- 1930: The History of the Russian Revolution
Preface and the first four chapters from Leon Trotsky's book.
csf.Colorado.EDU/psn/marx/Other/Trotsky/Archive/1930-HRR
- 1936 Constitution of the USSR
www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/1936toc.html
- 1936: Revolution Betrayed
Leon Trotsky's 1936 article condemning the Soviet Union.
www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1936-rev
- Abel, Rudolf (1903-1971)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Spies/Abel__Rudolf__1903_1971_
- Alexander Palace Time Machine
Virtual tour of the fairytale treasure house of the Russian Tsars, home of Nickolas and Aleksandra.
www.alexanderpalace.org/palace
- America's Secret War
Information and photographs relating to the United States 27th and 31st Infantry's involvement in the Allied Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
secretwar.hhsweb.com
- American Historical Society of Germans From Russia (AHSGR)
Offers membership information, genealogy resources, and more.
www.ahsgr.org
- Andropov, Yuri (1914-1984)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Andropov__Yuri_Vladimirovich__1914_1984_
- Antisemitism in the Former Soviet Union: 1995-1997
Report which includes Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russian, and the Ukraine.
www.fsumonitor.com/stories/asbookcontents.html
- Art of War
Presents the writing and art of the soldiers of tha Afghan War of 1979-1989. In English and Russian.
www.artofwar.spb.ru
- Avalon Project : Modern Customs and Ancient Laws of Russia
From Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/econ/kovalm.htm
- Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich (1814-1876)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/People
- Balance Sheet of October
Trotskyist overview of the Bolshevik rise to power.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/russia/part1.html
- Battle for Stalingrad@
dir.yahoo.com/.../European_Theater/Battle_for_Stalingrad
- Battle of Kursk
The greatest armored battle of World War II lasted from July 1-13, 1943. Both the Germans and the victorious Russians suffered exceptionally heavy losses.
dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/vy75
- Battle of Leningrad@
dir.yahoo.com/.../European_Theater/Battle_of_Leningrad
- Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution: How the Revolution Degenerated
Collection of articles examining the descent of the revolution into dictatorship.
www.angelfire.com/nb/revhist17
- Brezhnev, Leonid Ilych (1906-1982)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Brezhnev__Leonid_Ilych__1906_1982_
- Central Armed Forces Museum, The
Extensive collection of exhibits and photos documenting the history of Russian and Soviet armed forces.
www.armymuseum.ru
- Centre for Russian Studies: Chechnya
Ethnic makeup and historical background about the region.
www.nupi.no/cgi-win/Russland/etnisk_b.exe?Chechenian
- Chechen History
Offers various links with information related to the main chapters of the Chechen history.
www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?section=historyeng&lng=eng
- Chemical Forces or Troops
In Russian. Presents an illustrated history from 1915 to the present of Russian and Soviet chemical and biological weapons, as well as information on methods to protect troops from radiation.
www.himvoiska.narod.ru
- Chernenko, Constantin Ustinovich (1911-1985)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Chernenko__Constantin_Ustinovich__1911_1985_
- Cruiser Aurora Museum
Pallada First Rate Cruiser that fought in the Russo-Japanese War and both World Wars. Includes history, photos, and tour information.
www.aurora.org.ru
- Development of the Soviet Union
Archive of information on the formitive years of the USSR.
www.marxists.org/history/ussr
- Encyclopedia of Baltic History: The Russian Revolution
Overview of the Russian Revolution, including its historical background, the February and October revolutions, the rise of the Bolsheviks, and an annotated bibliography of books and websites.
depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm
- FAQ - The Russian Revolution
www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rfaq.html
- Feodorovna, Alexandra (1872-1918)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Romanov_Dynasty/Feodorovna__Alexandra__1872_1918_
- Freedom & Revolution: The Bolshevik Experience
Examines the problems of creating a communist society.
flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/freerev.html
- Friends of Tuva
Promoting the culture and history of Tannu Tuva.
www.fotuva.org
- Frontline: Return of the Czar
Explores the role played by Boris Yeltsin, and the unwavering U.S. support he enjoyed, in the failure of Russia's attempts at political and economic transformation during the 1990s. Also profiles Vladimir Putin.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/yeltsin
- Genealogy of the Romanov Family
Articles and documents with family and personal records.
members.surfeu.fi/thaapanen
- Global Issues: Crisis in Chechnya
Information on the conflict in Chechnya.
www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp
- Gorbachev, Mikhail@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Gorbachev__Mikhail_Sergeyevich
- Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich (1909-1989)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Gromyko__Andrei_Andreyevich__1909_1989_
- Grozny - Chechnya : Photo Essay
Eric Bouvet photographs from Febuary 2000.
users.westnet.gr/~cgian/grozny.htm
- Historical Map of the Russian Empire
From 1820.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/russian_empire_1820.jpg
- Historical Map of Vladivostock
From 1912.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/vladivostok_1912.jpg
- History & Culture of Russia
Overview the country's history from ancient times to the Soviet Era.
