 pages (April 28, 2005); Publisher: Rough Guides, ISBN: 978-1843532828
The Rough Guide To St. Petersburg - by Dan Richardson
The Rough Guide to St. Petersburg is the most comprehensive and detailed guide on the market and a necessity for anyone who hopes to travel to this stunning, historically rich and vibrant city. From the imposing imperial palaces to the prison fortress of Shlisselburg; from the Kronstadt, Vyborg and Karelian Isthmus to the Medieval city of Novgorod this guide has it all. The guide is packed with all the practical details you have come to relie on Rough Guides for as well as the low-down on the city's history, the rich culture and the ever-changing but forever fascinating and enticing St. Petersburg society.
Paperback 480 pages (September 30, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides, 978-1843532811
Putin's Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy 
By Anna Politkovskaya, Arch Tait (Translator)
Known by many as 'Russia's lost moral conscience', Anna Politkovskaya is a special correspondent for the Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta. In 2000 she was awarded the prestigious Golden Pen Award by the Russian Union of Journalists for her outspoken coverage of the war in Chechnya. She was called in by the Russian government as a negotiator during the 2002 Moscow theatre siege by Chechen separatists.
Hardcover: 288 pages; Publisher: Metropolitan Books (December 27, 2005); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978 -0805079302
 Risk Online - Russian magazine about mountains, expeditions, people
Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing, Gallery, Regions, Forum, Links [ Russian Outdoor Sites ] and more [ Russian Climbing Federation ]

Transport / How do I travel to Russia

 Moscow Airport - Sheremetyevo Airport
Airport Map, Season schedule, On-line schedule, Airlines, Weather in Russia,
 Moscow Airport - Vnukovo Airport - 11 kilometers from Moscow
One of the largest airports of Russia.
 Novosibirsk Airport - Tolmachevo Airport - West Siberia
International destinations and operating on domestic routes [ Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Krasnodar, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok and Mirny ]
 Petersburg Airport / St. Petersburg Airport - Pulkovo Airport
Passenger info [ Airport Plan, How to get there, Pulkovo Terminal I and II, etc. ]

 Aeroflot
Flights from London to Moscow Domodevo, Moscow Sheremetyevo, St. Peterburg and other cities in Russia

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Russian Railways

 Transrussia.net
 Public transport Moscow
The fastest, cheapest and easiest way to get around in Moscow is on the metro – a tourist attraction in itself with lots of chandeliers and marble, in fact 44 of the stations are architectural landmarks.

 Online Maps [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection Europe  ]


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 Russian National Tourist Office
Tours & Packages, Excursions, Trans-Siberian Express, Traveler Tips, Cruises and more

 Government Russia - Russian Government
Official information and documents from the Web-pages of the Russian President, Security Council as well as references to the Web-pages of other official Web-sites.

  Moscow - National capital city of Russia
Founded in 1147 Moscow boasts a stark mix of classic Russian architecture with mansions and palaces of merchant class of Imperial Russia and Lenin and Stalin's avant-garde and neo-classicist monuments erected to honor the power of the people.

 Central Federal District - Moscow as administrative center
 Far Eastern Federal District - Administrative center: Khabarovsk
 Northwestern Federal District - Administrative center: St. Petersburg
 Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District [vfd ] - Administrative center: Nizhny Novgorod
 Siberian Federal District [ sib ] - Administrative center: Novosibirsk
 Southern Federal District [ sfd ] - Administrative center: Rostov-na-Donu
 Urals Federal District - Administrative center: Yekaterinburg

 Adygea [ sfd ] - Government of Adygheya
Situated on the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, with plains in the north, and mountains in the south. Forests cover almost 40% of the territory of the republic.
 Altai [ sib ] - Government Altai Republic - Capital City: Gorno-Altaysk
The republic is situated in the very center of Asia at the junction of Siberian taiga, steppes of Kazakhstan and semi-deserts of Mongolia. Forests cover about 25% of the republic's territory.
The Altai Republic is a territory of highlands with a very picturesque landscape, a kind of "Russian Tibet" in the center of Eurasia at the junction of several states, natural zones and cultural worlds.
 Bashkortostan / Bashkir [ vfd ] - Government of Bashkortostan
Bashkortostan contains part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains. The republic contains part of the southern Urals, which stretch from the northern to the southern border.
Bashkortostan is rich in oil reserves, and was one of the principle centers of oil extraction in the USSR. Other natural resources include natural gas, coal, iron ores, gold, gypsum and more.
 Buryatia - Buryat Republic - East Siberia [ sbd ] - Government of Buryatia
Located in the South-Central region of Siberia along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. The area of the modern day Buryatia was first colonized in the 1600s by Russians in search of wealth, furs and gold. In 1923, the republic was created through the union of the Buryat-Mongol and Mongol-Buryat Oblasts.
 Chechnya
Chechen Republic Ichkeria is situated in the eastern part of the North Caucasus. In the west it borders North Ossetia and Ingushetia, in the north to Stavropol Kray, in the east to Dagestan (of the Russian Federation), and to the south Georgia. Capital: Grozny.
 Chuvashia
Chuvash Republic, capital Shupashkar (in Russian Chebokshary) is located in the middle flow of Volga river, in the center of European part of Russian Federation. It borders the Mordova Republic, the Mari Republic, Republic of Tatarstan, Nizhni-Novgorod and Ulianovsk districts of Russian Federation.
 Dagestan [ sfd ] - Government Republic of Dagestan
Situated in the North Caucasus mountains. It is the southernmost part of Russia. Most of Dagestan's population is Muslim [ Sufi ]
 Ingushetia [sfd ] - Republic of Ingushetia
Situated on the northern slopes of the Caucasus, rich in oil and natural gas reserves. The Ingush people are closely related to the Chechens and speak a similar language.
During World War II, Joseph Stalin accused the Ingush of collaborating with the Nazis and deported the entire population to Central Asia. See for more History of Ingushetia.
 Kabardino-Balkaria - Government of Kabardino-Balkaria
Situated in the North Caucasus mountains, with plains in the northern part. See Kabardino-Balkaria Online. The Kabardian lands have been under Russian protectorate since 1557. In 1739 Kabardia became independent and in 1774 it became part of the Russian empire. Balkaria was annexed in 1827.
 Kalmykia [ sfd ] - Government Republic of Kalmykia
Located on the shores of the Caspian Sea. What sets Kalmykia apart from its neighbors is the fact that it is the only Buddhist state in Europe. The Kalmyk people, of nomadic Mongols, originated in Central Asia as borderland nomads in Chinese Turkestan, the homeland they call Jungaria. Their ancestors controlled a vast area known as Grand Tartary or the Kalmyk Empire, stretching from the Great Wall of China to the River Don, and from the Himalayas to Siberia. See for more History of Kalmykia
 Karachay-Cherkessia [ sfd ] - Government Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia 
North Caucasus. The landscape of the republic is mostly mountainous [ Mount Elbrus = the highest mountain in Europe ]. Natural resources include gold, coal, clays and more. Capital City = Cherkessk.
 Karelia - Government of Karelia
Located in the north-western part of the Russian Federation, taking intervening position between the basins of White and Baltic seas. Capital City of Karelia: Petrozavodsk.
Tourist destinations: State historical-architectural and ethnographyc museum-preserve "Kizhi", Valaam, The Spa "Marcial Waters", Kivatch Waterfalls, Petroglyphs, Seids on the Kusovy Islands in the White Sea, Uspensky Cathedral in Kem, Uspensky Church of 1774 in Kondopoga, National Park "Paanayarvi" and National Park "Vodlosersky". See also Karelia.ru [ Karelia on the European map, Travel Guide, Images of Karelia, Maritime Center], Window to Karelia or Folkgroup Manok.
