Russian History--Links

Best Sites

• Bucknell University Russia History Page. A wonderful collection of materials maintained by Robert Beard.

General Materials

• Russian History--Starting Point for Internet Research.
• Russian History on the Net's Search Engine.
• History of Russia
• Chronology of Russian History
• Another Chronology of Russian History.
• Russian Historical Texts in English
• Table of Ranks
• Maps of Russian and Eastern Europe
• Archives in Russia

Discussion Groups

• Early Slavic Studies List (ESSL). Moderated discussion group which covers the early period. Contact mpoe@ias.edu to join.
• Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association. (ECRSA-L). Contact omalley@hawaii.edu to join.
• H-Russia. The oldest and largest list devoted to Russian History.
• Johnson's Russia List. Mostly devoted to current events, but occasionally there are discussions of historical issues. Contact davidjohnson@erols.com to join.

The Origin of Rus'

• The Varangian Theory
• Vikings in Russia

Kievan Rus'

• The Chronicle of Nestor Excerpts by the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
• Novgorod Birchbark Documents. This site is in Russian but they do post some images of the documents.
• Russian Medieval Arms and Armor.
• The Khazars
• Russkaia Pravda
• Tanslations of the Laws of Rus'

The Mongol Yoke

• The Mongol Empire

The Rise of Moscow

• History of Moscow. In Russian
• The Present State of Russia. On-line version of Samuel Collins' book.

The Russian Revolutions

• The Russian Revolution. Contains some original documents in translation and links to other documents.
• The Russian Revolution: Texts and Archives. Collection at Hanover College.
• The Truth About Kronshtadt.

The Soviet Era

• Marxism-Leninism
• Marxists Internet Archive
• Soviet Archives Exhibit

 

Other

• Kozak Links. Links to materials on the Cossacks.

Andrew M. Drozd
adrozd@bama.ua.edu
The University of Alabama
Last Update: 9/10/99

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