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Country Profiles | Current |
Article Russian Empire, from Wikipedia |
Historical |
S.I. Pleshcheev, Survey of the Russian Empire, 1792, GB W. Tooke, View of the Russian Empire: During the Reign of Catharine, the Second, and to the Close of the .. (1799/1801), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, IA J.B. Leroy de Flagis, Etat politique, civil et militaire de l'empire de Russie, 1807, in French, GB Th. Fr. Ehrmann, Neueste Kunde vom Russischen Reiche in Europa und Asien, vol.3 of Neueste Länder- und Völkerkunde, 1807, in German, GB C.G. Hunter, Russia: being a complete picture of that empire, 1817, GB Das Russische Reich, pp.121-378 in vol.1 of F.W. Schubert, Handbuch der allgemeinen Staatskunde von Europa, 1835, in German, GB J.G. Kohl, Russia and the Russians in 1842, 1843, GB R. Sears, An Illustrated Description of the Russian Empire (1855), IA, GB A. Custine, Russia, 1854 ed., 1855 ed., GB Ch.Br. Boynton, The Russian empire: its resources, government, and policy vol.1, 1856, GB August Haxthausen, The Russian empire, its people, institutions and resources, vol.1, 1856, vol.2, 1856, GB G. Geddie, The Russian Empire (1882), IA L.A. Tikhomirov, Russia, political and social (1888), vol.1, IA W. von Schierbrand, Russia, her strength and her weakness : a study of the present conditions of the Russian empire (1904), IA V. Berard, The Russian Empire and Czarism (1905), IA N.O. Winter, The Russian Empire of to-day and yesterday : the country and its peoples, together with a brief review of its history, past and present, and a survey of its social, political and economic conditions (1913), IA |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL;
from SSEES Virtual Library for Russian and East European Studies, from REESWeb Category : Russia, from Wikipedia |
on History |
from Virtual Library History;
from Russian Club at Texas Tech Category : Imperial Russia, from Wikipedia from KODEKS Category : Russia, from Classic Encyclopedia (= Britannica of 1911) |
Organizations |
Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences, from FEEFHS Russian Historical Society, from St. Petersburg Encyclopedia Institute for the History of Material Culture at the Russian Academy of Sciences Article : Presidential Commission of the Russian Federation to Counter Attempts to Falsify History to the Detriment of Russia's Interests, from Wikipedia Russian Society of Historians and Archivists, from ICA Crimean War Research Society; Russo-Japanese War Research Society Crimean War Reenactors; Re-enactment Societies in Russia and CIS, from Central Armed Forces Museum, Russia Russian Numismatic Society |
Historical Dictionary |
Encyclopedia of Russian History Rusnet Encyclopedia EOU : Encyclopedia of Ukraine Nikolaj Sergeevic Vsevolozskij, Dictionnaire geographique-historique de l'empire de Russie, vol.1, 1823, vol.2, 1823, in French, GB YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |
Timelines |
Russia to 1910,
1911-1944 from timelines.ws Russian Chronoilogy 1904-1914, from Early Twentieth Century Timelines |
Accounts of History | Modern |
from Wikipedia,
from H Net Russian History on the Web, from russianhistory.org |
Historical |
History of the Russian Empire, from its foundation to the death of the Illustrious Empress Catherine,
vol.1, 1757,
vol.2, 1757, GB W. Tooke, History of Russia : from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rurik, to the Accession of Catherine the Second, vol.1, 1800, GB P.Ch. Levesque et al., Histoire de Russie: et des principales nations de l'empire russe, 4th edition, vol.1, 1812, vol.2, 1812, vol.3, 1812, vol.4, 1812, vol.5, 1812, vol.6, 1812, vol.7, 1812, vol.8, 1812, in French, GB W. Anderson, Sketches of the history and present state of the Russian empire , 1815, GB A.L. Herrmann, Die Geschichte Russlands, 1826, in German, GB N.M. Karamsin, Geschichte Russlands, vol.1 : Vom Ursprung des Staates bis Dmitri Donskoi, 1362, 1828, vol.2 : Von Dmitri Donskoi bis auf Johann IV., 1831, in German, GB Ph.P. Segur, History of Russia and of Peter the Great, 1829, GB Th. Willcocks, History of Russia, 1832, GB Ph.C. Strahl, E.A. Herrmann, Geschichte des Russischen Staates, vol.1, 1832, vol.2, 1839, vol.3, 1846, vol.4, 1849, vol.5, 1853, vol.6, 1860, vol.7, 1866, in German, GB R. Bell, A history of Russia, vol.1, 1836, vol.2, 1836, vol.3, 1838, GB N.G. Ustrialov, Die Geschichte Russlands, 1840, in German, GB W.K. Kelly, The history of Russia : from the earliest period to the present vol.1, 1854, vol.2, 1855, GB A. Rabbe, The History of Russia, 1854, GB A.F.L.M. Haxthausen-Abbenburg, The Russian Empire, its People, Institutions, and Resources (1856), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive H. Tyrell, History of the Russian Empire: from its Foundation, by Ruric the Pirate, to the Accession of the Emperor Alexander II (1859), posted on Internet Archive J.St.C. Abbott, The empire of Russia: from the remotest periods to the present time, 1860, GB Saki, The Rise of the Russian Empire (1900), posted on Internet Archive W.R. Anderson, Sketches of the History and Present State of the Russian Empire ... with politcal and personal memoirs of the imperial court (1915), posted on Internet Archive |
Specific Periods |
R.N. Bain, The Pupils of Peter the Great: A History of the Russian Court and Empire from 1697 to 1740 (1897), posted on
Internet Archive W.F. Fleming / Voltaire, History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great. [A contemporary version] (1906), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive H. Card, The history of the revolutions of Russia to the accession of Catharine the First, 1803, GB J.H. Castera, History of Catharine II. empress of Russia, 1800, GB A. Gordon, The history of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, vol.1, 1755, vol.2, 1755, GB J. Mottley, The history of the life and reign of the Empress Catharine, vol.1, 1744, vol.2, 1744, GB E.F. de la Bonnini?e Beaumont-Vassy, Histoire de ?ats europ?ns depuis le Congr? de Vienne : Empire Russe, 1853, in French, GB |
Politics & Administration |
