Russian Language & Literature
Русский язык и русская литература в Рид–колледже
Resources & Links
Click on a topic to jump to the corresponding list of resources:
Audio Books
Language Modules and Testing
Centers for Further Study and Language Institutes
Groups and E Mail Lists on Russia
College Pages with Useful Links
Professional Organizations
Online Literature
Arts and Culture
News and Media
Grant Opportunities
Human Rights and Non Profit Organizations
Research and Reference
Russian Books and Publishers
Moscow Nightlife
Alumni
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Student Projects
Audio Books (Аудио-книги)
The following audio books are available at IMC.
- Andreev, Leonid. Tales and Stories
Андреев Леонид. Повести и рассказы - Babel, I. How It was Done In Odessa: Stories
Бабель. Как это делалось в Одессе: рассказы - Babel,I. Red Cavalry
Бабель. Конармия - Bestuzhev-Marlinsky,Terrible Prophecy: Stories.
Бестужев-Марлинский. Страшное гадание: рассказы - Bunin, Mitya’s Love
Бунин. Митина любовь - Gorky, The Lower Depths
Горький. На дне - Griboedov, Woe from Wit. Newlyweds. Student. (plays)
Грибоедов. Горе от ума. Молодые супруги. Студент (пьесы) - Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground
Достоевский. Записки из подполья - Dostoevsky, The Idiot
Достоевский. Идиот - Dostoevsky, A Gentle Creature
Достоевский. Кроткая - Esenin, Poetry
Есенин, ЭПлэтические страницы": Стихотворения - Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time
Лермонтов. Герой нашего времени. Маскарад - Lermontov, Lyrical and Narrative Poetry
Лермонтов. Стихотворения и поэмы - Nabokov, The Defense
Набоков. Защита Лужина - Nabokov, Lolita
Набоков, Лолита - Pushkin, The Captain's Daughter
Пушкин, Капитанская дочка - Pushkin, Lyrical Poetry
Пушкин. Лирика - Pushkin, Tales of Belkin. Dubrovsky
Пушкин. Повести Белкина. Дубровский - Puskin, Ruslan and Lyudmila
Пушкин. Руслан и Людмила - Radishchev, Journey from Petersburg to Moscow
Радищев. Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву - Saltykov-Shchedrin, History of a Town
Салтыков-Щедрин. История одного города - Tolstoy. Childhood
Толстой. Отрочество - Tolstoy, Sebastopol Stories
Толстой. Севастопольские рассказы - Turgenev, First Love
Тургенев. Первая любовь - Ulitskaia, The Girls: Short Stories
Улицкая, Девочки: рассказы - Chekhov, House with a Mezzanine: Tales and Stories.
Чехов. Дом с мезонином: повести и рассказы
topLanguage Modules and Testing
Students studying the Russian language will find the following sites helpful for developing their language skill.
- http://www.russnet.org Provides a wealth of Russian language resources
- http://www.russnet.org/apList.html Their High School and College Articulation project offers six language modules.
- http://www.russnet.org/supndis/home.html This is a reading module for "superior and distinguished" (Level 3/4) learners.
- http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ltrfile/ltrframe.html This site provides an easy, 20 minute test to gauge your knowledge of Russian
- http://www.cal.org/nclrc/fltestdb/ This testing database allows you to select the level at which you would like to be tested.
Centers for Further Study
- American Council for Teachers of Russian
- American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS)
- Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Moscow State University
- Beloit College Center for Language Studies. Summer Intensive Language Studies at Beloit.
- Harvard Summer School. Russian
- Indiana University. Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages
- Middlebury College. Language Schools: Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian
- Bard-Smolny Colleges Study Abroad Program
- Monterey Institute for International Studies. Summer Intensive Russian Language Program
- The Council on International Education and Exchange (CIEE) is one of the largest study abroad programs, with programs in Russia and Eastern Europe.
- Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University. Political Russian
- The School of Russian and Asian Studies
- University of California, Berkeley. Intensive Russian Language Workshop
- University of California, Los Angeles. Intensive Russian (Elementary and Intermediate)
- University of Iowa. Summer Language Institute
- The University of Kansas, Language and Culture in St.Petersburg, Russia
- University of Michigan. Summer Language Institute
- University of Pittsburgh. Russian and East European Summer Language Institute
- University of Virginia. Summer Russian Language Institute
- University of Washington. Intensive Summer Russian
- Yale University/St. Petersburg State University. Intensive Russian
Groups and E-mail Lists on Russia
To join one of these yahoo groups or e mail lists, simply send an e mail to the e mail address provided.
