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(NB not updated since July 1998)
The Russian North and Far East Regional Pages were a joint web
project initiated by members of the Social Sciences and Russian Studies
Group, and library and information staff in the Scott Polar Research Institute. Members of other SPRI
departments, notably Olga Toutoubalina, have contributed to this page for
which we are very grateful.
The selection criteria for this Links page are personal to the authors,
and we apologise for omissions. We have included a few sites which are
themselves indexes, which an obvious preference for websites which focus
on Russia. We have included sites both in Russia itself and in the rest of
the world.
Navigation
We have designed subject categories, based loosely on the UDC classification system. To find entries related to a particular subject, click on the category number. Category numbers with no hypertext links do not have any entries yet.
| 0 | GENERAL INFORMATION |
| 01 | General reference, search engines, link lists |
| 011 | Encyclopediae (online) |
| 012 | Dictionaries and language-related reference |
| 013 | Address books, yellow pages, etc. |
| 014 | Servers in the Far North and Far East |
| 02 | Media (online journals, newspapers, etc.) |
| 03 | Academic and research institutions, education, museums |
| 031 | Academic and research institutions |
| 032 | Higher education |
| 033 | Education (in general) |
| 034 | Museums |
| 04 | ... |
| 08 | General material on specific peoples |
| 081 | Slavic peoples |
| 082 | Finno-Ugrian peoples |
| 084 | Samoyed peoples |
| 085 | Turkic peoples |
| 086 | Mongolian peoples |
| 087 | Tungus-Manchu peoples; Ket |
| 088 | Chukchi, Koryak, Itel'men, Yukagir, Nivkh, Yupik |
| 089 | Other peoples |
| 09 | General descriptions of specific regions |
| 091 | European North |
| 092 | West Siberia |
| 093 | East Siberia |
| 094 | Far East and North East |
| 095 | Photo collections |
| 1 | SCIENCES |
| 11 | Physics |
| 12 | Chemistry |
| 13 | Geo Sciences |
| 131 | Geophysics (incl. meteorite sciences) |
| 132 | Geology (incl. mineral exploration) |
| 133 | Physical geography (incl. geocryology) |
| 134 | Hydrology and oceanography |
| 135 | Meteorology |
| 14 | Biology (incl. paleontology) |
| 15 | Engineering |
| 16 | Remote Sensing and GIS |
| 2 | ECONOMY AND BUSINESS |
| 21 | Agriculture, fishery, forestry, etc. |
| 211 | Hunting and trapping, gathering |
| 212 | Fishing, whaling |
| 213 | Animal husbandry |
| 214 | Plant production |
| 215 | Forestry |
| 22 | ... |
| 3 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, i. e. Web sites dealing in particular with the human impact on nature (pollution) and political debates about these issues |
| 31 | Oil, gas, and other resources development |
| 32 | Boreal forest (taiga) and tundra, biodiversity |
| 33 | Environmental legislation, environmental organisations |
| 4 | SOCIETY AND CULTURE, INDIGENOUS ISSUES |
| 41 | Census and other demographical data |
| 42 | Politics |
| 421 | Constitutional legislation |
| 422 | Federal relations, autonomy movements |
| 423 | Ethno-political issues |
| 43 | Languages |
| 44 | Religions |
| 441 | Shamanism, Animism |
| 442 | Lamaism, Buddhism |
| 443 | Islam |
| 444 | Judaism |
| 445 | Christianity |
| 45 | History |
| 46 | Literature |
| 47 | Music and other forms of art |
| 48 | Sports and traditional games |
(01) General reference, search engines, link lists
- REESWeb (part of the WWW Virtual Library):
Russian and East European Studies: Internet Resources
(English) - REESWeb (part of the WWW Virtual Library):
WWW Servers in the Former Soviet Union
(English) - Friends &
Partners
(Russian, English)
- WebList.Ru: The List of Russian Web
Servers
(Russian, English) - Rambler Engine: Poisk po serveram
Rossii
(Russian) - Aport!
