Outlines the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany.

A great article depicting the declining standard of living in the Soviet Union. Research showed rising infant mortality, falling life expectancy, among other grim statistics painting a bad picture of state of health in the Soviet Union....

Read the full text of "Beauty and the Beast" a story of Old Russia by Bayard Taylor. Unlike the classic fairy tale, this story centers on a beautiful girl from Russia who marries a Prince that is drunk, cruel, and vicious to his serfs.

Published in 1962 in the Soviet Union/Russia, this book although a work of fiction, discusses in detail the gulag system, a type of prison that existed in Russia. In this carefully researched site find out more about the prison and the...

Outline explaining and analyzing the USSR's declaration of war on Japan.

This site provides some of Lenin's personal thoughts. It includes his ideas on heavy industry for Russia.

Map of Europe after the Congress of Vienna of 1815, showing the gains of Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Austria, as well as the boundaries of the German Confederation.

Tennis player and LGBT rights activist Billie Jean King has been selected by President Obama to represent the United States as a part of the American delegation at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Learn why her selection is so...

This site discusses the opposition that Gorbachev's political reforms met and how a multiparty system evolved.

This site is a printable lesson that compares the command economy of Soviet Russia with the market economy of present day Russia. Lesson provides tables with data comparing prices within the two systems. Discussion questions are also...

This SPTimes site discusses the history of the development of the Russian Church from around 900 A.D. to the 16th and 17th centuries.

This article explains the geography of the circumpolar north, which includes northern Eurasia. Read about the different climates and ecozones in this area. Includes student assignments.

Great resource for history teachers! Website has a lot of information about the Romanov Tsar Alexander's palace, along with an archive of historical diaries and letters. Good resource for studying Russian history. Many pages are...

Public and secret articles of the 1939 Nonaggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union are included on this resource. Copies of letters between Germany and USSR concerning the division of Poland, too.

The official homepage of the Space Research Institute, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Summarizes the events that took place in 1917 as the Russian Revolution evolved into a civil war that lasted from 1918 to 1922.