"Russian Soul"  Related categories: Language and Culture

• http://www.bigrussiansoul.org  Good-natured fun poked at the "Russian Soul" concept.
• www.sovokoftheweek.com  October 2006: This site seems to have evolved from a private page into a full-scale project. Recommended to... I'm at a loss for words here. Not of tourists, not for business people but for .. Suppose this resource can be recommended if you are after the spirit of the place. The owners of Sovok of the Week maintain a list of resources of the same spirit.
• Daniel Rancour-Laferriere, Slave Soul of Russia. I can't find the link to the text but you can buy the book here.

Moscow for tourists and expats

• Just noticed www.passportmagazine.ru  A fresh compilation of practical resources of use for an English-speaking traveller. Embassies, airports, clubs etc.   An extensive list of active do-gooder organizations!  (Added April 12, 2007).
• August 5, 2007   www.expat.ru seems to be emerging as a leading information resource. Especially recommended for accommodation searches.

Travelogues & blogs   [THIS SECTION HASN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR A WHILE. SKIP IT]

• http://accidentalrussophile.blogspot.com
• Belly Button Window on the World: http://www.bellybuttonwindow.com .   A wealth of information, from riding public busses to radical groups to electrical adaptors. Most articles on Russia are from 2001-2005.
• www.travelhog.net
• www.friends-partners.org Especially recommended for .....
• www.crazytranssiberian.net - Site established in the spring of '04 and thus contains fresh info.
• http://www.travel-library.com/travelogues/europe/russia/  - A collection of travelogues. Some are on extreme budget travel. Recommended.
• www.travel-library.com has a couple of travelogues, including one on cycling in Russia. Although dated with 2005 the story is obviously form mid-90s. A lot has changed since then. Prices went up. The tendency by motorists to disregard bicycles is way down however. May have something to do with the fact that a trendy bike these days is comparable in price to a used car.

Backpacking, budget, alternative, adventure, eco-travel, travel with a cause

• www.sv-agency.udm.ru - The "Svezy Veter" ("Fresh Wind") guys did an admirable job turning Izhevsk, Udmurtia, an industrial town famous for its Izh and Ural motorcycles, and Kalashnikov machine gun, into a Mecca for volunteer English teachers. I regularly hear good things from people who went to Izhevsk under their programs. All-around support: visa invitation, tickets, host family matching etc. etc. Active no hassle to use forums - www.sv-agency.udm.ru/forum/   [THE FORUM DOES NOT WORK - OCT. 06]
• www.bootsnall.com - Packed with independent traveller information. An example of how detailed and in-depth some of www.bootsnall pages are: Through them I found Moscow's only laundromat (Vavilova 11, Tram #39 from M. Leninsky Prospekt or M. Universitet, open 7am to 10pm Mon. to Sat.)
• www.ecotravel.ru - Ecological Travel Center with focus on Siberia and Lake Baikal.
• www.we-friends.com - accommodation world-wide   Nothing on Russia as of May 2003
• Travel with a cause - http://www.miramed.com/articles.htm    [think about using this approach to promote rural travel]
• http://www.thebackpacker.net  - Quite a few entries on Russia. An informative site, no-registration BBS.. My major complaint is their beer board where Baltika No. 9 is recommended. Don't!! Read my Beer and Vodka page and be safe and well both during and after your drinking binge.
• http://www.sv-agency.udm.ru - Svezhy Veter ("Fresh Wind"). Izhevsk, Udmurtia, the Urals Range. Teaching opportunities, real-life immersion tourism, informative interactive site, good feedback from my clients in Moscow on their way to and especially from them.

http://www.vagabondo.net/Indexeng.htm?/Eng/Thenet/europe/russia.html   Good site but the Russian links collection is rather perfunctory, eg. the Country Description section features a site by the American government and CIA.