Statesman's handbook for Russia (1896), posted on Internet Archive P. Vinogradoff, Self-government in Russia (1915), posted on Internet Archive A. de Miltitz, Manuel des Consuls, vol.2 pt.2 : Des Consulats a l'Etranger par les Principaux Etats de l'Europe et les Etats-Unis de l'Amerique du Nord, bk.3 : Etablissement des Consulats a l'Etranger, Section IX : Russie (et Pologne), pp.1185-1341, 1839, in French, GB Preussische Konsuln in Russland 1726-1914 2007 |
Military | General |
WHKMLA List of Wars, Russia Articles : Military History of Imperial Russia, Imperial Russian Army, from Wikipedia Category : Military of Imperial Russia, from Wikipedia Russian Military History, posted by Mark Conrad, translations R.Th. Wilson, Brief remarks on the character and composition of the Russian army, 1810, GB M. Jelisavcic, J. Sloan, Imperial Russian Army, Xenophon G.B. McClellan, The armies of Europe: comprising descriptions in detail of the military systems of England, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sardinia .. in 1855-56 1861, GB |
Militaria |
Medals of Imperial Russia, by Michael Shackelford Orders, Decorations and Medals of Russia, from ODM Russian Marches Category : Military Uniforms of the Russian Empire, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Turkish War 1686-1700 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1686-1700, from Wikipedia |
Great Northern War, 1700-1721 |
Article : Great Northern War, from Wikipedia J.L. le Gallois de Grimarest, Les Campagnes De Charles XII. Roi De Suede, vol.4, 1711, in French, GB Umständlicher und glaubwürdiger Bericht der unglücklich-Schwedischen Niederlage bey Pultawa, 1710, in German, GB |
Russo-Turkish War 1710-1711 |
Article : Pruth River Campaign, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Persian War 1722-1723 |
Article : Russian-Persian War 1722-1723, from Wikipedia Einleitung zu dem allerneuesten Russisch- und Persischen Kriegs-Staat, pp.1- in : Der allerneueste Staat von Casan, Astracan, Georgien, und vieler andern dem Czaren, Sultan und Schah zinsbaren Gebiete und Provinzen, 1723, in German, GB |
War of Polish Succession 1733-1738 |
Article : War of the Polish Succession, from Wikipedia G.A. von Halem, Lebensbeschreibung des russisch-kaiserlichen Feldmarschalls B. C. Grafen von Münnich, 1803, in German, GB Der orientalische Mercurius mit sich bringende allerneueste Nachrichten der siegreichen Waffen der Russischen Beherrscherin gegen denen Türcken und Tartaren, pt.1, 1737, in German, GB |
Russo-Turkish War 1735-1739 |
Article : Russo-Austrian-Turkish War 1735-1739,
from Wikipedia G.A. von Halem, Lebensbeschreibung des russisch-kaiserlichen Feldmarschalls B. C. Grafen von Münnich, 1803, in German, GB |
Russo-Swedish War 1741-1743 |
Article : Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743), from Wikipedia C.G. Malmström, Handlingar rörande Öfversten C. O. Lagercrantz och Finska kriget 1741 och 1742, 1854, in Swedish, GB N. Tengberg, Bidrag till historien om Sveriges krig med Ryssland åren 1741 - 43, vol.1, 1857, vol.2, 1860, in Swedish, GB |
Seven Years War 1756-1763 |
Caucasian War 1763-1864 |
Articles : Caucasian War,
Russian-Circassian War, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Turkish War 1768-1774 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1768-1774, from Wikipedia P.A. Caussin de Perceval, Precis historique de la guerre des Turcs contre les Russes : depuis l'annee 1769 jusqu'a l'annee 1774, 1822, in French, GB L.F. Guinement de Keralio, Histoire de la derni?e guerre entre les Russes et les Turcs, vol.1, 1777, vol.2, n.d., in French, GB |
War against the Bar Confederation, 1768-1776 |
Article : Bar Confederation, from Wikipedia |
Pugachev's Rebellion, 1774-1775 |
Article : Pugachev's Rebellion, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Turkish War 1787-1792 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1787-1792, from Wikipedia F.J. Anthing, History of the campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow-Rymnikski, trsl. from the German, vol.1, 1799, vol.2, 1799, GB |
Russo-Swedish War 1788-1790 |
Article : Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), from Wikipedia |
Polish-Russian War 1792 |
Article : Polish-Russian War of 1792, from Wikipedia |
Kosciuszko Uprising 1794 |
Article : Kosciuszko Uprising, from Wikipedia F.J. Anthing, History of the campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow-Rymnikski, trsl. from the German, vol.1, 1799, vol.2, 1799, GB |
Russo-Persian War 1796 |
Article : Persian Expedition of 1796, from Wikipedia |
War of the Second Coalition 1798-1802 |
Article : War of the Second Coalition, from Wikipedia The Russian Army, pp.135-150 in Military character of the different European armies engaged in the late war, anon., trsl. from the French, 1804 F.J. Anthing, History of the campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow-Rymnikski, trsl. from the German, vol.1, 1799, vol.2, 1799, GB Correspondenz des Kais. Russ. Generalissimus, F?sten Italiisky, Grafen Alexander Wassiljewitsch Suworow-Rimnikskij über die Russisch-Österreichische Campagne im Jahre 1799, vol.1, 1835, vol.2, 1835, in German, GB |
Russo-Persian War 1804-1813 |
Article : Russo-Persian War 1804-1813, from Wikipedia |
War of the Third Coalition 1805 |
Article : War of the Third Coalition, from Wikipedia |
War of the Fourth Coalition 1806-1807 |
Article : War of the Fourth Coalition, from Wikipedia C. von Plotho, Tagebuch während des Krieges zwischen Russland und Preussen einerseits, und Frankreich andererseits, in den Jahren 1806 und 1807, 1811, in German, GB |
Russo-Turkish War 1806-1812 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1806-1812, from Wikipedia |
Anglo-Russian War 1807-1812 |
Article : Anglo-Russian War (1807-1812), from Wikipedia |
Russo-Swedish War 1808-1809 |
Article : Finnish War, from Wikipedia G. Frilund, The Russo-Swedish War 1808-1809, The Union's Last War : The Russian-Swedish War of 1808-1809, Napoleon Series G.A. Montgomery, Historia öfver kriget emellan Sverige och Ryssland : åren 1808 och 1809, 1847, in Swedish, GB A.I. Mikhailovskij-Danilevskij, Beskrifning öfver Finska kriget till lands och sjös åren 1808 och 1809, 1850, in Swedish, GB |
