Izviestiia imperatorskago russkago geograficheskago obshchestva: A journal of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (1845-1917). It published lectures, reports, and minutes of scholarly meetings held at the Society. IUB has the complete run of Izvestiia (1865-1916 on 834 microfiches).
Russkaia starina: One of the more important historical journals published in late tsarist Russia (1870-1918). Many memoirs and diaries, some related to experiences in Russian provinces, were published.
Kavkazskii sbornik: A military-historical yearbook published in Tiflis from 1876 through 1912 by the Russian military staff of the Caucasus military "okrug." It published articles and primary documents relating to the Russian conquest of the Caucasus.
American-Russian joint digital library project, with a variety of materials including rare photos, bibliographies, and rare books in full-text, all related to Siberia or the American West, from US, Russia, and Germany.
Contains 1,942 archival files from the Russian State Military History Archive on Afghanistan, Arabia/Syria, China, Japan, Korea, Palestine, Persia, Turkey from 1651 to 1917.
A multidisciplinary collection of Russian magazines and newspapers on the Muslim population of Russia. More important subjects are politics, language, economy, history, culture, society, education.
A collection of eleven Russian periodicals dealing with all aspects of Russia's Muslim world before the fall of the tsarist regime. Their places of publication include not only the two metropolises of Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also such provincial cities as Kazan', Simferopol', Baku, and Kokand. Also included is the Paris weekly "Musul΄manin = Moussoulmanine," which began to be published by the Russian Muslim diaspora of Paris, France, for the purpose of enlightening the mountain people of the Caucasus and educating Russian society about the local Muslim world of the Caucasus.
Scholarly Institutes and Societies
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)One of the oldest and most diverse academic associations of its kind, ASN is devoted to the promotion of knowledge and understanding of complex processes of societal transformation taking place in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Eurasia. ~taken from the home page
Comprehensive scholarly encyclopedia of Russian history to date, consisting of original English entry articles and English translations of Russian sources.
"More than 1,500 entries covering 1,000+ years of Russian history, from the formation of Kievan Rus in the mid-ninth century to the present-day Russian Federation." -Booklist
"Entries on over 450 ethnic groups, with appropriate cross-references. Each entry concludes with references, and the volume includes a selected bibliography of English-language titles." - Amazon.com