Lukol Directory: Regional: Europe: Russia: Society and Culture: History: Russian Empire

Ivan the Terrible
Paul Wehner's school assignment dedicated to the life and empire of Ivan IV.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/stage/2830...

The Sarskaia Foundation
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.
http://www.sarskaia.org

The Empire That Was Russia
Exhibit by the Library of Congress of Prokudin-Gorskii's photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

Russia Revisited
Resources for information about Russia pre-1917.
http://www.russiarevisited.com

The Imperial Russian Navy
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.
http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/ince/69...

Alexander Palace Association Websites
List of most of the Alexander Palace sites including ten online Russian History books.
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/

St. Petersburg 1900
Historic photographs and history of St. Petersburg, Russia, in the time of the Romanov Dynasty.
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/petersburg1...

The Khazaria Info Center
Essays summarizing the history of the Khazars, their principal cities, their culture, and their conversion to Judaism in the 9th century.
http://www.khazaria.com/

Meeting of Frontiers
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.
http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mf...

The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures
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.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/russian/s1a....

All Photo: Russian Empire in Photographs
Historic photo-collection represents almost all fields of Russian life before the October revolution.
http://all-photo.ru/empire/index.en.html

The Time of Trouble
Article about the tragic period of Russia's history as seen by Dutch merchant Usaak Massa.
http://www.abcgallery.com/list/2001oct01.h...

Sub Topics:
Crimean War
Russo-Japanese War
War of 1812
World War I
Napoleonic Wars
Romanovs
Rasputin, Grigory
1905 Revolution
Noble Russian Familes





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2006