www.backpackers.com

•  http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/ecoliza/
• Cycling Club - http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8640/
• http://www.geographicbureau.com/
• http://www.globalfreeloaders.com - free accommodation, a few offers from Russia.
• www.hospitalityclub.org - more free accommodation
• WWW.TRAVELROOMERS.COM - another free accommodation site
• More free accommodation sites: www.couchsurfing.com, www.globalfreeloaders.com, www.stay4free.com, www.place2stay.net
• http://www.LostLuggageTales.com">Lost  - A compilation of resources for budget travellers.
• http://www.sleepinginairports.net/europe/moscow.htm - Sleeping in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport
• http://www.couchsurfing.com/   - a database of people who offer a free place to stay in exchange for same.
• http://www.hospitalityclub.org/ - Hospitality exchange, no money involved.  LOTS OF ACTIVITY, RECOMMENDED
• NEW   http://www.familytravelboards.com/  has just been called to my attention. Family travel, as the name suggests. Three generations, pets, scooters. I see these once in a while. These are almost always budget and time-consuming clients but I don't mind because working with family types is easy and relaxing. One exception was an American ex-military type who told his children to smile and be happy or else they won't get their ice cream. As a former Utilitarian after the John Stewart Mill sort I was overwhelmed by the simplicity of approach. Took me a week and a couple of bottles of vodka to recover.
• http://www.thegreenguide.com

• http://www.ecoclub.com

• http://www.unotravel.com "Travel with a heart" concept.

• http://www.unotraveler.com/  New site, mostly empty at the moment (Jan. 2005). Check back.

• http://www.innsite.com/ - A directory of Bed & Breakfast offers. A few from ex-USSR countries, nothing from Russian so far but I'm sure it is coming in the next year or two. The time is right, the demand is there, and Russians are about to overcome their fear of opening their homes to "strangers". One of these days I'll compile a list of silly reasons why a starving babushka with a 4-room flat in the center of Moscow would not run a small B&B operation.

• http://www.iwf.ru/index_en.shtml - A site dedicated to the concept of "deep tourism". Mostly in Russian and for Russians, who seem to represent a rather sophisticated market for things extreme and outworldly but have a few English pages. 

• Hitchhiking in Russia:

  waytorussia.net - some general advice
  hitchhikers.org
  mosnews.com - a Moscow News article on Russian style of hitchhiking
  reitsma.ru  - a story by a Dutch hitchhiker in Russia\

• www.bestofhorses.com has a few links to riding holidays in the Altai region. See my www.russian-horse-rides.com for more.
• www.adventuretraveltips.com is a big compilation of verified links, about 10 of which related to Russia and a couple dozen more to neighbouring countries. To be reviewed soon.

Russian search engines, or search engines with good Russian content.

www.rambler.ru - of the the biggest
www.yandex.ru - Presently seems to be the market leader
www.list.ru
www.weblist.ru???

www.weblist.ru
www.stars.ru
www.www.ru - in English!!
www.google.ru - turn off cookies before going there or else you will be taken there whenever you want google.com

Cities and regions - see "outside of Moscow" page at www.cheap-moscow.com

Moscow and St. Petersburg

• These two are sufficiently covered so I will not bother except perhaps pointing to this excellent collection of Moscow maps by Traveller's Yellow Pages: http://www.infoservices.com/moscow/map/  

• Maps of Moscow: http://www.moscowmap.ru

• New: Organizations for/by expats, or expat-friendly - This page is meant as an answer what to do with yourself and how an English speaker can integrate socially into the Moscow scene

• Maps of Moscow, in English, very detailed: www.eatlas.ru.

• Links to mostly English resources on cities, including pretty obscure little places, throughout Russia: www.city.ru  

• A new (noticed in April 2007, looks

North-west of Moscow, including Tver, Novgorod, Rzhev, Pskov, Valdai, Staraya Russa, New Jerusalem, Volokolamsk, Torshok...

• Pskov: http://oasis.fortunecity.com/bali/526/pskow/pskcity.htm  Check!!

