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Russian Federation and Former Soviet Republics

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Atlas of Russia and the Independent Republics. R 912.47 Br 2 a
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. R 947 Ca 5 e 2nd ed.
Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. R 947 Mi 5 c rev. ed.
The Economic Evolution of the Former Soviet Union: Communism to Capitalism; Russia and the newly independent nations of the former Soviet Union. MAP C 4.7 F
Guide to the Republics of the Former Soviet Union. R 947 Tw 4 g
Newly Independent States of Eurasia: Handbook of Former Soviet Republics. 2nd ed. R 947.086 Ba 7 n 2nd ed.
The Post-Soviet Handbook: a guide to grassroots organizations and Internet resources. R 067.025 Po 7 s rev.ed.
Russia and the Commonwealth: A-Z. R 947.085 Wi 5 r
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: documents, data, and analysis. R 947.086 Ru 7 c

Centre for Russian Studies: Searchable collection of information on political developments, leaders and organizations, administrative subgroups, and ethnic groups.
CIA World Factbook: Central Intelligence Agency's online source of information on every country in the world.
EurasiaNet: Source for the latest news from Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
REENIC: Russian & East European Network Information Center: Collection of links to information on this region.
REES Web: Virtual library for Russian & East European Studies.
Political Resources on the Web: Database of information on countries all over the world. Click on Europe or Asia, then select individual country.
Sources on Russia and the Former Soviet Union: Access links to hundreds of websites focusing on this region.
Russian History sources:
- Cold War International History Project from the Woodrow Wilson International Center.
- Marxists Internet Archive
- Revelations from the Russian Archives: Translations and copies of key documents on Russia's political and foreign relations documents since 1917.
- Russian History

The following is a selection of resources -- more may be found using the Internet Guides above.

Former Soviet Republics

BISNIS: Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States, from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
Asia Times Online--Central Asia: Online news.

    Armenia
        Armenia: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
        Armenia Resource Page
        Government of Armenia: Official website
    Azerbaijan
        Azerbaijan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
        A to Z of Azerbaijan
        Azerbaijan Republic: Published by the Office of the President of the Azerbaijan republic.
    Belarus
        Belarus: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
        Belarus National Centre of Legal Information
        WWWBelarus: Links to mass media, business, culture, and more.
    Georgia
        Georgia: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
        Parliament of Georgia
    Kazakhstan
        Kazakstan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
    Kyrgystan
        Kyrgyzstan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
   Moldova
        Moldova: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
    Tajikistan
        Tajikistan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
    Turkmenistan
        Turkmenistan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
    Ukraine
        Gateway Ukraine
    Uzbekistan
        Uzbekistan: Country Studies from Library of Congress.

Russian Federation

Russian Federation: Links to federal, regional and municipal government institutions, Russian embassies, political party sites, and more.
Russian news sources
    MoscowTimes.com
    St. Petersburg Times
    Vladivostok News
    Voice of Russia
Statistics: State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics.

Chechnya
Chechnya/Russian War, 1999-

Karelia
Republic of Karelia: Official website

    Russia
        Russia: Country Studies from Library of Congress.
        Constitution: English text of December 1993 constitution.
        Embassy of the Russian Federation in Washington,DC: News, government information, cultural information, and a country profile.

LexisNexis Academic Universe: Access to legal information and news sources, updated daily. Many items are fulltext online.

EBSCOHost Academic Search Premier & Newspaper Source: Search for legal information and current news. Many articles are fulltext online.

FirstSearch: Search GPO, AltPressIndex, SIRSResearcher, NewsAbs, and various other databases.

Ingenta: Search for information in the fields of political science and law.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Access to online journals in the fields of political science and law.

NewsBank: Access newspapers, including the Des Moines Register.

PAIS International: Search for information on public affairs, public and social policies, and international relations.

Population Index: Access data from population literature, including books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials.

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