Resources

Five College Certificate Program

• Five College Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies Certificate

Bibliographical Search

• MHC Library Electronic Database
• MHC Guide to Sites and Sources for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian Grocery Stores

• Directions to Victory International, West Springfield, MA

Russian and Eurasian Media Links

• NTV
• Izvestia
• The Moscow Times
• Komsomolskaia Pravda
• Nezavisimaia Gazeta
• Russkii Zhurnal
• Radio Mayak
• Echo Moskvy
• Radio Svoboda
• ITAR-TASS
  The successor to the Soviet TASS, ITAR-TASS is the largest news agency in Russia.
• Natsionalnaia Sluzhba Novostei (National News Service)
  Provides a valuable collection of the most recent news, interviews and reviews of national, regional, and international media sources. It also includes the National Electronic Library (Natsionalnaia Electronnaia Biblioteka), the largest electronic archive of the Russian media.
• Vesti
  One of Russia's News Agencies.
• BBC Russian Service

Government Sites

• Government of Republic of Armenia
• National Assembly of Armenia
• President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Site
• Site of the President of the Republic of Belarus
• Official State Web Center of Estonia
• The President of the Republic of Estonia Site
• Parliament of Georgia
• Official Site of the President of Kazakhstan
• State Internet Portal of Kygyzstan
• Chancery of the President of Latvia
• Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia
• President of the Republic of Lithuania Site
• Parliament of Lithuania
• Republic of Moldova Official Site
• Russian Government Site
• Government of Tajikistan
• Web-portal of Ukranian Government
• Portal of the State Authority of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Maps

• National Geographic online
• World Atlas
  Countries Organized by Continent and Region

Useful Links

• International Research and Exchanges Board
  An organization dedicated to field research and exchange programs between the U.S. and countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
• Russian Studies Resources
  James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University.
• SCOLA Russian Television Online
  SCOLA is a nonprofit educational organization transmitting international television programs for educational use via satellite. It offers free Russian TV on the Internet—a 35–40 minute taped transmission of ORT (Public Russian Television, Channel 1). Requires Free Real Player 5.0 or higher.
• Russian studies: Sites to link you to history, politics, and culture
  Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA American Library Association.
• Sher's Russian Index

Internships/Jobs

• Russnet jobs
  Russian Jobs Network is a Comprehensive Collection of Web Sites and Listservs Available to Find Job Related to Russia and Russian.
• Eastern Europe and Russian Job Listings
  Jobs in Eastern Europe, Belarus, Romania, Russia, Czech Republic and Hungary.
• International Jobs Marketplace
  Russia Job Openings, Russian Jobs by Category.

Current Events in Eurasia

• Central Europe Review
  Weekly overview of regional events, provided by the Central and East European New Media Initiative.
• Central Europe on Line
  News from Central and Eastern Europe, provided by European Information Network, Inc.
• EurasiaNet
  Provided by the Central Eurasia Project of the Open Society Institute, this is a daily news and analytic service covering Central Asia and the Caucasus.
• Interfax News Agency
  The leading provider of political, business and financial news from Europe and Asia with special emphasis on emerging markets.

Eurasian Country Pages

• Fulbright Scholar Program Country Pages
  Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
• U.S. Department of State Country Information
  Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
• Yahoo Country Pages
• The CIA World Factbook
• The Library of Congress Country Studies
• Abacci Atlas
  Facts, maps, flags and pictures from countries around the world.

Online Journals

• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Policy
• Slavic Review
• Directory of Russian Periodicals Online
  Subject-based listing of online periodicals, some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

National Minorities in NIS

• Crimean Tatars

The Silk Road

• Silk Road Seattle