(Russian) - Russian Academy of Sciences: list
of Russian Web servers
(English, Russian) - Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland:
Polar Web
(English) - Rihito Yamamura, Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo,
Japan:
WWW Virtual Library (English) - Kalmer Halliko, Estonia:
Russian Far East link list
(English, Estonian) - NORUT Information Technology, Tromsø & Narvik, Norway:
Barents Information System - Resources in Russia
(English) The Russian part of the Barents region includes Karelia, Murmansk and Arkhangel'sk regions and the Nenets Autonomous District
(011)Encyclopediae (online)
- Brokgauz on-line
(Russian)
(013) Address books, yellow pages, etc.
- Yakutavia Computing Center, Yakutsk, Russia:
Telephone Directories for Sakha (Yakutia): Yakutsk, Mirnyy, Neryungri, Nyurba, Olenek, Pokrovsk
(Russian) - [see also (031) Academic and research institutions]
(014) Specific servers in the Far North and Far East
- Mirnyy: Yakutavia, Mirnyy Branch
(Russian)
- Nadym: Nadym WWW Server
(Russian)
- Noril'sk: Infocenter / Infotsentr
(Russian)
- Syktyvkar: Ofitsial'nyy Server Respubliki
Komi
(Russian)
- Syktyvkar: Komitex, First Internet
Service Provider in the Komi Republic
(Russian, partly English)
- Yakutsk: Yakutavia Computing Center
(Russian, English)
(02) Media (online journals, newspapers, etc.)
- A. Rolich, L. Gromov, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA:
REECA Web - Electronic Resources on the Russian Federation
(English) Numerous links to newspapers, journals and magazines, also regional publications
- Yakutavia Computing Center, Yakutsk, Russia:
"Yakutiya"
(Russian)
(031) Academic and research institutions
- International Arctic Environment Data Directory (ADD) @ GRID, Arendal,
Norway:
Northern Russian Arctic Environmental Institutions (Database)
(English)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia:
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Russian version and English version differ from each other)
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow:
FREENet
(mainly Russian, introduction in English) Information on the Russian academic and research network
- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland:
Northern Forum Academy
(English) This institution is part of the Northern Forum
- Erich Kasten, Freie Universität Berlin and Franckesche Stiftungen Halle,
Germany:
Research Interests (English)
(034) Museums
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia:
The Gallery of Ethnographic Images
(English)
- Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia:
The Museums of Siberia
(Russian, English)
- [see also (088) Chukchi etc.]
(08) General material on specific peoples
- M. Kolga, I. Tonurist, L. Vaba, J. Viikberg and others,
Institute of the Estonian Language, Tallinn, Estonia:
The Redbook of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
(English)
(088) Chukchi, Koryak, Itel'men, Yukagir, Nivkh, Yupik
- Alexander King, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA:
KoryakNet
(English)
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, ..., USA:
The "Crossroads of Continents" Exhibition
(English)
- [see also (212) Fishing, whaling]
(091) European North
- N. Kashulin, Institute of North Industrial Ecological Problems, Kola
Science Centre, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia:
KolaNet (Russian, English)
- [see also (01) General reference]
(092) West Siberia
- Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Altai Region, Russia:
OASIS - Information about Siberia
(Russian) [unreliable connection] - Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia:
Nature of the Novosibirsk Region - A Short Geographical Sketch
(Russian)
(093) East Siberia
- Krasnoyarsk Regional Communication Network (KRASNET), Krasnoyarsk,
Russia:
City of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Region and Evenkia & Taimyr
(English, partly Russian)
(094) Far East and North East
- Yakutavia Computing Center, Yakutsk, Russia:
Business Guide to Yakutia (Sakha)
(Russian, English) This site provides comprehensive data on Sakha in general
- [see also (01) General reference; (088)
Chukchi etc.]
(095) Photo collections
- RUSphoto; University of Toronto, Canada:
Russia Phototrack
(English) In addition to news and other written data, this site includes pictures from
- Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia:
Historical Photographs
(Russian, partly English) This site includes pictures about
- The Native Peoples
- Towns of Siberia
- Soviet Siberia - collectivisation, dekulakisation etc.
