Russian Links and Resources
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Prof. Peter Rutland's links
www.themoscowtimes.com
English-language daily, best one-stop source of news.
Russian daily news and commentary sites (in English):
http://polit.ru/story/int.html
http://en.rian.ru/
http://en.kremlin.ru/
Presidential web site.
www.theotherrussia.org/
Site of the Other Russia opposition group.
http://www.
Criticism of US media coverage
www.rferl.org
News and analysis covering the whole region from US-funded Radio Liberty.
www.jamestown.org/programs/
Eurasia Daily Monitor: daily analysis from a DC think-tank.
www.eurasianet.org
for stories on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
www.cacianalyst.org
news and analysis on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
www.russiavotes.org
for data on election results and public opinion polls on major issues.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
BBC news index of stories and timelines for each country.
Prof. Irina Aleshkovsky's resources
FAMOUS PEOPLE
RasPutin was before Putin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkySNDX4dU
Mikhail Baryshnikov dancing in The Nutcracker by Piotr Tchaikovsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qScYCR5y5k
Peter and the Wolf by Sergej Prokofiev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ueGfjBKbiE
Pushkin: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/blackeuro/pushkinback.html
Tolstoy & Gandhi correspondence: https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/08/21/leo-tolstoy-gandhi-letter-to-a-hindu/
Yul Brynner: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Brynner
INVENTORS
Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the helicopter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky
Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47 rifle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalashnikov_rifle
Vladimir Zworykin & David Sarnoff, pioneers of American TV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_K._Zworykin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sarnoff
SPACE
Yuri Gagarin, first man in space: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html
Valentine Tereshkova, first woman in space: https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tereshkova.html
Laika, first dog in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
SCIENCE
Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table: http://www.rsc.org/education/teachers/resources/periodictable/pre16/develop/mendeleev.html
Ivan Pavlov, first Russian Nobel Laureate, for research in physiology: http://mentalfloss.com/article/85670/12-facts-about-ivan-pavlov