Russia: From the Vikings to the last tsar
A beginner's guide
Overviews
Russia
http://countrystudies.us/russia/
On-line version of a book previously published by the US Library of Congress
as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook series sponsored by the
US Department of the Army. It offers a comprehensive description and analysis
of Russia's history (until the end of the Soviet Union in 1991), geography, society,
economy, political system and foreign policy.
The face of Russia: Timeline
www.pbs.org/weta/faceofrussia/timeline-index.html
Interactive timeline tracing the general chronology of Russian history and
culture from AD 800 to the end of the 20th century. This is part of a PBS (US
public broadcasting) website that supported the BBC-originated series The
Face of Russia.
History & Culture of Russia/Overview
www.interknowledge.com/russia/rushis01.htm
Official site of the Russian National Tourist Office, written with English-speaking
tourists in mind. Offers a comprehensive picture of Russian history that is
detailed, objective and readable.
Genealogy of the Romanov imperial house
http://members.surfeu.fi/thaapanen/
Who were all those grand dukes and duchesses, whom did they marry, how are
the Romanovs of the past connected with the ruling noble houses of today? This
website tries to offer some help in answering these questions.
Face to face with the czars
www2.sptimes.com/Treasures/TC.2.3.html
Clickable timeline that takes you to concise biographies of all the tsars (czars)
from the first Romanov (Mikhail/Michael) in 1613 to Nikolai/Nicholas II who
was executed in 1918. From the St Petersburg [Florida] Times website.
Muscovy
www.worldwidewebfind.com/encyclopedia/en/
wikipedia/m/mu/muscovy.html
Encyclopaedia article about the Russian state that succeeded Kievan Rus and
preceded the Russian empire, dating from the 14th to the 18th century.
Russia engages the world, 1453–1825
http://russia.nypl.org/home.html
Fascinating website based on an exhibition at the New York Public Library in
2003–04, which explores Russia's exposure to and interaction with the
larger world. Each of the five sections offers an overview, with brief summaries
and selected images, essays providing further historical background, excerpts
from contemporary documents, brief biographies of notable personalities, explanations
of salient themes, descriptions of significant events. There are also bibliographies,
links, chronologies and a glossary.
Russia, from Ivan the Terrible to Peter the Great
www.fsmitha.com/h3/h20-rus.htm
Readable, slightly eccentric but solid article, part of the World History website,
a labour of love from Frank Smitha. It includes an examination of the status
of Russian women.
Imperial Russia, 1682–1918
www.columbia.edu/itc/history/wortman/courseref.html
Columbia University 'cheat sheets' covering chronology (from AD 800), Russian
rulers, other important names, Muscovite social hierarchy, foreign and technical
terms, plus a note on the Russian language.