 Khakassia
Located in south central Siberia. Capital City of Khakassia = Abakan. Majority of people are slavs, only a minority are khakassy [ people using a Turkic language: Khakas ]. Capital City Kazan.
See My Kazan [ Tatarstan, History, Religions, Celebrities, Economy, Industry, Nature, People, Sport, Tourist info, Links ].
 Komi - Government Republic of Komi
The republic is located to the west of the Ural mountains, in the north-west of the East European Plain. Forests cover over 70% of the territory of the republic, and swamps cover approx. 15%. 32,800 km² of tundra in the Northern Ural mountains are covered by the Virgin Komi Forests, the first natural UNESCO World Heritage site in Russia and the largest expanse of virgin forests in Europe. Capital city of the Komi Republic: Syktyvkar. Major industrial centers are Syktyvkar, Inta, Pechora, Sosnogorsk, Ukhta, and Vorkuta. The republic's natural resources include coal, oil, natural gas, gold, diamonds, and more.
 Mariy El / Mari El - Government Mari El Republic
Located in the eastern part of the East European Plain of the Russian Federation, along Volga River. Swampy Mari Depression is located in the west of the republic. 57% of the republic's territory is covered by forests.
Mari El is a favourite place of Tatarstan tourists. There is Marii Chodra national park in the valley of Ilet, with various attractions, such as boating, riding, mushrooming, ect. Marii Chodra is also favourite place of Kazan Tolkienist, where they use to play their battles.
The Mari, formerly known as Cheremis, are a Volga-Finnic people speaking two closely related languages, Meadow Mari and Hill Mari. Capital City of Mari El Republic = Yoshkar-Ola
 Mordovia - Government of the Republic of Mordovia
Located in the centre of European part of Russia in the Volga basin at the crosspoint of the most important routes from the Centre to the Ural region, Siberia, the Volga region, Kazakhstan and Middle Asia.
It borders the Nizhny Novgorod region in the north, the Ulyanovsk region in the east, the Penza region in the south, the Ryazan region in the west and Chuvashya Republic in the northwest.
Most of the industrial enterprises are located in the capital City Saransk, as well as in the towns of Kovylkino and Ruzayevka, and in the urban settlements of Chamzinka and Komsomolsky.
The Mordvin people are a Finnic group speaking two related languages, Moksha and Erzya, both considered to be dialects of the Mordvinian language.
 Sakha (Yakutia)
Sakha Republic is the biggest of republics which are in Russian Federation. Yakutia stretches for 2500 km from the South to the North, and it is occupied 3 time zones (2000 km) from the West to the East. Almost half of it (40 %) is in the Polar Circle. From the South to the North the territory is cut through by the scores of rivers. There are the Lena, the Anabar, the Yana, the Indigirka, the Kolyma, the Olenek and other rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean. Yakutia is quite often named the land of rivers and lakes.
 North Ossetia-Alania - Republic of North Ossetia-Alania  - see Alanianet [ Russian language ]
Situated in the northern range of the Big Caucasus. The republic borders on the republic of Georgia in the south, on the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the west, on Stavropolsky region in the north, on the republic of Ingushetia in the east. Osetia is mountainous region. The largest river is the Terek. Forests cover about 22% of the republic.
 Tatarstan
Located on the eastern frontier of Europe at the confluence of the Volga and the Kama rivers.
See Tartestan - Radio Netherlands.
 Tuva
Situated in the centre of Asia in the south of Eastern Siberia. The republic borders on Mongolia in the south, on Irkutskaya region in the north-east, on the republic of Khakasia in the north-west, on the republic of Buryatia in the east, on the republic of Altai in the west, on Krasnoyarsky region in the north.
 Udmurtia
The Udmurts live in an area between the rivers Vyatka and Kama in the Republic of Udmurtia (capital city Izhkar, in Russian Izhevsk).

