Family of Sites 
Russian MiniLessons
News
News From Eurasia: December 2020 – January 2021
SRAS’ Twitter account is used primarily for news tracking. This is important for the maintainance of its Family of Sites (of which GeoHistory is a…
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New Diameter Lines of Moscow Metro Open
Russia’s Communists Celebrate a Birthday… and Possible Succession?
GeoHistories
Central Asia
Central Asia: Core and Periphery Central Asia is, by its most common definition, those five “stans” that were formerly Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,…
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Europe
Osh & The Fergana Valley
Politics in Translation
Putin’s New Year Message to Russians in Translation
While Americans gather around TV screens to watch a ball drop on Times Square to bring in the New Year, Russians gather around to watch…
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Russian MiniLessons: Подтасовка результатов выборов – Rigging Elections
Russian MiniLessons: Холодная война – The Cold War
Analysis
Russian MiniLessons: Холодная война – The Cold War
The following bilingual Russian MiniLesson is meant to build your vocabulary by providing Russian phrases within English text. Hover over the bold Russian to reveal…
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Moscow’s Reopening and COVID Response: A View from the Ground
The Dacha in Modern Russian History and Legislation
Profiles
2020 Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly in Side-by-Side Translation
Vladimir Putin’s annual Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly of 2020 may go down in history as one of Russia’s most important. In the address,…
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk: The Ukrainian Parliament’s Rock Star
Volodymyr Zelensky: Comedy and Politics
Archives
The Russian State Historical Archive
The Russian State Historical Archive (RGIA; Российский государственный исторический архив) is the largest archive in Europe and one of the largest in the world, with…
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The Russian State Archive of Contemporary History: A Guide
