Sub-Topics Chechnya Russian Languages Books Russia - Memories of the Russian Court (Atchison) Provides an online book, written in 1923 by Vyrurbova. 6-99 Lists Malaysian Search Engines (Search Engines Worldwide - Takakuwa) Provides over a dozen search engines available in Malaysia. 8-00 Russia - Anastasia and the Romanov Family Provides over a dozen sources of information. Russia - Map Provides map of (former?) Russia in three parts. Search Engine in Russian and English (Russia on the Net) Searches the Web in either English or Russian. 6-02 Materials -Awesome Library in Russian (Promt) Provides online translations of the Web through the Awesome Library, using Promt's translator. You may, of course, start with a Web page other than the Awesome Library. 7-02 Map of Russia (About.com - Rosenberg) Provides a printable map of the outline of Russia. Pictures of Famous Places (PicturesofPlaces.com) Provides pictures of many of the tourist spots. 5-02 Russia - Rasputin Picture Provides a black and white picture of Rasputin. 6-99 Russia - Rasputin Picture Provides a color or colorized picture of Rasputin. 6-99 Russian Translation of the Web - Russian Instructions (Promt) Provides online translations of the Web. To view the Web through the Awesome Library, put the URL of the Awesome Library (http://www.awesomelibrary.org/) in the URL box, select "English to Russian," and then select Translate. You will need to have Russian fonts loaded in your browser in order to see the Russian. You may, of course, start with a Web page other than the Awesome Library. 7-02 Russian Translations (LangtoLang.com) Provides translations of words from English to Russian and Russian to English. 7-02 Russian Version of Google Search Engine (Google.com) Provides searches of the Web in Russian. 7-02 News -02-25-06 Pivotal Episode: Khrushchev Denounced Stalin (Guardian Observer) "Fifty years ago Nikita Khrushchev shocked the Soviet Union by denouncing Stalin in a special address to Communist party comrades. The text, detailing the dictator's crimes, was smuggled out of Moscow and later published in full in The Observer. John Rettie recalls his part in the mission and reflects on a pivotal episode of the 20th century." 02-06 -04-29-06 Russia Begins Work on Oil Pipeline (BBC News) "Work has begun on the longest oil pipeline in Russia, two days after President Putin changed the proposed route to avoid approaching Lake Baikal." 04-06 -09-12-07 Putin Replaces Prime Minister (MSNBC News) "President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday replaced his long-serving prime minister with an obscure Cabinet official — a surprise move that could put him in the running to succeed Putin in next year’s presidential election." 09-07 02-24-04 Putin Fires Prime Minister (Fox News) "In a bold step that removed a last major holdover from the days of Boris Yeltsin, President Vladimir Putin (search) dismissed his prime minister and all other Cabinet ministers Tuesday, saying he reshuffled the government in preparation for next month's presidential vote." "Putin said the ouster of Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov (search) was designed to put his next government in place in advance of the March 14 balloting." 2-04 09-04-04 Putin: Attack Against Russia (CNN News) "Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the hostage massacre in Beslan an attack on the entire country and made a surprising admission of weakness in the face of terrorism." 8-04 09-04-04 School Siege Ends in Many Deaths (CBS News) "More than 340 people, including 155 children, were killed in the violence that ended a hostage standoff with militants at a southern Russian school, a prosecutor said Saturday. President Vladimir Putin accused the attackers of trying to spark an ethnic conflict that would engulf Russia's troubled Caucasus Mountains region." " 'Even alongside the most cruel attacks of the past, this terrorist act occupies a special place because it was aimed at children,' he said during a meeting with regional officials, which was broadcast on Russian television." "Putin called Saturday for a new approach to law enforcement in the wake of the school hostage crisis, and pledged the reform would be in accordance with the nation's constitution." "Putin said international terrorists had declared "a full-scale war" against Russia, and that due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the nation was weakened and unable to respond as effectively as it must." 8-04 09-15-04 Moher Makes Impossible Choice (CNN News) "After more than 24 hours in captivity in Beslan School No. 1 with her two daughters, Anetta had to make a choice." "The hostage-takers had struck a deal with a Russian negotiator to let a small group of mothers leave the school with their infants, but any older children would have to stay." 9-04 10-25-03 Russia's Richest Man Arrested (BBC News) "Oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky is widely assumed to be Russia's wealthiest tycoon by far." "At barely 40, he is credited with a personal fortune of $8bn - equivalent to the annual GDP of Iceland." "In recent weeks he has become increasingly caught up in a campaign launched against the company he heads, Yukos." "The oil giant has been the focus of inquiries which Mr Khodorkovsky - an open critic of President Vladimir Putin - says are politically motivated." "Analysts believe his troubles may be linked to his stated intention to fund political opponents to Mr Putin in the run-up to parliamentary elections in December." 