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812 |
Article : French Invasion of Russia, from Wikipedia H.L. Beitzke, Geschichte des russischen Krieges im Jahre 1812, 1812, in German, GB L.A.F. Liebenstein, Der Krieg Napoleons gegen Russland in den Jahren 1812 und 1813, vol.1, 1819, vol.2, 1819, in German, GB Les Bulletins françois, concernant la guerre en Russie pendant l'ann? 1812, 1813, in French, GB J. Sarrazin, Histoire de la guerre de Russie et d'Allemagne : depuis le passage du Niemen, 1815, in French, GB A.F. Guesdon, Histoire de la guerre de Russie en 1812, vol.1, 1831, vol.2, 1831, in French, GB E. Labaume, Relation circonstanci? de la campagne de Russie, en 1812, 1815, in French, GB J. Hampdon, The history of the northern war: commencing in 1812, to the Congress at Vienna, 1815, GB |
War of the Sixth Coalition 1812-1814 |
Article : War of the Sixth Coalition, from Wikipedia C. von Plotho, Der Krieg in Deutschland und Frankreich in den Jahren 1813 und 1814, vol.1, 1817, vol.2, 1817, vol.3, 1817, in German, GB J. Sarrazin, Histoire de la guerre de Russie et d'Allemagne : depuis le passage du Niemen, 1815, in French, GB J. Hampdon, The history of the northern war: commencing in 1812, to the Congress at Vienna, 1815, GB |
War of the Seventh Coalition 1815 |
Article : 100 Days, from Wikipedia C. von Plotho, Der Krieg des verbündeten Europa gegen Frankreich im Jahre 1815, 1817, in German, GB |
Greek War of Independence 1821-1831 |
Article : Greek War of Independence, from Wikipedia The Battle of Navarino, by an Officer Engaged, pp.177-185 in vol.1 of The United service magazine, 1829, GB |
Russo-Persian War 1826-1828 |
Article : Russo-Persian War 1826-1828, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Turkish War 1828-1829 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1828-1829, from Wikipedia J.E. Alexander, Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and the Crimea in 1829, vol.1 1830 vol.2 1830, GB F.R. Chesney, The Russo-Turkish campaigns of 1828 and 1829, 1854, GB Sismondi on the present Russian War with Turkey, pp.283-291, 473-474 [pagination messed of in the latter part] in vol.21 of The Oriental herald and journal of general literature, 1829, GB Aleksandr Kleonakovich Ushakov, Geschichte der Feldzüge in der asiatischen Türkei während der Jahre 1828 und 1829, 1838, in German, GB F.A. von Witzleben, Darstellung des russisch-t?kischen Feldzugs im Jahre 1828 in Europa und Asien, vol.1, 1829, vol.2, 1831, in German, GB A. Colombel, De la guerre d'Orient, ou Des plans d'invasion de la Russie, 1828, in French, GB Monbrion, Des resultats de la guerre actuelle entre la Russie et la Turquie, 1829, in French, GB W. Monteith, Kars and Erzeroum : with the campaigns of Prince Paskiewitch, in 1828 and 1829, 1856, GB |
Polish Rebellion 1830-1831 |
Article : November Uprising, from Wikipedia S.J.B. Gnorowski, Insurrection of Poland in 1830-31: and the Russian rule preceding it since 1815, 1839, GB J. Hordynski, History of the late Polish revolution: and the events of the campaign 1832, GB F.I. Smitt, Geschichte des polnischen Aufstandes und Krieges in den Jahren 1830 und 1831, vol.1, 1839 vol.2, 1839, Feldzug des Feldmarschalls Paskewitsch in Polen 1831, 1848, in German, GB M. Brzozowski, La guerre de Pologne en 1831, 1833, in French, GB |
Hungarian Revolution 1848-1849 |
M. Schlesinger, The War in Hungary 1848-1849 (1850), posted on IA G. Klapka, Memories of the War of Independence in Hungary, vol.1 (1850), vol.2 (1850), posted on IA O. von Wenkstern, History of the War in Hungary 1848 and 1849 (1859), posted on IA W. Beck, Personal Adventures during the Late War of Independence in Hungary, Part 1 (1850), Part 2 (1850), posted on IA F. Bowen, The War of Races in Hungary (1850), posted on IA |
Crimean War 1853-1856 |
Note : most English-language sources on the Crimean War are strongly focused on a British perspective Crimean War Research Society G. Dodd, Pictorial history of the Russian War: 1854-5-6, 1856, GB Article : Crimean War, from Wikipedia; from Spartacus Schoolnet Online Exhibition : British Battles : Crimean War, from National Archives (UK) British History in Depth : The Crimean War, from BBC History The Crimean War, from Victorian Web A.W. Kinglake, The Invasion of the Crimea, 2nd ed. 1868, GB Cronstat and the Russian Fleet, anon., 1854 A. Prinz, Der russisch-türkische Krieg nach brieflichen Mittheilungen und Originalberichten, vol.2, Der Feldzug des Jahres 1854, 1856, in German, GB C. Junck, Der russisch-türkische Krieg in Europa und Asien bis auf den gegenwärtigen Standpunkt, 1854, in German, GB Der russisch-türkische Krieg und der Kriegsschauplatz in politischer, örtlicher und militärischer Beziehung, 1854, GB W. Rüstow, Der Krieg gegen Russland: Politisch-militärisch bearbeitet, vol.1, 1855, vol.2, 1856, in German, GB La guerre contre la Russie, pt.1, 1854, in French, GB L. Guerin, Histoire de la derni?e guerre de Russie: 1853-56, vol.1, 1858, vol.2, 1858, in French, GB H. Sandwith, A narrative of the siege of Kars: and of the six months' resistance by the Turkish Garrison under Colonel Williams to the Russian Army, 1856, GB G. Kmety, Narrative of the defence of Kars 29th September, 1855, 1856, GB A. Lake, Narrative of the defence of Kars, historical and military, 1857, GB |
Polish Rebellion 1863 |
Article : January Uprising, from Wikipedia W.A. Day, The Russian government in Poland: with a narrative of the Polish Insurrection of 1863, 1867, GB W.H. Hall, Polish experiences during the insurrection of 1863-4 , 1864, GB H.S. Edwards, The private history of a Polish insurrection, vols.1-2, 1865, GB |
Russian Conquest of Samarkand 1868 |
Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878, from Wikipedia R.F. Baumann, Leadership at Plevna, 11-12 September 1877, pp.79-84 in Studies in Battlefield Command 1998, GB |
China Expedition 1900 |
Article : Eight Nation Alliance, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 |
Russo-Japanese War Research Society S. Tyler, The Japan-Russia War, 1905, GB |