• Another Pskov site: http://members.xoom.com/avkl/gallery/pskov/english.html (link dead July 22 2002)

• Tver: http://www.tversu.ru/archives/tverarch.html   

• Novgorod: www.novsu.ac.ru/city/travel/tourism.html (dead July 22, 2002

• Yaroslavl:  http://clib-r.yars.free.net/

• Suzdal: ftp.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian/religion/monasteries/Suzdal.html

• Vologda: http://necco.net/category/regional/russia/vologda.htm    and http://www.vologda.ru/~avo/Eng/HomeE.htm

• Staritsa: www.unclepasha.com/staritsa_eng.htm (and the Village of Dubrovki)

• Latvia: http://www.nexteurope.com/tourism/

• Siberia
  (see also the Master List, Train Tickets, Tomsk...   

• Olesya's page on buying Trans-Siberian tickets and other practicalities and technicalities of the Trans-Siberian and other Russian trains: www.russiangirlfriday.com/trans-siberian.htm )

• Trans-Siberian Railroad - http://www.trans-siberia.com

Moldova

• The famous Marisha of Chisinau (also check out her forum)

Making contact: Russia-related forums

• www.budgettravel.com/messages/index.htm OCTOBER 2006: NO ACTIVITY SINCE LAST YEAR... THEIR RUSSIAN PAGES APPEAR QUITE NEGLECTED.

• www.we-friends.com Several homestay offers from Russia, including "home exchange" or "free in you teach me English" type arrangements.

• www.bradynet.com/bbs/russia/  has an odd message on Russian business  OCTOBER 2006: SPAM ONLY

• Adoptions BBS - http://www.littlemiracles.org/bbs-russia/bbs-russia.html  OCTOBER 2006: ACTIVE

• http://www.studyrussian.com/bbs/
  (active, relevant, no registration hassles, DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED)

• Russia.com Web Guide -  http://www.russia.com/   Some of the most active Russia-related forums are here. You have to register, which is a minor pain, the the board is alive which is the main thing.

• http://www.russianmeetingplace.com/forums/index.php - Active forums. The point of the site seems to be Western men and Russian women.

• http://www.expat.ru - Has a few ads but you can only reply them via Private Messages which, for all practical purposes, means no contact unless you are a habitual of this their forum.   August 5, 2007 - THE PROJECT IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING ITSELF; RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY FOR ACCOMMODATION SEARCHES IN MOSCOW   JAN. 2008 - NOT MUCH ACTIVITY.

• http://www.virtualtourist.com/f/90a60/

• http://www.vivreenrussie.com/forum - French forum

• http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ - Lots of practical questions on travelling within Russia on this forum. Active and NO HASSLE TO LEAVE YOUR POSTING. RECOMMENDED.

• www.loot.ru - Lots buy and sell postings  DOES NOT WORK AS OF JAN. 2007.. FORUM DEAD JAN. 2008

• http://masterrussian.net/mforum/ - This one has a discussion on IMMIGRATING TO RUSSIA

• http://www.russianatlanta.net/forums/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=13 - A lot of Russia-related travel activity seems to be happening in Atlanta.

• http://moscow.craigslist.org/   ACTIVE, INFORMATIVE, EASY TO POST

• http://russian-federation.travel-information.org/   - A monumental but somewhat outdated world travel resource. The forum is somewhat alive. JAN. 2007 - DEAD

The above Russian forums will put you in touch with fellow travellers and those involved into foreigner fleecing. Here I've started compiling a list of internet resources that will put you in touch with Russians. These are of course in Russian but hey, for a small fee I'll run your ad. Here:

• www.board.46info.ru

• www.izrukvruki.ru (leading advertising daily)

Health and safety
(the safety issue is periodically raised in Uncle Pasha's Message Board)

