* Russian Language & Culture: Home

Use this search engine to view all types of Russian resources, including news, music, videos, and more from various web sources. Search using the bar at the top, or click through the available icons.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign houses a large collection of Eastern European and Russian sources. Researchers may be interested in applying for their Open Research Laboratory or Summer Research Laboratory for specialized research.

This open access textbook is ideal for learning beginning Russian using lessons, audio, and interactive quizzes. Downloadable workbooks are available under the "For Teachers" section.

Learn Russian through modern and retro Russian music videos. Choose your video and click through the links to learn vocabulary and grammar from the lyrics.

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Available through the UR Library, this journal contains articles concerning music all over the world. Be sure to search using your UR credentials.

This website contains multiple other databases to find available e-books and poetry in Russian. Click through the links to search based on topic or century.

Curated by the Slavic Reference Service (SRS), these books from the Russian National Electronic Library are open to all researchers online. Resources are written using transliterated titles for easy access.

Watch Soviet propaganda films from the 20th century using this archive. Click "View Collection Items" to the right. When you choose a film, "Play" will be to the left of the item information.

Made available through Duke University, these political posters span the duration of the Soviet Union. Click on a poster for more details.