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National Geographic in Russian

For Students 9th - 10th
National Geographic website in Russian. Enjoy articles, photographs, and more from this leading source of world geographic news.
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Russian Life: Nikita S. Khrushchev

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian Life offers this article that analyzes Khrushchev and his de-Stalinization policies during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: Leon Trotsky: The History of the Russian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full translation of Leon Trotsky's The History of the Russian Revolution. The online book comes in three volumes: "The Overthrow of Tzarism," "The Attempted Counter Revolution," and "The Triumph of the Soviets."
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Russians

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Russians. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc. (Note:...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Russian Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Russian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Library of Congress

Loc: A Russian Settlement in Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the early 19th century, most of the land that is now Alaska was claimed by the Russian empire, and its most significant community was Novo-Arkhangelsk, which today is called Sitka. From 1808 until the sale of Alaska to the United...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Russian Peasants Kinship

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of Russian peasants. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxist Archive: Fundamental Significance of the Russian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a work by Rosa Luxemburg that details the significance of the Russian Revolution and how it related to all people of Russia, especially the lower working class.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Black Russian Terrier

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated entry summarizes the temperament of the Black Russian Terrier while providing statistics and details on the breed's value as a pet. .
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Russian Fighting Russian

For Students 9th - 10th
Thousands of Russians volunteered their services to the Germans in their war against the Soviet Union. This article discusses the various volunteer units organized.
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Russian Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn everyday Russian vocabulary words by rolling over a word or image to hear pronunciation and see spelling. The Language Guide site also has a corresponding section in English so that ESL students can compare vocabulary in English...
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American Kennel Club

American Kennel Club: Black Russian Terrier

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Kennel Club offers a detailed overview of the breed standards for the Black Russian Terrier. Content includes a look at appearance, temperament, size, head, body, coat, and more.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Russians

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the culture of the Russian people. Explore topics such as their history, economy, past settlements, cultural values, religion, and sociopolitical organization.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students will consider The Magical World of Russian Fairy Tales. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. The stories entitled Vasillisa the Beautiful, Prince Ivan and the Grey...
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A&E Television

History.com: Russian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about the Russian Revolution, including information about Russia before and after.
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Lib.ru: Russian & World Poetry in Russian

For Students 9th - 10th
Large online collection of Russian and world poetry, in Russian. Includes classics by English language poets like Dante, Shakespeare, Longfellow, Frost, Eliot, Ginsburg and a few by Russian-American poets. Helpful support for the upper...
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Alpha Dictionary: Online Russian Reference Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th
Most questions about Russian grammar can be answered at this website. Intended for native speakers of English who are interested in learning Russian. Background on Russian grammar might also be useful by ELL students and their teachers,...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on Russian literature, old and new. Includes many hyperlinked terms.
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Lib.ru: Russian Prose and Science Fiction in English Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of Russian prose and science fiction in English. Website features online texts of works by popular Russian authors and could be used by older students as a resource for studying English or Russian literature. Some broken links.
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School World: Russian Educational Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian content. A collection of links to Russian educational sites that cover school subjects, exam preparation, colleges in Russia and abroad, encyclopedias, parent resources, and more. A teacher page is devoted to lesson plans and...
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Lib.ru: Classic Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource for finding online text for classic Russian literature in Russian. Features the most popular writers and their works. Valuable resource for students studying Russian. Russian-speaking ELL students might translate passages...
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Ispol: Index of English Lessons for Russian Speakers

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of 50 basic lessons that present sentences written in English with their Russian translations in the Cyrillic alphabet. Great review or introduction for students who can read English and Russian.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Tango With Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant Garde

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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PBS

Kqed: Russian American Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
A historic look at the earliest wave of Russian immigration to the United States, which began in the late nineteenth century and continued up to the passage of restrictive immigration laws in the 1920s. With details about how World War I...

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