World War I 1914-1918 |
Article : Eastern Front (World War I), from Wikipedia Russia and the First World War, from Spartacus Schoolnet |
Economy & Finances | Economy |
H.A. Munro-Butler-Johnstone, A trip up the Volga to the Fair of Nijni-Novgorod (1875), posted on IA R.J. Barrett, Russia's new era; being notes, impressions and experiences - personal, political, commercial and financial - of an extended tour in the empire of the Tsar, with statistical tables, portraits, snapshots and other illustrations (1908), IA J.H. Snodgrass, Russia : a handbook on commercial and industrial conditions 1913, IA J. Mavor, An Economic History of Russia (1914), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive Article Economy of Russia, from Wikipedia Lih, Lars T. Bread and Authority in Russia, 1914-1921. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. |
Currency & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies :
Russia Article Russian Ruble, from Wikipedia Kim Oosterlinck, Hope Springs Eternal ... French Bondholders and the Soviet Repudiation, 1915-1919, IEHC 2006 Borodkin, Korovalova, Perelman, St. Petersburg Stock Exchange in the Time of Economic Depression, War and Revolution : Does Instability Matter ?, IEHC 2006 McKay, John P. Foreign Businessmen, the Tsarist Government, and the Briansk Company. Proceedings of the Business History Conference (1972), 2d ser., 1 (Indiana University, 1973): 11-30. |
Transportation |
History of Russian Pipeline Transport, from Transneft The Beginnings of Railway in Russia, by Kevin Fink |
Trade |
A.G. Rafalovich, Russia, its Trade and Commerce (1918), posted on Internet Archive |
Industries, General |
Ministry of Finances, The Industries of Russia (1893), vol.1,
vol.3,
vol.4,
vol.5, IA |
Textile Industry |
The Cotton Textile Industry in Russia and the Soviet Union, by Dave Pretty Russia, from European Textile Network (historical sites) |
Other Manufacturing Industry |
List of Match Factories in the Russian Empire, from
The Virtual Matchbox Labels Museum A. Shervell, The Russian Vodka Monopoly (1915), IA |
Mining |
History of Oil in Russia, from Gazprom C.J.B. Karsten, System der Metallurgie, vol.1, Kupfer : Russisches Reich (copper) pp.409-413, Blei : Russisches Reich (lead) pp.442-445, Eisenerz : Russisches Reich (iron ore) pp.485-494, 1831, in German, GB |
Forestry |
V.K. Teplyakov, A history of Russian forestry and its leaders, 1998, GB J.C. Brown, Works on Forestry vol.8 : The Forests of Northern Russia (1883), vol.9 : The Forests of the Ural Mountains (1883), IA J.C. Brown, Forestry in the mining districts of the Ural mountains in Eastern Russia (1884), IA United States Forest Service, The forests of European and Asiatic Russia 1918, IA |
Ethnography |
Languages of Russia (105), from Ethnologue Minorities at Risk, scroll down for Russia - Avars, Buryat, Chechen, Ingush, Karachay, Kumyk, Lezgin, Roma, Tatars, Tuvinians, Yakut Category : Ethnic Groups in Russia, from Wikipedia Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, posted by eki Russia and Eurasia, from World Cultures Encyclopedia R.G. Latham, The Native Races of the Russian Empire (1854), IA, GB N.V. Riasanovsky, Nicholas I and official nationality in Russia, 1825-1855, 1959, GB Russia, pp.4269-4375 in vol.6B of J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations, c.1920, illustrated, IA |
Social History |
Bernstein, Laurie. Sonia's Daughters: Prostitutes and Their Regulation in Imperial
Russia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. Brower, Daniel R. The Russian City Between Tradition and Modernity, 1850-1900. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. Steinberg, Mark D. Moral Communities: The Culture of Class Relations in the Russian Printing Industry 1867-1907., Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Neuberger, Joan. Hooliganism: Crime, Culture, and Power in St. Petersburg, 1900-1914. Berkeley: University of Calif. Press, 1993. D.R. Brower, The Russian city between tradition and modernity, 1850-1900, 1990. Gb |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Russia, from Kirken i Norge;
Virtual Jewish History Tour : Russia, from Jewish Virtual Library;
Article Religion in Russia,
Russian Orthodox Church,
Islam in Russia,
Dukhobors,
Old Believers, from Wikipedia Russia, from Roman Catholic Hierarchy A.N. Mouravieff, A history of the Church of Russia, 1844, GB Rus - Index, from Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy |
History of Regions |
Note : for files on local and regional history, go to Finland, Congress Poland,
European Russia, Russian Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Central Asia Category : Administrative Divisions in Russia, from Wikipedia Subjects of Russia, Rayons of Russia, from www.statoids.com (Gwillim Law) G.N. Curzon, Russia in Central Asia in 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question, 1889, GB |
Local History |
Note : for files on local and regional history, go to Finland, Congress Poland,
European Russia, Russian Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Central Asia |
Structures, Institutions |
History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, from
Wikipedia History of Lomonosov Moscow State University History, from JSC Russian Railways Article Okhrana, Katorga, Zemstvo, State Duma of the Russian Empire, from Wikipedia |
Culture |
Article Russian Literature, from Wikipedia Article Russian Ballet, from Wikipedia Article Music of Russia, from Wikipedia Article Russian Architecture, from Wikipedia Brumfield, William Craft. The Origins of Modernism in Russian Architecture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. Russian Chess History, by Bill Wall Category : Russia at the Olympics, from Wikipedia The History of Tea : Russia, from Go27 History of the Russian Vegetarian Societies, from IVU Russia : Forbidden Books and Newspapers, from Beacon for Freedom of Expression Fr. Otto, The history of Russian literature, with a lexicon of Russian authors , 1839, GB |
Biographies |
