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Russia
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Beslan: Siege of School No. 1 
 This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Wide Angle program "examines the three-day ordeal [in the Russian town of Beslan in September 2004] that saw Chechen gunmen hold more than 1,000 hostages, most of them children" and "in which several hundred children and adults were killed." The companion website provides background information about the Chechen conflict, a lesson plan, and maps, photos, and essays about Chechnya and the surrounding area. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/beslan-seige-of-school-1/introduction/246/ Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections: Regional, Terrorism Last updated Jul 12, 2008 Beyond the Pale: The History of Jews in Russia
The online version of an original exhibit with over 400 photographs presenting an in-depth, illustrated history of Jews in Russia. http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/beyond-the-pale/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jun 7, 2009 The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated
An exhibit of a photographic survey of eleven regions of the Russian Empire, taken in 1909-1912 and again in 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). It is divided into sections that include Architecture , Ethnic Diversity , Transportation , and People at Work . There is also an explanation of digichromatography, the process by which color images were made from the photographer's glass negatives. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Technology Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Encyclopedia Astronautica
This website details the history of space exploration, with an emphasis on human missions to space. Brief astronaut biographies are given with links to various spacecraft, boosters, rocket engines, fuels, space programs, and launch sites. Also has descriptions of proposed space programs by both the U.S. and Russia which were never implemented. Other features include women in space and hundreds of photographs and drawings. From a space enthusiast. http://www.astronautix.com/ Topics: Astronomy, Geography, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Dec 18, 2006 From Russia With Love: Costumes for the Ballets Russes, 1909-1933
"This exhibition displays the extraordinary designs made for the Russian Ballet between 1909 and 1933. It includes costumes, drawings, photographs, and theatre programs. Access these works through one of the exhibition's four themes: Exoticism, Romance and Fairytales, Russian Folklore and Modernism." Includes images of costumes designed by Léon Bakst and Henri Matisse. From the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Note: The puzzles may not work in all browsers. http://www.nga.gov.au/russia/ Topics: Dance, History, Holidays & Observances, Mysteries and More, Performing Arts, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jan 10, 2008 Images From the Georgia-Chechnya Border, 1970-1980
A collection of almost fifty photographs representing "the landscape, architecture, people, and traditions of Khevsureti, Georgia, and neighboring Chechnya and Ingushetia," taken during the 1970s by Vakhtang Chikovani. "The photo exhibit shows many examples of the folk architecture and artifacts that no longer exist." Some of the photographs feature annotations. Includes background essay. From the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/photo2/photo2_splash.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 2, 2006 Moscow
An annotated collection of stereographs of the Kremlin and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, from the early 20th century. Includes maps. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/projects/stereo/moscow/main.html Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jun 10, 2006 The Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow, Russia
An exhibit of photographs of the "world's largest paleontological institute." Topics include the architectural motifs of the institute, Mongolian dinosaurs, and Pleistocene and Tertiary mammals. From the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/pin/pin.html Topics: Animals, Geology, Museums, Museums by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Aug 23, 2003 Siberian Digital Photo Collection
Over 20 photographs of late 19th century Siberian scenes. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/slavic/siberianphotos.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Mar 2, 2006 Stalin's Forgotten Zion: An Illustrated History, 1928-1996
In 1934, Stalin created the Jewish Autonomous Region in the region of Birobidzhan in Siberia as a Soviet alternative to Palestine. This online version of an exhibit created for the Judah Magnes Museum uses archival photographs and multimedia to document the experiment and its failure. It examines the notions of Jewish identity, culture, and community. http://www.swarthmore.edu/Home/News/biro/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Dec 4, 2004 Tank Museum in Kubinka
The Web site for this Russian museum features captioned photos of military tanks and other armored vehicles. Includes images of Soviet tanks, British and American vehicles, military cars and trucks, armored trains and steam engines, and other military vehicles. Also available in Russian. http://www.tankmuseum.ru/index_e.html Topics: Military, Museums, Museums by Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Science, Weapons Last updated Dec 15, 2004 Teaching With Documents: Migration North to Alaska
This site presents "photographs, letters, drawings, and acts [that] highlight some of the economic, social, and political factors that prompted thousands to migrate" to Alaska. Topics include the Alaska Purchase Treaty (which resulted in the transfer of the territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States), the Alaska Gold Rush, and migration and settlement in the state. Also includes forms for document and photo analysis. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/alaska/#resources Topics: Correspondence, History, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Today in History: March 30, Seward's Folly
"On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska for seven million dollars. Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal with Russia, which came to be known as 'Seward's folly.'" This article provides information about events, and links to related photos and information about Alaskan and U.S. history. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar30.html Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place Last updated May 25, 2005 |
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