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Academic Journals:
The
Post-Soviet Economics and Geography
News and analysis
· Radio Free Europe (brief summaries of the current events in the republics of the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe http://www.rferl.org/section/News/422.html
· BACK ISSUES OF RFE/RL Newsline are at http://www.rferl.org/newsline/search/index.html
· STRATFOR source of international news and analysis: http://www.stratfor.com/
· THE CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS INSTITUTE http://www.sais-jhu.edu/caci/
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Institute for war and
peace reporting: http://www.iwpr.net/?home_index.html (see Caucasus and Central Asia)
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Russia Today
(video reports) http://russiatoday.com/
· Russian news on-line, all in one place www.russiannewsonline.com/
Newspapers
· The Moscow Times http://www.themoscowtimes.com/index.php
· New York Times on line: http://www.nytimes.com/
Information and statistics:
· World flags and their brief description: http://www.3dflags.com/
· The Virtual Library of Ethnic Relations in CEE and NIS: http://www.osi.hu/lgi/ethnic
· INCORE guide to Internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Russia: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/russia.html
· Papers on Russian regional development on the web server of the Expert Institute: http://www.exin.ru/tacis/contr_en.html
· «Central Asian Studies World Wide» Resources for the Study of Central Asia (Sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies) http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/index.html
Society, history, and culture:
· Website built by Hunter College student Stefanie Gray as a resource for Geography of Russia and Central Asia class: http://www.Geografiya.net
· English Russia (information in English about Russia) http://englishrussia.com/?p=1906#more-1906
· New York Public Library "Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825" http://russia.nypl.org/; and "The Romanovs: Their Empire, Their Books" http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/slv/exhibit/roman.html.
· Russian Feminism Resources http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2533/russfem.html
Maps:
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/russia.html#maps
PLACES
Chernobyl
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/world/europe/25russia.html?_r=1&ref=wo
August 25, 2009, Tarusa
Journal
Revealing Secret Spots That
Evoke Dark Secrets By ALISON SMALE