CIA's Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991
was published in 2001 by the Center for the Study of Intelligence.
US Department of State: Background Notes: Russia
Library of Congress Country Studies: Library of Congress Political Handbook of the World
Description and analysis of the historical setting and social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions
EBSEES (European Bibliography of Slavic and Eastern European Studies)
Database containing 85,000+ records, 1991--2007
Best Russian Websites
rich site of Russian resources from University of Iowa
REESWEB
WWW Virtual Library for Russian & East European Studies from University of Pittsburgh
SRAS in Russia
A mega-site from School of Russian and Asian Studies from University of Texas
Russian maps
Russia and FSU Maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library from University of Texas
News and commentary in English:
Johnson's Russia List
A famous daily digest of Russia-related articles from Russian & non-Russian press
RFE/RL Newsline
(RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty)
BBC News: Russia: Country profile
Contains links to essential Russian media outlets
RT Russia Today
Russian TV news service in English
Russia News.Net
Provides daily headlines, news links on variety of subjects
InterFax
An oldest post-Soviet independent news agency
Moscow Times
A site of Moscow English language daily paper
St. Petersburg Times
A site of St. Petersburg English language daily paper
Russia in Global Affairs
Analytical on line magazine in English
News and commentary in Russian:
BBC NEWS Russian Service
VOA: Voice of America: Russian Service
Kommersant.ru
Site of leading Russian economics and politics magazine
Lenta.ru
Major Russian on-line news site
Gazeta.ru
Major Russian on-line news site
Pochta.ru
Major Russian on-line news site
Russian State Duma
Official information site
Google scholar site
wide variety of articles and books by topic
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