- Siberia Before 1917 - including long texts on the Transsib, in Russian
- Andrey Sebrandt, Russia:
Andrey's Travel Page - Russian Back Country (on Sub-Arctic Urals, Karelia and other regions)
(English)
(12) Chemistry
- Central Kola Expedition, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Region, Russia, and
others:
Kola Ecogeochemistry Project
(English)
(132) Geology (incl. mineral exploration)
- Ministry of Nature Resources, Moscow, Russia:
Main Scientific and Research Centre
(Russian) This site includes geological databases for
- Russian Academy of Sciences: Computing Centre & Fersman Mineralogical
Museum
: Project "Ellun-Internet"
(Russian, English) About optical calcite
(135) Meteorology
- Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia (Rosgidromet) & Space Monitoring
Information Support Laboratory (Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia:
Russia's Weather, including City Weather for more than 2,300 places all over Russia
(Russian, English)
(2) Economy and business (in general)
- Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Novosibirsk, Russia:
Siberia: Culture - Economics - Business
(English)
- University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, Usa:
The Center for Russia in Asia
(English)
- Yakutavia Computing Center, Yakutsk, Russia:
Business Guide to Yakutia (Sakha)
(Russian, English)
(212) Fishing, whaling
- High North Alliance, Reine, Lofotens, Norway:
Aboriginal Subsistence / Culture
(English) Articles and papers mainly on whaling; some contributions pertain to Chukotka
(3) Environmental issues (in general)
- International Arctic Environment Data Directory (ADD) @ GRID, Arendal,
Norway:
Gateway to the Arctic - Links to Information Sites in Russia
(English)
- Transboundary Environmental Information Agency, St. Petersburg, Russia:
Transboundary and Environmental News
(English) Regional focus: Northwestern Russia, Baltic States, Finland
- Bellona, Oslo, Norway:
Bellona Foundation
(Norwegian, English, Russian) Pages of particular interest: - Infomanage International, Inc, USA:
Russia's Environmental Mess
(English) Partially outdated, report from November 1994
(31) Oil, gas, and other resources development
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, UK:
Emergency Response Service
(English) Information on Usinsk oil spill, Ukhta gas pipeline explosion, and other
(32) Boreal forest (taiga) and tundra, biodiversity
- Taiga Rescue Network (international NGO):
Hotspots in the taiga
(English)
(4) Society and culture, indigenous issues (in general)
- Arctic Circle @ University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA:
Arctic Circle
(English)
- NativeWeb @ Syracuse University, NY, USA:
NativeWeb
(English) Try regional categories: Arctic Circle; Europe & Russia
- [see also (08) General material on specific peoples]
(42) Politics (in general)
- Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt, Oslo, Norway:
NUPI Centre for Russian Studies
(English, partly Norwegian) Comprehensive, well-structured database
- Panorama, Moscow, Russia:
Rossiyskaya Federatsiya - Struktury vlasti
(Russian) Contains data on the two houses of parliament, regions, politicians, parties etc.
(423) Ethno-political issues
- Arctic Circle @ University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA:
Struggle over Land and Resources in the Russian North [and Far East]
(English)
- Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology, Hamburg and Cologne,
Germany:
Indigenous Peoples of Siberia and the Arctic
(English and German) Amongst other reports, this site includes
- Stephan Dudeck, Berlin, Germany:
Indigenous reindeer herders under siege by oil industry
(English) - FIAN (FoodFirst Information and Action Network), Heidelberg, Germany,
and
Institute for Ecology and Action Anthropology, Hamburg and Cologne, Germany:
The right to adequate food and violations of this right in the Russian Federation. Parallel report to the International Convenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (English)
- Geoff Winestock in "zhiwriter" @ University of Notre Dame,
Indiana, USA:
Twilight Of The Reindeer Herders?
(English)
(43) Language
- Juha Janhunen & Tapani Salminen, University of Helsinki, Finland:
Unesco Red Book on Endangered Languages
(English)
- Tapani Salminen, University of Helsinki, Finland:
Tundra Nenets
(English)
- Esa Anttikoski, University of Joensuu, Finland:
Languages of the national minorities of Russia on the Net
(Russian, English)
- Trond Trosterud, Barents Secretariat, Kirkenes, Norway: Funny
characters on the net - how information technology may (or may not)
support minority languages
(English)
(441) Animism, Shamanism
- Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia:
The Last Siberian Shamans
(English)
(45) History
- Novosibirsk Regional Studies Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia:
Historical Photographs
(Russian, partly English)
- Kalmer Halliko, Estonia:
Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (Estonian)
- Alexander King, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA:
The Jesup North Pacific Expedition in Siberia (English)