• Petty street crimes, incl. money exchange - http://www.kidalovka.narod.ru/
  (in Russian, but a must to read nevertheless; on request I'll happily do a review with my clients..)
• My own musings on the safety aspect of Russian travel. [to be added; the main idea is that Russia can be remarkably safe or otherwise, depending on who you are, the objectivist world-view fails utterly here; examples of my own and other's experience]
• http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/scams.html - Tourist scam alerts, mostly apply to western Europe, but it would not hurt knowing them if you are on your way to Russia

Official and semi-official platitudes and truisms

• US government information for Russia-bound travellers
• Official City of Moscow
• More banalities at  http://ru.orientation.com/eg/home.html
• www.russiatoday.com/

Maps, schedules, pictures  ==>> WILL SOMEONE RECOMMEND A LINK TO A GOOD MAP OF MOSCOW?!!!
(Check out our own VIRTUAL WALKS AND DRIVES IN AND AROUND MOSCOW)

• Moscow - http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/asia/russia/moscow.jpg DOES NOT WORK
• Interactive map of Russia  -  http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~mes/russia/photo.html  NO MAPS THERE
• Photos -  http://redsun.cs.msu.su/moscow/main.html
• The Kremlin photos - http://www.online.ru/sp/cominf/kremlin/english/
• http://www.metro.ru/map/2003.html   - Subway (metro) maps
• http://www.euroave.com/maps/frame1.php?xcity=moscow - Said to have plenty of good maps of Moscow. CHECK OUT!!
• Moscow subway map: www.metro.ru
• Train schedules: http://www.poezda.net/en/index
• New!! Satellite maps that include the area between Moscow and St. Petersburg: http://www.mapmart.com/scripts/hsrun.exe/Single/MapMart_New/MapXtreme.htx;start=HS_Handler
• http://www.russian-hotels.net/maps/moscowmap/index.en.html?kk=89d6563d1e - Said to be the best map of Moscow

Russian Language, Culture, History...

• http://www.russianlessons.net/  - Online Russian lessons.
• http://listen2russian.com/ - Audio courses of Russian online
• http://langintro.com/rintro/first.htm  A recommended place to learn the Russian alphabet.
• http://www.funet.fi/pub/culture/russian/
• East Slavic languages from Wikipedia
• History of the Russian language

Russian Cinema
Hi, I found your page very informative.
I have a reference site dedicated to Russian Cinema:
http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/dir.htm
It contains rated listings of Russian movies, films for children, awards,
actors, directors and alphabetical catalog pages.
And I would like to ask if you would find it appropriate
to add a link to my site on your link page.

• Rural living: www.csica.com/selyanka/ruralvideo.htm
• www.alincom.com/russ/
• Museums: http://www.museum.ru
• http://gromco.com/music/rim_archive/    - Modern music scene, including description of groups and sound files
• www.slavophilia.net - culture and music oriented site   Down March 10, 2003
• http://ingeb.org/catru.html - a huge russian .midi and .wav collection with lyrics
• Sher's Russian web -  http://www.websher.net
• guide to Russian literature http://waytorussia.net/WhatIsRussia/Literature.html
• http://www.mtu-net.ru/rrr/bill.htm - Genealogy: Researching Russian Roots
• Books from Russia
  e-shop LIRA   Books, audio, video, software and souvenirs for all Russian-speaking population of the world. Delivery in 7-12 days by air around the world. All major credit cards accepted. Contact info@lira.ru or  +7(095)280-8624
• Russian literature blogs: http://blacksquare.blogspot.com/

• Russian Translation USA   
• www.raga.org  A collection of good and perceptive analytical articles on Russian history and politics. Also translation and interpreting services.
• www.masterrussian.com Learning Russian. Active discussion forums, one of which is dedicated to IMMIGRATION TO RUSSIA
• http://www.suite101.com/course.cfm/18808/overview  An on-line course on Russian culture

Let me take this opportunity to once again urge beginning Russian students NOT TO BOTHER WITH SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION. Just read what you see how you see it. Of it is "o", just read it as "o". "Pozhaluysta" is just that, not "pAzhal-sta". Often trying to be "correct" will take your attention away from things more important. Remember that most Russian courses are designed and taught by Russian teachers and professors, who are a pedantic breed ready to forego the communicative function of language for the sake of observing "rules".

