A fascinating website based on the writings of James Billington, Librarian of Congress and former professor of Russian history at Princeton.

List of most of the Alexander Palace sites including ten online Russian History books.

Historic photo-collection represents almost all fields of Russian life before the October revolution.

Paul Wehner's school assignment dedicated to the life and empire of Ivan IV.

Tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West and the parallel exploration of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the two in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.

Resources for information about Russia pre-1917.

Historic photographs and history of St. Petersburg, Russia, in the time of the Romanov Dynasty.

Exhibit by the Library of Congress of Prokudin-Gorskii's photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia.

History of the Imperial Russian Navy from the mid-nineteenth century to the Russian Revolution, with a major focus on the Far East including the Russo-Japanese War, and the development of the dreadnought program prior to the First World War.

Essays summarizing the history of the Khazars, their principal cities, their culture, and their conversion to Judaism in the 9th century.

Article dedicated to the study of the Alaskan Russian Church Archives by Dr. Vyacheslav Ivanov. Covers history of the discovery of Alaska by Russian. Links to related sites.

Aims to preserve of cultural heritage in Russia. Current projects include the rehabiliation of the city of Pushkin's historic core which includes the Alexander Palace, the Fedorovsky Cathedral and the Fedorovsky Little Town.

Article about the tragic period of Russia's history as seen by Dutch merchant Usaak Massa.