Biographies of Russian Saints, from Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon, in German List of Russians, from Wikipedia Liste der österreichischen Botschafter in Sankt Petersburg (List of the Austrian Ambassadors in St. Petersburg), from Wikipedia German edition |
Others |
Freemasonry in Russia, from CFO Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF Kassow, Samuel D. Students, Professors, and the State in Tsarist Russia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Vucinich, Alexander. Darwin in Russian Thought. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. |
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Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
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from Regnal Chronologies (Minor Russian States);
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) Russia, from Titles of European Hereditary Rulers Category : Lists of government ministers of the Russian Empire, from Wikipedia |
List of Ambassadors |
Polscy ambasadorzy w Rosji, from Wikipedia Polish edition Embajadores de Mexico en Federacion de Rusia, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico List of French representatives in Russia, of Russia in France pp.xxiv-xxviii in vol.38 of F. Schoell, Cours d'histoire des etats Europeens 1833, in French, GB |
List of Consuls |
Russia, from The Political Graveyard;
lists many U.S. consuls in Russia, incomplete |
List of Bishops |
List of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow,
List of Metropolitans of Kiev and Galicia,
from Wikipedia |
Population Figures |
from Population Statistics, Univ. Utrecht |
Exchange Rates |
The Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter |
Election Results |
Articles : Russian legislative election, 1906,
Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917,
from Wikipedia |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers] |
Historical Newspaper Articles |
Simplicissimus 1896-1944, Index (pp.150-154),
Volumes 11 cartoons on Russland, more on places in R.; in German |
Staatskalender |
Online Yearbooks |
P. d'Avity, Les Estats, Empires et Principautez du Monde; entry : De l'Estat du Grand Duc ou l'Empereur de Moscovie, in French,
1613, pp.811-831, GB;
1614, pp.809-829, GB;
1616, pp.809-829, GB;
1617, pp.809-829, GB;
1621, vol.2 pp.74-94, GB;
1628, pp.811-831, GB;
1630, pp.576-590, GB;
1633, pp.811-831, GB;
1659, pp.749-761, GB Die Durchlauchten Häuser in Europa : Der Czaar in Moscau 1702 pp.65-67, 1705 pp.120-124 1708 pp.141-147, 1716 pp.170-175, 1725 pp.140-145, in German, GB Jährliches genealogisches Hand-Buch : von Moscau oder Russland, 1730 pp.134-139, 1732 pp.108-111, 1737 pp.108-112, 1738 pp.109-114, 1741 pp.114-122, 1742 pp.115-122, 1745 pp.129-138, 1746 pp.136-145, 1747 pp.140-148, 1749 pp.150-159, in German, GB Neues genealogisch-schematisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch : Kaiserlich Russisches Haus 1748 pp.113-115, 1750 pp.136-138, 1752 pp.160-161, 1756 pp.177-178, 1758 pp.175-176, 1759 pp.181-183, 1760 pp.185-187, 1761 pp.183-184, 1762 pp.186-188, 1764 pp.182-184, 1765 pp.207-209, in German, GB M. Gottlieb Schumanns genealogisches Handbuch : von Russland 1758 pp.121-129, 1760 pp.121-129, in German, GB Europäisches genealogisches Handbuch : von Russland 1756 pp.122-130, 1766 pp.136-151, 1768 pp.139-153, 1770 pp.142-157, 1772 pp.138-153, 1774 pp.137-153, 1776 pp.137-153, 1780 pp.146-163, 1782 pp.152-166, 1784 pp.151-168, 1786 pp.153-171, 1788 pp.148-166, 1790 pp.152-170, 1792 pp.147-164, 1794 pp.149-168, 1800 pp.173-178, in German, GB J.Ch. Poncelin de la Roche Tilhac, Etat des Cours de l'Europe et des Provinces de France pour l'annee ... vol.1 MDCCCLXXXIV 1783 pp.171-183, vol.2 MDCCCLXXXV, 1785 pp.192-207, vol.3 MDCCCLXXXVI, 1786, pp.345-361, in French, GB Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach, Russland, vol.1 : 1824 pp.33-40, 1824, vol.2 : 1825 pp.33-40, 1824, vol.3 : 1826 pp.35-42, 1826, vol.6 : 1830, pp.56-66, vol.7 : 1831 (scan messed up) vol.8 : 1832 pp.74-88, vol.9 : 1833 pp.74-88, 1832, vol.10 : 1834 pp.80-96, 1833, vol.11 : 1834 pp.87-106, 1834, vol.12 : 1835 pp.89-112, 1835, vol.13 : 1836 pp.93-116, 1836, vol.16 : 1838/39 pp.11-13, 1839, vol.17 : 1840 pp.109-138, 1840, vol.19 : 1842 pp.117-148, 1842, vol.20 : 1843 pp.117-148, 1843, vol.23 : 1846 p.x, 1846, in German, GB Genealogisches Staats-Handbuch, Russland, vol.65 pp.177-187, 1827, vol.66 pp.213-224, 1835, vol.67 pp.223-235, 1839, in German, GB Statesman's Year-Book, Entry : Russia vol.1 1864 pp.392-423, GB, vol.2 1865 pp.386-419, GB, vol.3 1866 pp.399-429, GB, vol.4 1867 pp.387-419, GB, vol.5 1868 pp.387-419, GB, vol.6 1869 pp.387-418, GB, 1871, pp.355-393, IA, 1872, pp.355-393, IA, 1873, pp.351-387, IA, 1874, pp.351-387, IA, 1875, pp.351-387, IA, 1876, pp.353-389, IA, 1877, pp.357-394, IA, 1878, pp.363-399, IA, 1879, pp.363-399, IA, 1880, pp.363-399, IA, 1881, pp.363-399, IA, 1883, pp.363-399, IA, 1884, pp.380-419, IA, 1885, pp.389-428, IA, 1886, pp.396-437, IA, 1887, pp.413-453, IA, 1888, pp.410-453, IA, 1889, pp.411-460, IA, 1890, pp.837-899, IA, 1891, pp.841-903, IA, 1892, pp.851-915, IA, 1894, pp.851-917, IA, 1895, pp.851-916, IA, 1896, pp.851-917, IA, 1898, pp.851-917, IA, 1899, pp.903-978, IA, 1903, pp.992-1061, IA, 1913, pp.1180-1231, IA |
Image Databanks |
The Empire that was Russia : the Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated,
from Library of Congress Russian Empire in Photographs S. Ivanov's Pictures of Russian History 1908-1913 Europeana Wikimedia Commons Scripophily Atlas de l'Histoire de Russie et des principales nations de l'Empire russe, 1812, GB ; a collection of sketches of rulers Roger Fenton Crimean War Photographs, Library of Congress |
Archival Deposits |
Russia - Belarus - Ukraine - Uzbekistan Documents, at Central
Archive for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem Online Exhibitions, from National Library of Russia, comment in English Hoover Institution, scroll down for Russia Nationaalarchief (NL) Inventaris van het archief van de Legatie in Rusland, (1710) 1720-1810; Inventaris van het archief van het Nederlands Gezantschap in Rusland, 1814-1890 Search Foreign Relations of the United States for Russia |
