Russia, an Introductory History: Websites

Links to landmark primary documents of ancient Russian history. Text in Russian.

Exhibition at the Musee du Louvre, Napoleon Hall, March 5 - May 24, 2010. This mini-site provides a visual tour of the exhibition.

Created by Daniel C. Waugh, this website provides links to resources for teaching and learning the early history of the areas encompassed primarily by today's Ukraine, the European parts of Russia, and some adjoining regions of Eastern Europe. The particular focus will be on the culture of the Orthodox East Slavs; the period to be covered extends to approximately 1700.

Short Pravda Russkaia, Expanded Pravda Russkaia, Statute of Grand Prince Volodimir, Statute of Grand Prince Iaroslav, Statutory Charter of Novgorod Prince Sviatoslav Ol'govich, Novgorod's Treaty with Tver' Grand Prince Iaroslav Iaroslavich, Novgorod Judicial Charter, Pskov Judicial Charter, Pravosudie mitropolich'e.

Includes hundreds of photographs of Russian architecture, especially medieval churches.

"History of Russia," in William Richard Morfill and Charles Edmound Frye's book, Russia and Poland (New York P. F. Collier & Son, 1913), pp. 3-15.

Extensive Russian language website on Russian and world history. Every student of Russian history should know about this website.

Website devoted to events and participants (activists, workers, soldiers, and peasants) of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The result of a class project, content was created by students and reviewed/edited by professor for accuracy.