Teaching English in Russia

http://www.eslcafe.com/  An extensive and growing compilation of resources on ESL teaching in Russia.

http://angl.by.ru/forum.htm  (in Russian, a good place to post your ad)

http://www.language.ru/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi  (same)

http://www.interced.ru/forum/  (same)

http://www.visarus.co.uk/community/index

"Russian brides"

• Elena's Models: www.elenasmodels.com.  Extensive discussion of Russian Brides scam. Lists of known scammers. (Speaking of scam, I've been getting a lot of scam-related inquiries as of recent and decided to make scam control services official - see Russian brides and scam control)
• RS Russia Today  -  General information on Russia geared towards Russian bride seekers: e-mail forwarding, flower and gift delivery, translation, how to bring your Russian bride home etc.
• Background checks: Graham and Natalia (speaks Russian too) at Visaplus in London, Great Britain. http://www.visaplus.co.uk/

Russian prices

• Examples of prices for everyday commodities - I don't mean to appear immodest but this little page remains the only clear and comprehensive resource on the subject.

Tickets and visa support

• Jettrav@com2com.ru, www.jettravel.ru, Inexpensive and hassle-free to deal with. (095) 207-9008, 207-1800, fax 207-1876,    Sretenka 16, office 48, Moscow 103045. [E-MAIL NOT VALID - NOV. 2003]
• Sharma Travel - In Ottawa I and my friends always bought from Sharma Travel - 36-174 Colonnade Road, Ottawa K2E 7J5, (613) 224-4447. They can get real deals.. [will anybody tell me if they are still alive?? - March 17 comment]
• AS OF RECENT WE GOT INTO BUYING EX MOSCOW TICKETS ON YOUR BEHALF AT LOCAL PRICES PLUS $25 SERVICE FEE

   Olesya's page  www.russiangirlfriday.com/trans-siberian.htm

For a list of visa support agents see www.cheap-moscow.com.

Public transportation - live and up-to-date sites

• http://www.poezda.net/train.htm  - Train schedules. These stay same for years.
• ?????? - Bus schedules. These are less reliable, don't totally rely on them.
• For actual arrival times at the Moscow International Sheremetyevo Airport see www.moscowdrivers.net/airport_tips.htm

Travellers with special interests

• Vegetarians - http://www.vegsource.com/travel/europe/
• Vegetarian restaurants in Moscow - www.happycow.net
• More vegetairans - www.vegetariansabroad.com
  Lots more on my Vegetarian Moscow page
• Gay and lesbian - http://www.gay.ru
• More Gays and Lesbians - http://www.guides.gay.ru/index.shtml 
• Gays and Lesbians who are ALSO vegetarians: http://www.vvgg.freeserve.co.uk
• Physically challenged - http://home.comset.net/voi/english/indexen.htm
• Travelling with pets - http://www.moscowanimals.org/advice/moving.html
• Lots of into on specialty travel world-wide, with good regional sections - http://www.4travelinfo.com/

Adoption, helping orphanages

www.russiatravel.org

www.littlemiracles.org

See also my own little project somewhere at www.unclepasha.com/staritsa_eng.htm

http://www.russianadoption.org/

Another site with a focus on Russian orphans: http://www.orphanadvoc.org/ 

Charity

........