Constitutions, Laws |
Verfassungen Russlands (Constitutions of Russia), from
verfassungen.eu, in German The grand instructions to the commissioners appointed to frame a new code of laws for the Russian Empire, composed by her Imperial Highness Catherine II, Empress of all the Russias, 1768, GB |
Treaties | General Treaty Collections |
Bilateral Treaty Collections |
F.F. Martens, Recueil des traites et conventions conclus par la Russie avec les puissances etrangeres,
vol.1, traites avec l'Autriche 1648-1762 (1874),
vol.2, traites avec l'Autriche 1772-1808 (1875),
vol.3, traites avec l'Autriche 1808-1815 (1876),
vol.4, traites avec l'Autriche 1849-1878 (1878),
vol.5, traites avec l'Allemagne 1656-1762 (1880),
vol.6, traites avec l'Allemagne 1762-1808 (1883),
vol.7, traites avec l'Allemagne 1811-1824 (1885),
Vol.8, traites avec l'Allemagne 1825-1888 (1888),
vol.9, traites avec l'Angleterre 1710-1801 (1892),
vol.15, traites avec l'Angleterre 1801-1831 (1895),
vol.16, traites avec l'Angleterre 1832-1895 (1898),in French and Russian,
posted on Internet Archive Russland, pp.182-192 in Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Uebersicht der Verträge Oesterreichs mit den auswärtigen Staaten, 1854, in German, GB Russie, pp.138-139 in vol.1 of Table des traites entre la France et les puissances etrangeres, depuis la paix de Westphalie jusqu'a nos jours, 1802, GB |
Document Collections |
European History Primary Sources : Russia Russian Historical Texts in English, posted by John Slatter, Univ. Durham Russian History Digital Library, extensive collections of links to primary sources Primary Sources, from russianhistory.org F.A. Golder (ed.), Documents in Russian History 1914-1917, 1927 |
Individual Documents |
Foreign Office (British) : Peace Handbooks (1919-1920), posted on Internet Archive; v. 9. The Russian Empire, no. 50-56 Journal de Pierre le Grand depuis l'annee 1698 jusqu'a la conclusion de la Paix de Nystadt: Traduit de l'original russe vol.1 1773, vol.2 1773, French trsl. of Russian original, GB |
Historical Maps | collections |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas Russia Page Atlas Rossinskaya 1745, posted on Commander Rezanov; Russian language website Discus Media : The 1900 Collection, Maps from Yesteryear, Russia Search David Rumsey Map Collection for Russia Category : Old Maps of Russia, Maps of the History of Russia, Wikimedia Commons Atlas Marksa, 2nd edition 1910, atlassen.info Historical and Political Maps of the USSR, J. de Salas Vara del Rey |
Russian Empire, hindsight |
Map : Eastern Hemisphere 1500 AD,
by Thomas Lessman Maps : Europe in the Year 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, from Euratlas Europe 1792, 1796, 1799, 1805, 1808, 1812, 1814, 1815, 1913, 1921, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1989, 1998, J. de Salas Vara del Rey |
Russian Empire, contemporary |
Russia in Europe 1890,
1896,
1898,
1900,
1904,
1906,
1911,
Russia in Asia 1905,
Russian Industries 1906,
Probert Encyclopedia |
detail, hindsight |
detail, contemporary |
City Panoramas 19th Century, from
Historic Maps,
Moskau 1811, St. Petersburg 1849 Moscow city map 1892, posted by KODEKS |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Note : for files on local and regional history, go to Finland, Congress Poland,
European Russia, Russian Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Central Asia Articles Russia, Russian Literature Article Russisches Reich (Russian Empire), from : Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German W.H. Weed, The Copper Mines of the World 1907, Russia (including Siberia), Finland and Poland pp.107-117 J.H. Curle, The Gold Mines of the World, 1905, IA; Russia and Siberia pp.220-233 Article : Russische Eisenbahnen, from Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
Religious |
Articles Russia,
Russian Religion,
Russian Language and Literature,
Nihilism,
from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1912 edition Articles Russia, from Jewich Encyclopedia 1901-1906 Russia, pp.55-58 in J.M. Neale, A History of the Holy Eastern Church, 1850, GB |
Military |
Articles : Alexander I., pp.96-100,
Austerlitz, Schlacht bei, pp.338-341,
Berezina, pp.518-522,
Brienne le Chateau, pp.708-716 in vol.1, 1833,
Cervena, pp.131-133,
Dennewitz, Schlacht bei, pp.438-441,
Eilau, Schlacht bei, pp.595-598 in vol.2, 1833,
Kainardsche pp.122-123,
Kinburn pp.284-285, in vol.4, 1834,
Miloradowitsch, pp.475-476,
Münnich, pp.668-673 in vol.5, 1836,
Schewardino pp.433-434,
Schumla pp.510-518,
Stoczek, pp.816-817 in vol.7, 1839,
Warschau, pp.627-647 in vol.8, 1841,
of H. Eggert, W. von der Lühe, Militair-Conversations-Lexikon, in German, GB |
Economic |
J. Chr. Nelckenbrecher, Taschenbuch eines
Banquiers und Kaufmanns enthaltend eine Erklärung aller ein- und ausländischen Münzen ..., Berlin : Wever
1769, in German, entries Archangel, posted by DTBSWS An Account of the Trade between Great Britain and Muscovy, carried out by the Russia Company, pp.571-572, Of the Commerce Carried on at Archangel and other Places in Muscovy, in W. Beawes, Lex Mercatoria Rediviva, 1773, GB Russie, pp.229-231, in vol.2 of S. Ricard, Traite general du commerce, 1781, in French, GB Russe, Empire de, pp.112-158 in vol.4 pt.1 of J.M. Demeunier, Economie politique et diplomatique, 1788, in French, GB Entry : Rusia, pp.197-199 in Tomas Antonio de Marien y Arrospide, Tratado general de monedas, pesas, medidas y cambios de todas las naciones, 1789, in Spanish, GB Entry : St. Petersburg, pp.598-602 in : J.F. Lange et al., Übersicht und Berechnung aller Münzen, Ellenmaasse und Handelsgewichte von allen Welttheilen, 1804, in German, GB Search Metrologie universelle, ancienne et moderne 1816, in French, GB, unpaginated, for Riga, Revel, Nerva, Petersbourg, Moscou, Russie J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Archangel, Astrakhan, Moskau, Nischnei-Nowgorod, Odessa, Petersburg, Russland, Taganrog, posted by DTBSWS Russian Empire, pp.406-805 in vol.2 of J. McGregor, Commercial Statistics. A Digest of the Productive Resources, Commercial Legislation, Customs Tariffs, Navigation, Port and Quarantine Laws, and Charges, Shipping, Imports and Exports and the Monies, Weights and Measures of all Nations, 1844, GB Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Russland, vol.1 1830 pp.401-434, vol.4 1844 pp.257-302, posted by DTBSWS Russland, pp.459-465 in A. Moser, Die Capitalanlage in Werthpapieren der Staaten, Creditvereine und Actiengesellschaften des In- und Auslandes, 1862, in German, GB Ottomar Haupt, Währungs-Politik und Münz-Statistik, Berlin : Walther & Apolant 1884, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Russland |
