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	Lectures about Russia - Plain english presentations by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College. Rate this
	Russian History-Bucknell - Materials and links related to the history of Russia, including a hypertext chronology of Russian history and all the Russian constitutions. Rate this
	Center for the Study of Russia and the Soviet Union - Provides assistance with scholarly travel to Russia. Home to the Russian Archive Project, a joint effort in collaboration between Western and Russian scholars to publish finding aids and guides to Russian archival collections. Rate this
	Russian History Chronology - Listing of the major (and some not so major) events in Russian history with explanatory and related materials on the Web. Rate this
	Birch Empire: To the East of Freedom - A history of Russia's secret police, KGB. Includes personnel and major operations. Rate this
	Soviet Archive Project - Since 1991, the non-profit, collaborative scholarly Russian Archive Project has produced eleven volumes of guides to formerly classified collections in the Soviet Union. Rate this
	ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia - archival repositories for documents on all aspects of the Russian Federation, maintained in collaboration with Rosarkhiv, the Federal Archival Service of Russia. Rate this
	Yale Russian Archive Project - Clearinghouse for information in order to facilitate access to the newly available documents in the archives of the former Soviet Union. Rate this
	Soviet Leaders - A brief biography of Soviet leaders Rate this
	Illustrated history of Russia and the Former USSR - Annotated links to various sites pertaining to the history of Russia. Rate this
	Links to Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian history - A collection of links to Russian, Ukrainian and Belarussian history sites. Most of them are in English. Rate this
	Today In Russian History - An interactive daily chronology of critical events in Russian history, from the establishment of Romanov rule to the end of the Soviet era. Rate this
	Russian Archives Online - Collections of photographs and films, audio clips and transcripts, and searchable image database. Rate this
	Spartacus Encyclopaedia of Russia: 1860-1945 - Articles on key events and figures as well as links to papers, essays, and other resources on the period. Rate this
	History of Russia - Information about Russia and the Soviet Union: history, literature, photographs (800 AC - 2001). Rate this
	Strelna - History of Strelna (Konstantinovsky Palace - Palace of Congresses). Rate this

Articles in this category:

• A Brief History of the Mattress - ...
• A Brief History of Scooters - ...
• The History of Pearls - The exact time when pearls entered the history books is unknown, as they were discovered long before pen was ever put to paper. 300 B.C. is one of the earliest written recordings of pearls. Marco Polo also wrote of pearls in his travels. They were prized ...
• The History of Dogs - The History of dogs
  
  Dogs belong to the Canid family (Canidae).
  
  Dogs first appeared about 40 million years ago, before any other carnivore families like bears or cats.
  
  Carnivores have a pair of teeth similar to blades that are called c...
• The History of Coffee -
  The History of Coffee
  
  Coffee was discovered in Eastern Africa in an area known as Ethiopia. A popular legend tells of a goat herder named Kaldi. One day he noticed his goats acting frisky after eating berries from a bush. Kaldi tried the berri...
• The Bagpipe and Its History - ...
• History of Spain - The History of Spain, and how it all begun. The Iberian Peninsula was first inhabited around 8000,000 BC and has long been subject to foreign influences. The history of Spain starts from 11th centur...
• The History of Bakelite - ...
• The History of Aprons - ...
• The History of Yoga - The history of yoga is long and steeped in tradition. Contrary to what some people may believe, yoga was not developed as the newest way to slim down so they could fit into a smaller pants size.
  
  The history of yoga goes back 5,000 years. It origin...