Russian Links & Resources, REES Department

Russian Links and Resources

Wesleyan offers its students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to learn over 70 world languages offered through this online resource.

English-language daily, best one-stop source of news.

Russian daily news and commentary sites (in English):

Presidential web site.

Site of the Other Russia opposition group.

Criticism of US media coverage

News and analysis covering the whole region from US-funded Radio Liberty.

Eurasia Daily Monitor: daily analysis from a DC think-tank.

for stories on Central Asia and the Caucasus.

news and analysis on Central Asia and the Caucasus.

for data on election results and public opinion polls on major issues.

BBC news index of stories and timelines for each country.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

RasPutin was before Putin:

Mikhail Baryshnikov dancing in The Nutcracker by Piotr Tchaikovsky:

Peter and the Wolf by Sergej Prokofiev:

Pushkin:

Tolstoy & Gandhi correspondence:

Yul Brynner:

INVENTORS

Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the helicopter:

Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47 rifle:

Vladimir Zworykin & David Sarnoff, pioneers of American TV: ,

SPACE

Yuri Gagarin, first man in space:

Valentine Tereshkova, first woman in space:

Laika, first dog in space:

SCIENCE

Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table: l

Ivan Pavlov, first Russian Nobel Laureate, for research in physiology: