Russian Soyuz rocket lifts off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Explore Russian Culture, History, and Language

Fighting in the City - 1918 Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
Take a closer look at Soviet history at this award-winning Macalester-designed site
Russian keyboard Internet resources
Newspapers, search engines, reference books, research sites, and what you need to get your computer to display Russian
Lacquer Box Russian miscellany
Discover Russian culture through this look at things real and imaginary
Cyrillic Letter Stamps Quick course in Russian
Take an online class in Russian and you'll be on your way to joining the 280 million other people who speak the language
Nabokov Pretending to Drive Our bookshelf
Our list of must-reads
Glossary of Russian Culture
Learn about skaz, defamiliarization, and other concepts that Russia has contributed to the world of ideas
Museum of Russian Art Russia in Minnesota
Explore the art, culture, and cuisine of Russia here in the Twin Cities
Mayakovsky Make your own avant-garde art
Deconstruct a Suprematist painting by Kasimir Malevich
SMENA 2 Soviet camera circa 1955 Photo gallery
Pictures from past happenings
Natural resources use and conservation
Did you know that Russia owns 25% of the world's fresh water?
Polar bear cubs in St. Petersburg Zoo Where are they now?
See what our alumni are doing
n Outreach
Examples of what we are doing to raise the profile of Russian Studies
Black Sea Project Image credits gallery
Learn why we included a rollercoaster
Conference Russian, Central European, and East European Conference
Each spring we host a guest lecturer and a term paper competition
Is it Russian? Guessing game
See if you can tell which pictures are Russian or not
Is it Russian? Virtual Russia
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