 Abakan / Ust-Abakanskoye / Khakassk - Capital City of the Republic of Khakassia
Located in Siberia on the river Yenisei. Peter the Great had a fort built here in 1707. Later, Abakansk was a fortified town of Siberia, in the Russian government of Yeniseisk. It was considered the mildest and most salubrious place in Siberia. The place is remarkable for certain tumuli [ of the Li Kitai ] and statues of men from seven to nine feet high, covered with hieroglyphics.
 Arkhangelsk
 Astrakhan
 Belgorod
 Chelyabinsk
 Cherkessk - Capital City of Karachay-Cherkessia
The city was founded in 1804 as Batalpashinskaya, it was renamed Batalpashinsk in 1931, then Sulimov in 1934, then Yezhovo-Cherkessk in 1937, and finally Cherkessk in 1939.
 Ekaterinburg
 Elista - Capital City Kalmykia - founded in 1865
located in the South West of the republic in the wide valley to the South from the Yergeninskaya Height. In 1944, the entire population of the republic was deported to Siberia. Russian people were brought in to repopulate the town and the name was changed to Stepnoy until 1957, when survivors of the deportations were allowed to return.
 Gorno-Altaysk - Capital City of the Altai Republic
Located about 100 km south of Biysk on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
 Irkutsk
 Kaliningrad
Former German port and university town of Konigsberg.
 Kazan - Capital City of Tartastan
The capital of Tatarstan republic, City of Kazan, is situated in the northwest of Tatarstan. The city is stretched along two banks of Kazanka river - at the place of its conjunction with the Volga river.
Kazan is one of the biggest cultural and educational centers of Volga region. Two different cultures are mixed here - Eastern and Western, two great religions - Christianity and Islam -peacefully coexist. This unusual cultural background is reflected in architecture of the city where one can find churches and mosques situated not far from each other, old houses of rich Tatar merchants built in the beginning of the 20th century, and mansions in European style. And of course, you cannot but mention the Kazan Kremlin and Kul-Sharif Mosque.
See My Kazan [ Tatarstan, History, Religions, Celebrities, Economy, Industry, Nature, People, Sport, Tourist info, Links ].
 Kern
 The northern town of Kem contains the Solovetsky Monastery as well as being the site of Stalin's Gulag Camps.
 Khabarovsk - Administrative center Eastern Federal District
 Krasnodar
 Krasnoyarsk
 Magadan
 Magas - Captial City of Ingushetia - see Magas City
Replaced Nazran as the capital of the republic in 2002.
 Makhachkala - Capital City of Dagestan - see Makhachkala City
Located on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Founded in 1844 as a fortress. Original name Petrovsk-Port.
 Murmansk
Murmansk, a rather bleak, cold town, comes alive in March when visitors flock here for the Festival of the North. You can witness reindeer races, ski marathons and lots of snow, ice and tundra.
 Nalchik - administrative center of the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Balneological and mountain climat resort.
 Nizhniy Novgorod - Administrative center Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District
 Novosibirsk - Administrative center Siberian Federal District
 Omsk
 Perm
 Petrozavodsk - capital city of the Russian Republic of Karelia
In Karelian / Finnish language the name of the city = Petroskoi. Located at the western shore of Lake Onego.
 Rostov-na-Donu - Administrative Center Southern Federal District
 Ryazan
 Samara
 Saransk - Capital City of Mordovia
 Saratov
 Smolensk
 Sochi
 St Petersburg  - Administrative center Northwestern Federal District
Founded by Peter the Great almost six centuries after Moscow is the cultural center of Russia, boasting some of the world's greatest museums including the renowned Hermitage. The city is often referred to as the Venice of the North.
 Syktyvkar - Capital city of the Komi Republic
 Tver
 Ufa
 Ulan-Ude - Capital City of the Republic of Buryat - City of Ulan-Ude
Founded by Russian Cossacks [ 1666 ]. Became rapidly a large trade centre due to its geographical position [ connecting Russia with China and Mongolia ]. in the historical center of Ulan-Ude along the river banks there are old merchants' mansions richly decorated with wood and stone carving [ beautiful examples of Russian classicism ].
 Vladimir
 Vladivostok
Vladivostok, a famous naval base on the Pacific Ocean, abounds with rolling hills and sea views. The Far East Maritime Reserve and the Ussuri Nature Reserve surround the city, home to bears, tigers and the rare amur leopard.
 Volgograd
 Voronezh
 Vyborg
Vyborg is one of Europe's oldest cities with much Finish architecture reminiscent of Finland's control in the area.
 Yekaterinburg - Administrative center Urals Federal District
 Yoshkar-Ola - Capital City of Mari El Republic
 Yuzhno Sakhalinsk