www.interknowledge.com/russia/rushis01.htm
- History Channel: Russia - Land of the Tsars
Documentary series exploring the centuries of power struggles, murder, and intrigue, and how each Tsar helped develop Russia.
www.historychannel.com/russia
- History of Chechnya
Information on the Post-Soviet Chechnya and the wars ocurred in that region.
encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/History%20of%20Chechnya
- History of the Russian Navy
From its seventh century Slavic beginnings through the modern day. Features sections on the Crimean War, maritime expeditions, battles, and more.
www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/book-cont.html
- History of the Russian Revolution, The
Complete three-volume work by Leon Trotsky in HTML and PDF form.
www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1930-hrr
- HistoryChannel.com: Russian Revolution
Overview of the 1917 revolt that overthrew the czarist government in Russia and led to the creation of the USSR.
www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=221104
- Homosexuality in Russia
History of Russia from a gay perspective, including Russia's attitudes towards homosexuality through the ages, and biographies of eminent Russian gays. In Russian.
www.gay.ru/wolfy/history
- Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Ivan_the_Terrible__1533_1584_
- Jewels of the Romanovs
Features the pictures and history of the treasures of the Imperial Court.
www.alexanderpalace.org/jewels
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich (1894-1971)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Khrushchev__Nikita_Sergeyevich__1894_1971_
- Kizhi Open-Air Museum
Open air museum of cultural history and architecture of Kizhi Island in Karelia, Russia. Site includes information about the museum, working hours, excursion, location details, and festivals on the island.
kizhi.karelia.ru
- Kosygin, Aleksei Nikolayevich (1904-1980)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Kosygin__Aleksei_Nikolayevich__1904_1980_
- Kropotkin, Peter (1842-1921)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Kropotkin__Peter__1842_1921_
- Kursk@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Submarines/Kursk
- Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe: The Russian Revolution
Narrative history of the Russian Revolution in 1917.
www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture5.html
- Left Behind
Offers Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden's memoirs of life at Imperial court and her harrowing escape through Siberia during the Revolution and Russian Civil War.
www.alexanderpalace.org/leftbehind
- Lenin (Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov) (1870-1924)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Lenin__Vladimir_Ilich_Ulynanov___1870_1924_
- Letters of the Tsar to the Tsaritsa 1914-1917
Features the private letters from Nicholas II to his wife Alexandra Feodorovna.
www.alexanderpalace.org/letters
- Makhno, Nestor (1889-1934)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../20th_Century/People
- Mark Conrad's Russian Military History Page
Translations of various memoirs, articles, and documents relating to the Russian army of the 19th century.
home.comcast.net/~markconrad
- Marxists.org: The October Revolution
Features a general overview of the events of 1917 plus a collection of contemporary accounts and documents.
www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution
- Meeting of Frontiers
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Library of Congress presentation that tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West, the parallel exploration and settlement of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In English and Russian.
frontiers.loc.gov:8081/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html
- Memories of the Russian Court
Offers an inside look the last years of the dynasty, by Anna Vyrubova.
www.alexanderpalace.org/russiancourt
- Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (1890-1986)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Molotov__Vyacheslav_Mikhailovich__1890_1986_
- Moscow Kremlin Museum
Features the museums of the Kremlin, with information on services, collections, and the history of the city and complex.
www.kremlin.museum.ru
- Much Ado about Nothing: Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War
Assesses the significance of Allied involvement in the Russian Civil War.
www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/museum/muchado.htm
- Nicholas and Alexandra
Details the Hermitage exhibition, touring the USA beginning in 1998, that documents the life of the last Imperial Family of Russia.
www.nicholasandalexandra.com
- Nicholas II (1868-1918)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Romanov_Dynasty/Nicholas_II__1868_1918_
- North Part of Russia in Europe
Historical map from the early 19th century.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/russia_europe.jpg
- North Russian Expeditionary Force 1918-1919
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, and notes compiled by P.O. George William Smith onboard the HMS Borodino.
www.naval-history.net/WW1z05NorthRussia.htm
- On the Education of Autocrats: Catherine's Grandsons
University of Chicago BA Essay on the upbringings of Catherine the Great's four grandsons: Alexander I, Constantine Pavlovich, Nicholas I and Michael Pavlovich.
snafu.mit.edu/people/kate/ba.html
- Path to Revolution
Background and overview of events from 1905 to 1920. From the Russian National Tourist Office.
www.interknowledge.com/russia/rushis06.htm
- Penkovsky, Oleg (1919 - 1963)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Spies/Penkovsky__Oleg__1919_1963_
- People's Century: Red Flag
Companion web site to the PBS series' episode on the Russian Revolution. Includes interviews with participants and eyewitnesses to the rise of the Soviet State.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/redflag
- Pravda o Kronshtadte: The Truth About Kronstadt
Translation of Pravda o Kronshtadte and a discussion of the 1921 uprising against the Bolsheviks.
www-personal.umich.edu/~mhuey
- Rasputin, Grigory (1869-1916)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Romanov_Dynasty/Rasputin__Grigory__1869_1916_
- Red Files
Inside look at secret victories of the KGB, Soviet sports wars, a secret Soviet moon mission, and Soviet propaganda.
www.pbs.org/redfiles
- Reflections on the Russian Revolution of 1917 in a Post Communist World
Beryl Williams examines the extent to which the revolutionary governing bodies were popularly representative and the centralization which lead to a one-party state.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~semp/russianrev.htm
- Revelations from the Russian Archives
Reveals the hitherto highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule.