Political Encyclopedias |
Moscau, pp.539-547 in F.L. Bressler, Die Heutigen Christlichen Souverainen
von Europa, 1698, in German, GB Le Ceremonial de la Cour de Russie, pp.623-671 in vol.2 of J.R. de Missy, Le Ceremonial diplomatique des cours de l' Europe, 1739, in French, GB Gouvernement de Russie, pp.710-738 in vol.2 of G. de Real de Curbon, La science du gouvernement, 1762, in French, GB Entry : Russia, or Muscovy pp.294-399, Nova Zembla pp.399-404, in : T.G. Smollett, The Present State of the World, vol.1 1768, GB |
Geographical |
La Grande Russie ou Muscovie, pp.157-193 in vol.1 of J. Vaissette, Geographie historique ecclesiastique et civile 1755, in French, GB An introduction to the Russian Empire, pp.377-524 in vol.1 of A.F. Büsching, A new system of geography 1762, GB Russia, pp.183-192, Asiatic Russia pp.200-207 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB |
Ethnographical |
Empire de la Russie, pp.43-59 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique
ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB |
Historical |
Historia Imperii Russici pp.381-391 in J.C. Becmann, Historia Orbis Terrarum Geographica 1673, in Latin, GB The Present State of Muscovy, or Russia, pp.601-651 in vol.1 of Th. Salmon, Modern history or the present state of all nations, 1744, GB The History of Russia, vol.35 of The Modern Part of a Universal History, 1762, GB Russisches Reich pp.368-429 in vol.2 of the 1st edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1794, in German, GB Russland pp.444-531 in vol.2 of the 2nd edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1807, in German, GB Russisches Reich, pp.547-663 in vol.2 of the 3rd edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1823, in German, GB Russland, pp.4-115 in vol.4 of J.G. Eichhorn, Geschichte der letzten drey Jahrhunderte, 1817, in German The Russian Empire, pp.1039-1048 in vol.1 of S.G. Goodrich, A history of all nations, from the earliest periods to the present time, 1856, GB Russia pp.199-214, in vol.2 of S. Maunder, The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB |
Historical Yearbook Entries |
Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch
1801 pp.114-125,
1803 pp.18-20,
1804 pp.17-19,
1805 pp.26-28, in German, GB Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach, vol.1 1824 pp.33-40, vol.2 1825 pp.33-40, vol.3 1826 pp.35-42, vol.7 1830 pp.56-66, vol.8 1831 pp.57-68, vol.9 1832 pp.74-88, vol.10 1833 pp.80-95, vol.11 1834 pp.87-106, vol.12 1835 pp.89-112, vol.13 1836 pp.93-116, vol.15/16 1838/39 pp.82-104, vol.17 1840 pp.109-138, vol.19 1842 pp.117-148, vol.20 1843 pp.117-150, vol.23 1846 pp.134-157, in German, GB Ch. Pope, The yearly journal of trade, 1837-38, IA, pp.234-240, 1854-55, GB, pp.202-209 Statesman's Year-Book, vol.1 1864 pp.392-423, GB, vol.2 1865 pp.386-419, GB, vol.3 1866 pp.399-429, GB, vol.4 1867 pp.387-419, GB, vol.5 1868 pp.387-419, GB, vol.6 1869 pp.387-418, GB |
Parliamentary Debates | foreign |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides |
Russia, pp.235-242 in J. Carver, The New Universal Traveller 1779, GB A Manual for the use of English travellers in Russia, 1829, GB J. Murray, A hand-book for travellers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Russia, 1839, GB; J. Murray, Handbook for Northern Europe: Finland and Russia, 1849, GB; J. Murray, Handbook for travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 1865, 1868, GB |
Travelogues |
P. von Haven, Reise in Russland, 1744, in German, GB I. Lepechin, Tagebuch der Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs, vol.1 (1768-1769), 1774 vol.2 (1770), 1775, in German, GB J.G. Georgi, Bemerkungen einer Reise im Russischen Reich, vol.1 (1772) 1775, vol.2 (1773-1774), 1775, in German, GB P.S. Pallas, Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des russischen Reichs, vol.1, 1776, vol.2, 1777 vol.3, 1778, in German, GB J.A. Güldenstadt, Reisen durch Russland und im Caucasischen Gebürge, vol.1, 1787, vol.2, 1791, in German, GB P.S. Pallas, Bemerkungen auf einer Reise in die s?lichen Statthalterschaften des Russischen Reiches in den Jahren 1793 und 1794, vol.1, 1803, vol.2, 1803, in German, GB M. Holderness, New Russia: Journey from Riga to the Crimea, by way of Kiev , 1823, GB J.D. Cochrane, Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, vol.1, 1824, vol.2, 1825, GB Travels in European Russia, 1826, GB R.L. de Bussiere, Voyage en Russie: lettres ecrites en 1829, 1831, in French, GB J. Moore, A journey from London to Odessa: with notices of New Russia, etc. 1833, GB L. Ritchie, Russia and the Russians; or, A journey to St. Petersburg and Moscow, through Courland and Livonia, 1836, GB R. Mignan, A winter journey through Russia, the Caucasian Alps, and Georgia, vol.1, 1839, vol.2, 1839, R. Bremner, Excursions in the interior of Russia, 1839, GB J.H. Blasius, Reise im europäischen Russland in den Jahren 1840 und 1841, vol.1, 1844, vol.2, 1844, in German, GB G.A. Sala, A journey due north, notes of a residence in Russia in the summer of 1856, 1859, GB Th. Gautier, Voyage en Russie, vol.1, 1867, vol.2, 1867, in French, GB R.J. Barrett, Russia's new era; being notes, impressions and experiences--personal, political, commercial and financial--of an extended tour in the empire of the Tsar, with statistical tables, portraits, snapshots and other illustrations (1908), IA |
Memoirs |
S. Witte, The memoirs of Count Witte (1921), posted on IA |
Exhibition Catalogues |