Mail order brides

See Olesya's Russian Women Page

• Concerned about scam? You may want to read www.russia-scam.org
• Leaving Katya by Paul Greenberg. A must to read for anyone contemplating a Russian-American love affair.
• Information, hints, discussion: www.global7network.com
• A discussion of Russian women on Way_to_Russia: http://waytorussia.net/WhatIsRussia/Women.html
• http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/04/1072908963038.html.....
• http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/08/08/russia.internet/.....
• http://sandiego.fbi.gov/2003/mccoy.htm
•  www.russia-scam.org
• Leaving Katya by Paul Greenberg. A must to read for anyone contemplating a Russian-American love affair.
• Information, hints, discussion: www.global7network.com
• www.russianfoods.com/russian-women/

Periodicals in English

• The Russia Journal www.trj.ru
• The Moscow Times - www.themoscowtimes.com

New not sorted out:  (in the process)

www.destinationrussia.com - "Welcome to Destination Russia, the world's
Russia Travel information / news portal and the most comprehensive guide
to the Russian Federation."  [something non-descript, keep for the sake of link exchange]

www.Hotelsrussia.net - Hotels Russia provides online booking and
reservations for DISCOUNT Russia travel accommodation including hotels
and apartments across Russia  [same as above]

Minor search engines:  http://rank.stars.ru/

Major search engines: http://www.aport.ru/

Aviso Online Classifieds-Russia http://www.aviso.kiev.ua/aviso/eng/
AY Search Engine-Russia http://www.au.ru/
Azerbaijan Search Engine-Russia http://www.search.az:8101/
BR Search Engine-Russia http://www.br.by/
Brama Web Directory-Ukraine http://www.brama.com/index.html
BrightonBeachAve Search Eng-Russia http://www.brightonbeachave.com/
CIS Enterprises Directory Russia http://www.trifle.net/cis/e_index.html  irrelevant
Fair Index-Russia http://www.fair.ru/site/ dead
FarEastern Russian Index http://www.fareast.ru/  irrelevant, kill
Hayastan Search Engine-Russia http://www.hayastan.com/  - Armenian portal, English
Holms Search Directory-Russia http://www.holms.ru/  irrelevant, kill
Ivan Susanin Search Engine-Russia http://www.susanin.net/  empty, delete
Job Online BBS-Russia http://www.yourbbs.com/v2/?bbs=3836  dead
Kharkov Search Engine-Ukraine http://search.kharkov.ua/  dead. delete
Kopilka Search Engine-Russia http://chirinsky.virtualave.net/  delete, irrelevan

http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/countries - Brief reviews of CIS countries

Krygistan Online-Russia http://www.online.kg/   Live, English,
LinkMaker Directory-Russia http://www.ipclub.ru/linkmaker/  - Irrelevant to Russia but hosts catalogues
List Of Russian Webservers-Russia http://weblist.ru/   Dead May 2003
List.RU-Russia http://www.list.ru/   Live, search engine/directory, Russian
Mafias Top Rated Directory http://www.mafia.ru/top100/   Dead as of May 2003
Meta Ukraine-Ukraine http://meta-ukraine.com/defeng.asp  Ukraine, English
Newman Search Engine-Russia http://search.newman.ru/  remove
Ping Search Engine-Ukraine http://www.topping.od.ua/  Ukraine, Russian
Rahoo Search Engine-Russia http://yahoo.kts.ru/  Give a chance to open up (establish category) then remove.
Rambler Search Engine-Russia http://www.rambler.ru/  move to Russian search engines, in Russian
Reenic Directory-Russia http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/reenic/Countries/Kazakhstan/kazakhstan.html  Chang eto http://reenic.utexas.edu/reenic/countries/russia.html   University of Texas. Comprehensive.
RegionRU-Russian Directory http://www.region.ru/  remove????
Russia on the Net(Search Engine-Russia Only) http://www.ru/   Move under Russian search engines. English.
Russia Today Classifieds-Russia http://www.russiatoday.com/classifieds.php3  Alive, fairly weak, English