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html
- Revolutionary Silhouettes
Profiles of leading members of the 1917 revolution, including Lenin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Sverdlov, and Kalinin. By Anatoly Lunacharsky.
www.marxists.org/archive/lunachar
- Romanov Family 2000
Contains information on the heirs to the Russian royal family.
www.romanovfamily2000.com
- Romanova, Anastasia (1901-1918?)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Romanov_Dynasty/Romanova__Anastasia__1901_1918__
- Royal Russia
History of the Romanov Dynasty and the Russian Monarchy. Maintained by the Imperial Russian Historical Society.
www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/index.html
- Russia [John D. Windhausen]
Databases for Soviet artists; professors at Moscow University in its first century, other sites for Russian interests.
www.anselm.edu/homepage/jwindhau/welcome.html
- Russia: From Revolution to Counter Revolution
Analysis of Russian history from the 1917 Revolution to the present. Written by Ted Grant.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~socappeal/russia
- Russian Heraldry
Russian heraldry and history of the Romanov family.
sunsite.cs.msu.su/heraldry
- Russian History Websites
www.alexanderpalace.org
- Russian Imperial Style
Introduction to the art and culture of Imperial Russia in the era of the Romanovs.
www.alvr.com/1imperial.html
- Russian Revolution Links
Extensive collection of information and links to sites on the revolution of 1917.
www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/rusrev.html
- Russian Revolution Sourcebook
Documents related to events and people in Tsarist Russia, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Russian Civil War, and Stalin's takeover.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook39.html
- Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Physicists/Sakharov__Andrei__1921_1989_
- Soviet Archives Exhibit
Describes the internal politics of the Soviety Union including aspects of Soviet life that were hidden or falsified as well as the development of Soviet-American relations.
www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/entrance.html
- Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War
women pilots and fighter aces of the Red Air Force in WWII. Features aviators like Lilya Litvyak, Valeria Khmoyakova, and Katya Budanova and the aircraft they flew.
pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
- SparkNotes: The Russian Revolution (1917-1921)
Provides background to the Bolshevik takeover, timeline, study questions, and more. Registration required.
www.sparknotes.com/history/european/russianrev
- St. Petersburg - the Imperial City in 1894
Offers an illustrated description of the Russian capital city and daily life during the reign of the Romanov Tsar Alexander III.
www.alexanderpalace.org/imperialcity
- St.Petersburg's Treasure Hunter
Aims to find and rescue items of historical, cultural, artistic or high material value.
klad.hobby.ru
- Stalin-Era Research and Archives Project
Reinterpretation of politics and society in the USSR under Stalin.
www.utoronto.ca/serap/index.htm
- Stalin, Joseph (1879-1953)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Stalin__Joseph__1879_1953_
- Stroganoff Family Foundation
Chronicles the history and current activities of this aristocratic family, information on the palace and the restoration.
www.stroganoff.org
- Suslov, Mikhail Andreyevich (1902-1982)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Soviet_Leaders/Suslov__Mikhail_Andreyevich__1902_1982_
- Sword of the Motherland
Examines Russian and Soviet military history from the 1830s to the present.
www.russianwarrior.com
- Tank Museum in Kubinka
Collection features Soviet tanks, armored cars, and carriers.
www.tankmuseum.ru
- Tatarstan on the Net
Official site of the Tatarstan Republic. Includes history, politics, economics, culture, science, education, and religion.
www.kcn.ru/tat_en
- Ten Days that Shook the World
Eyewitness account of the revolution written in 1919 by the American journalist John Reed.
www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/10days/10days
- The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated
Colorized images of people and places taken during the early 20th century.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire
- The Romanovs: A Royal Family
Contains biographies and photographs of each family member.
www.angelfire.com/biz5/romanovs
- Treasures of the Czars Exhibit@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Exhibits/Treasures_of_the_Czars
- Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Trotsky__Leon__1879_1940_
- Was Stalinism Implicit in October?
Green view on the Bolshevik Revolution.
www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk/russ/oct.html
- Wikipedia: October Revolution
Covers the causes, events, and outcome of the October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, which overthrew the Russian Provisional Government in 1917.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution
- Wikipedia: Russian Revolution (1917)
Overview of the Russian Revolution, the series of economic and social upheavals that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917
- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich (1931-2007)@
Find biographical and informational sites about the late former President of Russia, Boris N. Yeltsin.
dir.yahoo.com/.../People/Yeltsin__Boris_Nikolayevich__1931_2007_
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