Curated OER
Early Russian History
While not heavy in text, the vivid images, maps, and key information in this slide show, are sure to hold an audience. They'll view images of geography, buildings, and people who are apart of early Russian History. Use the presentation...
Curated OER
Focus on Russia; From Communism to Capitalism
In this Russian history worksheet, students respond to 12 short answer questions about Communism and Capitalism. Students also use the provided maps of the Russia and the U.S.S.R. to help them answer the questions.
Curated OER
Focus on Russia: Geography Worksheet
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank and short answer questions about Russia's geography.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Russia
A 29-page pdf file containing an enormous amount of information about Russia. Includes major cities, holidays, history, geography, climate, natural resources, population, religion, education, economy, government, budget, industry and...
Other
Embassy of the Russian Federation
The official site of the Embassy of the Russian Federation. Find lots of information, including: the president, government, state symbols, economy, culture, geography, cuisine, religion, holidays, and more.
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas Libraries: Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps
Collection of maps (political, geographic, thematic, topographic, etc.) related to Russia and the former Soviet Union.
Other
Official Site for Tourism of Russian Federation
An extensive site giving information on the geography, regions, climate, population, language, museums, religions, traditions, and tourist statistics of Russia.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Teaching Geography: Russia
Russia's geography reveals great disparity and lends itself to a variety of cultures and relationships across its six and a half million square miles. A video investigates two urban developments in Russia, St. Petersburg and Dagestan,...
University College London
University College London: Internet Resources on Russia and the Cis
An outstanding site that gives a complete look at Russia. Links to information about the culture, society, history, language, government, elections, economics, and literature. Some sites are in Russian.
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Students of the World: Russia
Find out some factual information about Russia. Here you will find the national anthem, information about the physical geography, the climate in an easy to read graph form, the language, population, economy, natural resources,...
University of Texas at Austin
Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps of Russia
This outstanding collection of historical maps contains a wide variety of maps from various parts of the Soviet Union as well as the former Soviet Republics, and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Siberia
In this entry you will read about the land and history of the vast region known as Siberia.
Other
The Wonders of Eurasia on Kamchatka
"Kamchatka, a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas." This site provides good geographical information about Eurasia with clickable links for maps and more related pages.