- davidjohnson@erols.com Johnson's list is the best source of news and commentary about Russia and the former Soviet Union.
- nisjobssubscribe@yahoogroups.com This group posts job opportunities in the Newly Independent States and former Soviet Union
- nisscholarshipssubscribe@yahoogroups.com This groups posts scholarship opportunities in the Newly Indepedent States and former Soviet Union
College Pages with Useful Links
- http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/index.html (Russian and East European Institute)
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/ (American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies)
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~daviscrs/ (The Davis Center for Russian Studies, Harvard)
- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/HI/ (Harriman Institute, Columbia)
- http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/ (Bucknell University Russian Department)
- http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb/ (Russian and East European Studies web)
- http://www.ruthenia.ru (international Slavic Studies page in Russian)
- http://www.ex.ac.uk/russian/rushist.html (University of Exeter Russian Studies Dept.)
Professional Organizations
- http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/ (The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/ (The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies)
- http://www.mla.org/ (The Modern Language Association)
Online Literature
- http://www.websher.net/ (Sher’s Russian Web)
- http://www.namdar.dircon.co.uk/ (Russian Lit Online)
- http://www.guelman.ru/slava (Russian Literature Today, in Russian)
- The Birch, Columbia University's undergraduate journal of Slavic culture, literature, and politics. Access the whole Fall 2008 issue [PDF 3.2M].
Arts and Culture
- http://www.nonmuseum.ru/index_e.htm (Russian Museum of Non Conformist Art, St. Petersburg/Moscow)
- http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)
- http://gbln.narod.ru/links.html (Minsk (Belorussian) Artists’ Links)
- http://www.metro.ru/main.html (The officil site of the Moscow metro)
News and Media
- http://www.svoboda.org/ (An electronic version of Radio Liberty)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/world/default.htm (The Russian service of the BBC)
- http://www.themoscowtimes.com/ (Moscow Times)
- http://www.sptimesrussia.com/ (The St. Petersburg Times)
- http://www.russiajournal.com/ (The Russia Journal)
- http://www.rferl.org/ (Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty)
- http://www.eurasianet.org/ (Eurasia)
- http://www.europeaninternet.com/russia/ (European Internet, Russia)
- whttp://www.polit.ru (Russian politics and newsline, in Russian)
Grant Opportunities
- http://www.eurasia.org/ (Eurasia)
- http://www.actr.org/ (ACTR)
- http://www.irex.org/ (IREX- Russian/East European scholar exchange organization)
- http://www.ceip.org/ (The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
- www.neh.org (The National Endowment for the Humanities)
- http://administration.reed.edu/fellowships/fellowships.taf (Reed's Fellowships and Awards Home Page)
Human Rights and Non Profit Organizations
- www.hrw.org (Human Rights Watch)
- http://www.memo.ru/ (The International Historical-Enlightenment Human Rights and Humanitarian Society Memorial)
- http://www.amnesty.org (Amnesty International)
Research and Reference
- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/Slavic/internet.html (Berkeley’s Slavic Internet Links)
- http://muse.jhu.edu/ (Online Journal Database)
- http://area51.berkeley.edu/~dima/stuff/rus/ (Online English-Russian dictionary)
Russian Books and Publishers
Moscow Nightlife
- http://www.exile.ru (The Exile)
Alumni
- Alumni Corner
- Ethan Wilensky-Lanford's Travel Journals
- Zhenya's pictures from St. Petersburg, Summer 2001
Volunteer and Internship Opportunities in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Student Projects
- The Camel Came to Portland
- The Tiny Seed
- Russian History Journal [PDF 9.4M]
- The Girl, the Hedgehog, and Baba-Yaga [PDF 3.1M] by Zoe Brumberg-Kraus (first year Russian 2008/2009)
- Alyesha and Vladimir [PDF 2.2M] by Tess Halavy (first year Russian 2008/2009)
- The Ostrich [PDF 1.2M] by Amandine Malkovich (first year Russian 2008/2009)
- The Little Witch [PDF 780k] by Solomon Moore (first year Russian 2008/2009)