Russian Cities On The Web http://www.city.ru/   Alive. Add URL doesn't work
Russian World Directory http://www.serve.com/andrey/russian/business/add.html  Dead
RussianLondon BBS(Russian) http://www.russianlondon.com/wwwboard/wwwboard.html  Irrelevant, remove
RussianStar Search Engine-russia http://www.russianstar.com/index1.htm  dead
Russkie Search Engine http://www.russkie.com/  Dead
Search Kit-Russia http://www.alf.ru/search/1.htm   \Dead
Sensa Ukraine Search Engine http://www.uazone.net/sesna/  Ukrainina search engine, English
Susanin Search Engine-Russia http://www.susanin.com/   Russian directory
Tamapcmah Index-Russia http://www.kcn.ru/tatweb/grepsrch/srch.cgi/tatweb/tatweblist  Tatarstan, in Russian, run by the Kazan State University, slightly stale as most official projects (move under Regional)
UDM Search Engine-Russia http://search.udm.net/  Search of Udmurtia Region, the Urals, Izhevsk (that's where Sverzhy Veter operates and seems to be doing a good job attracting visitors to Izhevsk)
Ukraine Meta Search Engine http://www.meta.kharkiv.net/  Active, in Russia, based in Kharkov (Kharkiv)
Ukraine.com Web Guide http://www.ukraine.com/  No content, remove
Ukrania Resource Web Guide http://www.ukrania.com/  Alive and IN ENGLISH!!
Ukranian Homepage Directory http://search.uar.net/  Does not exist as of May 2003
Uzonline Search Engine-Russia http://www.angelfire.com/ak/Uzonline/  Does not exist as of May 2003

Wanted.RU Directory-Russia http://www.hochu.ru/  - Mostly Russian (place under Russian search engines, recommended if you are looking for something exotic and very un-turisty, so 98% of you have no business here)
 

Yahtka Search Engine-Russia http://www.ulitka.ru/  - Mostly Russian, more of a directory than a search engine. Alive May 2003

Yandex Search Engine(Russia) http://www.yandex.ru/   - Mostly Russian language resources, alive May 2003
 

Zubr Search Engine http://www.zubr.com/eng/    - Alive as of May 2003, specializes in Belarus, in English   (move under search engines)

CIA World Factbook - Russia - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html
Presents general facts on the country and focuses on its economy, government, people, transportation, communications, and geography.  - Too perfunctory, remove.  (general info)

Russian News Network - http://www.russiannewsnetwork.com. Statistical and historic briefs on CIS and Baltic states, in English. Don't expect to find "new" news there however.

.  - live and active as of May 2003, specializes in news coverage, English.

Little Russian Gate - http://home.earthlink.net/~bikbov/
Collection of Russian web sites, message boards guide.   An informative, cozy and totally non-commercial in feel. Don't be fooled by it, many powerful resources out here lack commercial lustre.  (classifications??, mark as my pesonal favourite)

Russian Phone Search - http://russianphonesearch.hypermart.net/
Searching phone numbers by address and addresses by phone number in Russia.  - Site alive. Anybody tried that service?

ASMO-Press - Encyclopedia - http://enc.ex.ru/cgi-bin/n1fsrc.pl?lang=2
Information about Russian manufacturers.  - Seems rather dead as of May 2003. Check back in a year.

Russian Cities on the Internet - http://mitglied.lycos.de/Cityweb/Worldwide/Europe/Russia/russia.html
Collection of links of Russian localities.  -  Many links outdated and in Russian only but could be an excellent resource if updated.

WorldSkip Guide to Russia - http://www.worldskip.com/region.asp?RegionID=ru
Links to news, information, products and services from Russia.  - does not open, remove

FreeGK.com: Russia - http://atlas.freegk.com/world/europe/russia/russia.php
Including map and overview of history, culture, economy and currency.      - too supeficial and  perfunctory, to be removed.

http://www.einnews.com/russia/classifieds.php3 - You can place your classified there. Not much Russian content, mostly spam, but shows up well.

CHECK:
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