10-03 Russia News (RussiaJournal.com) Provides news stories. 3-05 Papers Dedovshchina (Wikipedia.org) "Dedovshchina is the name given to the informal system of subjugation of new junior recruits for the Russian armed services, MVD, and border guards to soldiers of the last year of service. It involves violent (and sometimes fatal) hazing but is not limited to it. It is often cited as a major source of poor morale in the ranks." 8-05 Gorbachev (SSG - TeacherNet) Provides a timeline on the life of Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, leader of the USSR during the 1980's. 12-99 Gulags (Wikipedia.org) "Literally, the word GULAG is an acronym, meaning Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei, or Main Camp Administration. However, over time, the word "Gulag" has become an acronym and has also come to signify not only the administration of the concentration camps but also the system of Soviet slave labor itself, in all its forms and varieties: labor camps, punishment camps, criminal and political camps, women's camps, children's camps, transit camps. Even more broadly, "Gulag" has come to mean the Soviet repressive system itself, the set of procedures that prisoners once called the "meat-grinder": the arrests, the interrogations, the transport in unheated cattle cars, the forced labor, the destruction of families, the years spent in exile, the early and unnecessary deaths." 03-07 Karl Marx and Engels Library (Romagnolo) Provides the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, founders of communist philosophy. 3-00 Khrushchev through Gorbachev (SSG - TeacherNet) Provides a brief history of modern Russia through its leaders. 12-99 Lenin, Vladimir (Lenin Internet Archive) Provides a biographical timeline of the first Chairman of the Soviet government. 5-02 Lenin, Vladimir - Biography (Lenin Internet Archive - Krupsakaya) Provides a detailed biography of the first Chairman of the Soviet government by his life-long companion. 5-02 Lenin, Vladimir - Epitaph (Lenin Internet Archive - Kautsky) Provides a commentary on the life of Lenin by Kautsky, one of his enemies. "When Bismarck stated that the great problems of the time must be resolved by blood and iron, this was also Lenin's view." "Like Bismarck, Lenin also was a master of diplomacy, the art of deceiving his opponents, of surprising them and discovering their weak points, in order to overturn them." 5-02 Marxist Writers and History (Marxists.org) Provides the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, founders of communist philosophy. 3-00 Putin, Vladimir (BBC News - Mulvey) Provides a brief background on how the Prime Minister of Russia came into a position of power. (Also misspelled by visitors as Vlademir, Valademir, Valadamir, Vlademire, Vladamire, or Vladamir.) Russia (About.com - Rosenberg) Provides sources of maps, statistics, the flag, government and military information, and information on the economy. 2-01 Russia (U.S. Library of Congress) Provides a summary of key information on Russia, including politics, geography, education, religion, ethnic groups, crime, economy, history, and more. 7-01 Russia - Putin, Vladimir (BBC News - Mulvey) Provides a brief background on how the Prime Minister of Russia came into a position of power. (Also misspelled by visitors as Vlademir, Valademir, Valadamir, Vlademire, Vladamire, or Vladamir.) Russia Up to 1998 (U.S. Library of Congress) Provides a summary of key information on Russia, including politics, geography, education, religion, ethnic groups, crime, economy, history, and more. 7-01 Russia Up to 2005 (U.S. Library of Congress) Provides a summary of key information on Russia, including politics, geography, education, religion, ethnic groups, crime, economy, history, and more. 7-01 Russia and Human Rights (Amnesty Interrnational - USA) Provides a summary of findings on violations of human rights by Russia. 7-01 Russia and the Future - A Survey of Russians (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Provides a summary of a survey of Russians to determine their views of the future of Russia. 7-01 Russia and the Future - A Survey of Russians (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Provides a summary of a survey of Russians to determine their views of the future of Russia. 7-01 Russian History and Geography (Emulate Me) Provides a history, as well as demographic information on Russia. 11-99

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