Primary sources
▸ ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia
  [International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam] This website is the first point of reference if you are going to conduct research in the Russian Federation.
▸ Archivschule Marburg
  (German/English) Links to archives - click on "Russia". It is easy to navigate.
▸ Jana Howlett's Web Page
  [University of Cambridge] Muscovite Russia and literature until 1861.
▸ Documents in Russian History
  [Seton Hall University] Primary sources translated into English. Strong on C18 and C19.
▸ Web Readings in Russian History to 1917
  [Sam Houston State University] A wide range of primary and secondary literature in English.

 

Libraries and bibliographies
▸ ABSEES: The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
  [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign] Covers publications on East-Central European and the former Soviet Union published in the US and Canada.
▸ Guide to Russian History
  [University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]
▸ Slavic and East European Collections
  [Stanford University Libraries]
▸ Russian collections
  [British Library]

 

General
▸ WWW Virtual Library: Russian History Index
  This site contains the most impressive set of links but slightly difficult to navigate.
▸ REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies Virtual Library
  An indexed collection of annotated links.
▸ H-Russia
  A portal for Russian history with discussion logs, reviews, announcements and various resources for teaching and research.
▸ Today In Russian History
  A good source to double-check dates.
▸ Face of Russia
  [Public Broadcasting Service] Based on a television series. There are useful sources such as timeline, bibliography and lesson plans.
▸ Russian Anthems Museum
  Recordings of various anthems used by the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation.
▸ Society for the Study of Russian History
  (Japanese)

 

Institutions (Mainly in the UK)
▸ Internet resources on Russia and the CIS
  [SSEES - School of Slavonic and East European Studies]
▸ Bakhtin Centre
  [University of Sheffield] Research centre for the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin.
▸ School of Slavonic, Central and East European Studies
  [University of Glasgow]
▸ CREES: Centre for Russian and East Euroepan Studies
  [University of Birmingham]
▸ Slavic Research Center
  [University of Hokkaido (English/Japanese)]
▸ Center for Russian and East European Studies
  [University of Kansas]
▸ AAASS: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
  News and information on conferences and publications.

 

Articles and lectures
▸ Russian history sources; texts by Solov'ev, Kliuchevskii, Platonov among others
  (Russian)
▸ A History of Russia by Prof. Michael Petrovich
  [University of Wisconsin-Madison] A series of lectures in audio files.

 

Chronology
▸ Chronology of Russia
  [Prof. Ed Stephens, Western Washington University] Rulers of Rus', Muscovy and Russia with impressive genealogical tables.

 

Maps
▸ East European Map Room: Russian Empire
  [FEEFHS: Federation of East European Family History Societies]
▸ Russian Empire at 1800 and at 1900
  [SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]
▸ Early Maps of Russia
  [The James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota Twin Cities]
▸ Reisenett: Historical Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics

 

Church, religion, icons
▸ Russian Orthodox Church; the official Web server of the Moscow Patriarchate
  (Russian with an English version)
▸ Icon-painting Workshop: Boshkaryov's Style of Painting, Syzran, Russia
  (Russian with an English version)
▸ Russian Icons
  [George Mitrevski, Auburn University]

 

Armed forces
▸ The Ships of Russia - History of the Russian Navy
  (Russian/English)

 

Art and Architecture
▸ The State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg)
  (Russian/English) Very clear images - it's worth a visit!
▸ The State Russian Museum
  (Russian/English)
▸ The State Tret'iakov Gallery
  (Russian/English)
▸ Artcyclopedia: Russian Artists (Artcyclopedia home)
▸ Olga's Gallery - Russia (Olga's Gallery Home)
  These two websites are easy to navigate and all the major works are there.
▸ The Russian Art Gallery
  A non-profit website of Russian art. Includes paintings, icons and photographs.
▸ Russian Art
  [George Mitrevski, Auburn University] Mainly C19.
▸ Russian Lubok (popular print)
  [Alexander Boguslawski, Rollins College]
▸ Russian Painting
  [Alexander Boguslawski, Rollins College]
▸ Arkhitektura Rossii
  (Russian with an English version)
▸ Russian art and architecture photographs and images
  (Fotosearch)

 

Culture
▸ Russian Cultural Navigator - The Voice of Russia
  (English/Russian)
▸ Russian classical ballet
  [Vladimir Moiseyev]
▸ Mariinsky Theatre

 

More links
▸ Resursy WWW po istorii
  (Russian)
▸ Russian History
  [Department of Russian, University of Exeter]
▸ Russian History--Links
▸ Russian History Links