 City.ru - Russian cities on the web

 Baikal Lake - deepest freshwater lake in the world - territory of Buryatia
The length of Baikal is 636 km., and the width is from 25 to 79 km. The total length of Baikal coastline is 2100 km., and the area of its aquatorium is 31,5 thousand sq.m. The maximum depth is 1637 m., the average one is 730 m. Baikal is a natural reservoir of the fifth part of the world fresh water supply of the highest quality. There are 2500 different species of animals and fish, 250 of which are endemic. See Lake Baikal 

 Aport
 Cyril & methodius
 Moscow Times - online krant
 PBS - Living Edens - Kamchatka: Siberia's Frozen Wilderness
"Kamchatka: Siberia's Frozen Wilderness" visits the wild and isolated realm of Siberia that has been closed to outsiders for much of the last hundred years. Some of the largest grizzly bears in the world roam Kamchatka's interior, while tens of millions of salmon invade its undammed streams and rivers each summer, just as they have for thousands of years.
 Rambler
 Tourintel.ru
 University - Dagestan State University
 University - Gorno-Altaysk State University
 University - Kalmyk State University
 University - Mordovian State University - International Relations Office [ english language ]
The Mordovian State University (MRSU) was founded in 1931, and is located in the capital city of Mordovia - Saransk. Saransk lies 620 km south-east of Moscow and can be reached by an overnight train. Mordovian State University is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Russia.
 University - Syktyvkar State University - located in the Komi Republic

Cuisine - Russian Cooking Recipes

 Russian Cuisine
Welcome to the world of authentic Russian cuisine and cooking recipes, the place for lovers of delicious dishes and culture of the Rus. In their Russian recipes cookbook you'll find a great number of palatable dishes (hors-d'oeuvres, main courses, desserts, beverages etc.) from ancient times to the present. With their help you'll taste and find out tales about the most popular ethnic dishes of Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Georgian, Armenian and other cuisines.
  Cuisines of the Caucasus Mountains: Recipes, Drinks, and Lore from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia  - by Kay Shaw Nelson
Synopsis : People of the Caucasus are noted for a creative and masterful cuisine that cooks evolved over the years by using fragrant herbs and spices, and tart flavours such as lemons and sour plums. With healthy yet delectable ingredients like pomegranates, saffron, rose water, honey, olive oil, yoghurt, onions, garlic, fresh and dried fruits, and a variety of nuts, these 184 authentic recipes provide many delicious options. The literary excerpts, legends, and lore sprinkled throughout the book will also enchant every reader.
Hardcover: 271 pages; Publisher: Hippocrene Books (October 2002); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-0781809283

History of Russia

Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the 300-year old Romanov Dynasty. The Communists under Vladimir Lenin seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Joseph Stalin strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Communism....

See for more Wikipedia - Russia's History: Early East Slavs, Kievan Rus', Volga Bulgaria, Khazaria, Mongol Invasion, Golden Horde, Muscovy, Imperial Russia, Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War, Soviet Union, Russian Federation

