This website is part of The New York Public Library's Online Exhibition Archive. For current classes, programs, and exhibitions, please visit nypl.org.
Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825
1453 Through the Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) The Time of Troubles to the First Romanovs (1598-1682) Peter the Great and His Legacy (1682-1762) The Age of Catherine the Great (1762-1801) The Reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801-1825)
Related Links

The New York Public Library has no control over the content or availability of sites that are not part of www.nypl.org, the Library's website.

Portal Sites

REESWeb (Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh)
www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/

Russian History (Robert Beard, Foreign Language Programs, Bucknell University)
www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/history.html

Slavic Research Center (Hokkaido University)
src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/index-e.html

Sher's Russian Index: Universities Sites (Ben Sher)
www.websher.net/inx/icdefault1.htm#cat028


Primary Documents and Texts

Modern History Sourcebook: Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725 (Paul Halsell, History Department, Fordham University)
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/petergreat.html

Documents in Russian History: An On-line Sourcebook (Nathaniel Knight, Russian and East European Studies Program, Seton Hall University)
artsci.shu.edu/reesp/documents/

Russian History Home Page (John Slatter, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Durham)
www.dur.ac.uk/~dml0www/Russhist.HTML

Early 19th Century Russian Readership & Culture: A Hypertext Archive (Electronic Text Research Center, University of Minnesota)
etrc.lib.umn.edu/rusread.htm


Overviews of Russian History

History of Russia (Interknowledge Corp.)
www.interknowledge.com/russia/rushis01.htm

History of Russia (World History site at the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy)
www.zum.de/whkmla/region/russia/rusindex.html


Topical Sites

Meeting of Frontiers (Library of Congress)
frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfsplash.html

In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures (Library of Congress)
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/russian/russch0.html 

The Princess Who Became … Catherine the Great (Ursula's History Web)
members.tripod.com/~Nevermore/CGREAT.HTM

Peter the Great (History Learning Site)
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great.htm