W. Hamm, Illustrirter Katalog der Pariser Industrie-Ausstellung von 1867, 1868, GB; 5 Russia entries |
Institutions | Archives |
Archives in Russia, from ArcheoBiblioBase Russian Archives Online Yale Russian Archive Project Museums in Russia, from WWW Virtual Library www.russian museums.info |
Musea |
Tsarskoye Selo Museum Preserve Hermitage Museum Central Armed Forces Museum, Russia |
Monuments |
Articles : Tsarskoye Selo,
Winter Palace,
Moscow Kremlin, from Wikipedia |
Libraries |
National Library of Russia, Vernadsky National Library
of Ukraine, National Library of Belarus Libraries of Russia, from Libraries on the Internet, from LibDex |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Russia, from World Currency Museum, from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money Russia Coins, from Don's World Coin Gallery Russia, from World Coin Catalogue |
Stamps |
Rare Russian Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery; Russia,
from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
on Russian Empire |
Russian and East European Studies - list of books published by Routledge Curzon National Bibliography of Russia, posted by University of Illinois at Urbana Historia Russiae, pp.498-502 in vol.8 of J.D. Reuss, Repertorium commentationum a societatibus litterariis editarum, 1810, GB Russian DVD.com D. Shapiro, A Select Bibliography of Works in English on Russian History 1801-1917, Oxford : Blackwell 1962 [G] |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
Country Specific |
Virtual Library Eastern Europe, maintained in Germany, most sources in German English Language (Abstracts of Russian Language) Dissertations from the CIS National Library of Russia, Online Catalogue |
Online Journals | full text online |
Cahiers du Monde Russe 1959-1999, from Persee |
ToC online |
Cahiers du Monde Russe 1999- Slavonic and East European Review, vol.79/2001-89/2011 |
Historiography |
Article : Russian Historiography (to 1917), by N. Knight, pp.794-798, in vol.2 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
General Accounts |
Melvin K. Wren, Course of Russian History, Waveland 1997, 617 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. 947 W945 Charles E. Ziegler, The History of Russia, Greenwood 1999, 272 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. 947 Z66t Irene Neander, Grundzüge der Russischen Geschichte (An Outline of Russian History) , Darmstadt 1970, in German [G] Andreas Kappeler, The Russian Empire, A multiethnic History, Harlow : Longman 2001, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 947.004 K17r Francis Dvornik, The Slavs in European History and Civilization, New Brunswick : Rutgers UP 1962 [G] |
Economic History |
Falkus. M.E., The Industrialisation of Russia, London : MacMillan (1972) 1984 [G] Fr.-Chirovsky, Nicholas L., The Economic Factors in the Growth of Russia, NY : Philosophical Library 1957 [G] Thomas C. Owen, Capitalism and Politics in Russia. A Social History of the Moscow Merchants 1855-1905, Cambridge : UP 1981 [G] |
Specific Periods |
Peter Waldron, The End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917, NY : St. Martin's, 1997, 189 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. 947.08 W167e Simon Dixon, The Modernization of Russia 1676-1825, Cambridge : UP 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign.: 947 D621t M.E. Falkus, The Industrialization of Russia 1700-1914, London : MacMillan (1972) 1984 [G] Brian Moynahan, The Russian Century. A Photographic History of Russia's 100 Years, NY : Random House 1994 [G] Cathy Porter, Women in Revolutionary Russia, Cambridge Educational 1987 [G] J.L.H. Keep, Russia, pp.352-382 in F.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge History, vol.XI : Material Progress and World-wide Problems 1870-1898, Cambridge : UP (1962) 1978 [G] W. Philipp, Russia : The Beginning of Westernization, ch.25 / pp.571-592 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.V : The Ascendancy of France 1648-1688, Cambridge UP 1964 [G] M.S. Anderson, Russia under Peter the Great and the Changed Relations of East and West, ch.21 / pp.716-740 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.VI : The Rise of Great Britain and Russia 1688-1725, Cambridge UP 1970 [G] I. Young, Russia, ch.14 / pp.318-338 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.VII : The Old Regime 1713-1763, Cambridge UP 1957 [G] I. Young, Russia, ch.11 / pp.306-332 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.VIII : The American and French Revolutions 1763-1793, Cambridge UP 1971 [G] |
Specific Topics |
Russia, pp.51-102, in : Eric R. Wolf, Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century, NY : Harper Torchbooks 1968 [G] |
Documents |
Gregory L. Freeze, From Supplication to Revolution. A Documentary Social History of Russia, Oxford : UP 1988 [G] |
Regional History |
Note : for files on local and regional history, go to Finland, Congress Poland,
European Russia, Russian Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Central Asia |
Historical Atlasses |
John Channon, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia, London : Penguin 1995, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947 C458p Martin Gilbert, Atlas of Russian History, Dorset Press (1972) 1985 [G] Paul Robert Magocsi, Ukraine, A Historical Atlas, Toronto UP 1985 [G] Wladyslaw Czaplinski and Tadeusz Ladogorski, Historical Atlas of Poland, Wroclaw (1967) 1986 [G] Red Army Publishing Bureau, Atlas Oficera, Moscow 1984; voluminous, has historical map section at end, mostly showing military campaigns [G] |
Historical Dictionary |
B. Raymond, P. Duffy, Historical Dictionary of Russia, Methuan : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 R268h Jan Zaprudnik, Historical Dictionary of Belarus, Methuen : Scarecrow 1998, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.8 Z35h Kohut, Zenon E., Historical Dictionary of Ukraine, Rowman & Littlefield 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign. R 947.7 K79h Joseph L. Wieczynski, The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History, vols. 1, 5, 10, 11, 23, 27, 31, 33, 37, 43 [G] |