 Bucknell University - Russian History
This page attempts to capture the flavor of the rich diversity evolving over Russian history and hence depends as much on the endeavors of others as those of the Russian Studies Program.
  Russia: A Complete History - by Peter Neville
Originally the lands we now know as Russia were settled by Scythians followed by nomadic tribes - the Sarmatians, Goths, Huns, Khazars and Slavs. The rise of Muscovy with its Tsars from Ivan Moneybags to Ivan the Terrible was followed by the despotic rule of the Romanovs, among them Peter the Great and Catherine II. The October Revolution ended the Tsarist despotism but replaced it with another kind of terror. Peter Neville takes the story right up to the present day, looking at the end of the communist state and the fragmentation of the USSR.
Paperback 320 pages (November 13, 2003); Publisher: Phoenix mass market p/bk
 The Origins of the Russian Revolution, 1861-1917 - By Alan Wood
Alan Wood provides a concise introduction to the Russian Revolution and its origins dating back to the emancipation of the Russian peasant serfs in 1861. The third edition of this successful pamphlet brings the historiography up to date to include the multitude of research in the last ten years that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the opening up of the state archives.
Paperback 120 pages (June 26, 2003); Publisher: Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.
  Capital: An Abridged Edition (Oxford World's Classics) - by Karl Marx
A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has also proved to be the most influential work in social science in the twentieth century; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology. Millions of readers this century have treated Capital as a sacred text, subjecting it to as many different interpretations as the bible itself. No mere work of dry economics, Marx's great work depicts the unfolding of industrial capitalism as a tragic drama - with a message which has lost none of its relevance today. This is the only abridged edition to take account of the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867, excerpts from a new translation of 'The Result of the Immediate Process of Production', and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which Engels published in 1895.
Paperback 532 pages (September 2, 1999); Publisher: Oxford University Press
 A Rebel's Guide to Lenin - by Ian Birchall
A pocket guide to the real Lenin, showing the complexities behind a man often vilified by historians. Ian Birchall guides the reader through an introductory analysis of Lenin's experiences and achievements, showing his methods and motivations in attempting to create a world in which production was to be for human need rather than profit.
Paperback 64 pages (September 1, 2005); Publisher: Bookmarks Publications
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 Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia - Orlando Figes
This text provides a richly evocative exploration of Russia, its culture and people. Vast in scale and woven though with extraordinary stories and characters, it ranges from the splendour of 18th-century St Petersburg to the power of Stalinist propaganda, from folk art to the magic rituals of Asiatic shamans, from the poetry of Pushkin to the music of Mussorgsky and the films of Eisenstein, bringing to life an extraordinary cast of serf artists and aristocrats, revolutionaries and exiles, priests and libertines. Figes's book takes its title from a famous scene in "War and Peace", where the young and beautiful Countess Natasha hears a popular melody and, instinctively aware of the peasant rhythm and steps, begins to dance to it. Tolstoy shows that, however grand and foreign-educated they might be, at heart the Russians are Russians. Here, Orlando Figes explores the meaning of Natasha's dance: the often contradictory impulses and shared sensibilities that have given rise to one of the world's most dazzling cultures. He shows how, perhaps more than any other country, Russia's sense of identity is embodied in its culture: not only its great poetry, music, books and paintings, but also in its common ideas, customs, habits and beliefs. Despite Russia's immense size and diversity it is this unique temperament that has held together a people scattered from Europe to Asia and enabled them to survive in the face of their own fearful history
Paperback 768 pages (September 4, 2003); Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
 Bucknell University - Russian Music

Web Portal / Russian Search Engine / Directory

 Yellow Guide Russia
 InfoArt - search engine
 List.ru - search engine

 Explore North - all the information you need to explore the circumpolar North.
The region they cover: the northern parts of the Russian Federation.
 Languages of Russia - website by M. Bergmann
This multimedia web site gives you access to information on the about 100 languages, which are spoken in the Russian Federation at the beginning of the third millennium. Many of these languages are endangered and some are even on the verge of extinction [ University of Groningen; Phonetics and Ethnolinguistics ]
 Russiatrek.com - Everything Russian in English
 The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire - Eesti Keele Instituut, Tallinn, Estonia
A book with articles detailing endangered peoples, the first major attempt to draw public attention to those peoples whose existence is truly marked by the threat of extinction.

Autonomous districts: Aga Buryatia, Chukotka, Evenkia, Khantia-Mansia, Koryakia, Nenetsia, Permyakia, Taymyria, Ust-Orda Buryatia and Yamalia


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