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Red Flag (PBS)
Part of PBS's The People's Century television series, this site covers the Russian Revolution and its aftermath, providing text and audio interviews, a teacher's guide, and links to related sites.

Alexander Palace Time Machine
The Alexander Palace site covers the history of Alexander Palace and the Romanovs and includes biographies, diaries, letters, maps, and more.

Russian and Soviet History - Internet Resources
A comprehensive and well organized list of resources

Russian History (Bucknell)
One of the better American sites on Russian history

Soviet Archives Exhibit (Library of Congress)
Site contains declassified Soviet documents from 1917 to 1991

The Russo-Japanese War Society
The Russo-Japanese War Research Society has dedicated this site to the research and documentation of The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Set in a newspaper format, the site provides a large ammount of information on the conflict as well as maps, charts, documents, a message board, and more.

The Face of Russia (PBS)
This informative PBS site attempts to answer the question: Who are the Russian People? There are lesson plans, links, a timeline, a glossary, a bibliography, a media index, and a chat forum.

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Course Models: The Russian Revolution
Part of the California History-Social Science content standards and annotated course which include: background information, focus questions, pupil activities and handouts, assessment, and references to books, articles, web sites, literature, audio-video programs, and historic site. Grade 10.

The World's History: The Soviet Union and Japan, 1914-1997
The online guide to Howard Spodek's The World's History features quizzes (multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, interactive review questions), primary sources, maps, a bulletin board, a Live Chat,web links, and faculty resources for each chapter/topic.

Follow the Marx: Learning About Communism
In this New York Times lesson, students explore communism from historical and theoretical perspectives to present to fellow classmates at a teach-in.(September 9, 2002)

Western Civilization: States in Conflict
The online study companion to Margaret King's Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History has many features: chapter learning objectives, online quizzes, writing activities, essay questions, web links, built-in search engines, and faculty modules that include PowerPoint outlines, presentation graphics, and lecture hints and activities

GCSE History Pages
Main features of this UK site include interactive tests and quizzes, revision tips, practice exam papers with mark-schemes for self assessment, revision notes and structured lessons. I

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