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Reference Works: Art & Culture

Between heaven and hell : the story of a thousand years of artistic life in Russia

Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture

Constructing Russian culture in the age of revolution, 1881-1940

Cultural Atlas of Russia

Also available in the Main Library Map Collection at G2111.E6 M6 1998

Icon and the Axe

Natasha's dance : a cultural history of Russia

Russia imagined : art, culture and national identity, 1840-1995

Russian context : the culture behind the language

Russian Culture: An Outline

Russian popular culture : entertainment and society since 1900

Art Subject Guide

Also try browsing the Art Subject Guide for more resources

Reference Works: Geography & Demographics

Atlas of Russian and East European history

Atlas of Russian history; eleven centuries of changing borders

Atlas of Soviet affairs

Historical geography of Russia

Imperial Russian history atlas

Penguin historical atlas of Russia

Routledge atlas of Russian history

Reference Works: Biographical Information

Artists of the World

Contemporary Artists

Dictionary of Art

Dictionary of International Contemporary Artists

Encyclopedia of World Art

Russian Biographical Index

(4 volumes) CT1203 1997 Main Ref. [Gives references for the Russisches Biographisches Archiv. CT1203 1997 Main Ref MICROFICHE. Information is in various languages: Russian, German, English].

Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists

Online Biographies

Also try browsing the Online Biographies page for more resources.

Reference: History

Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution

Cold War Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Russian History

Great dates in Russian and Soviet history

History of Russia

Longman Companion to Russia since 1914

Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history

Russia : a reference guide from the Renaissance to the present

Russian History Atlas

Times Atlas of European History

European History Subject Guide

Also try browsing the European History Subject Guide for more resources.

General Reference Works

Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union

Great Soviet Encyclopedia Be sure to use the index. The ordering follows the Russian alphabet.

Reference Resources

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Biography and Genealogy Master Index

A remarkable resource. However, it gives no actual biographical information. Rather, it does indexes hundreds of sources with biographical information on people worldwide and from all time periods. As such, you will need to consult the SABIO catalog to find the call number for each referenced information source.

Biography in Context

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

A very good source for background information on movements, artists and others.

Grove's Dictionary of Art Online

Contains biographical information on artists, significant summaries of artistic movements and references to additional sources.

Historical Abstracts ^Guide

Selecting the "CLIO Notes" link (on the top right) and then selecting from the drop-down menu, provides a nice, annotated chronology of various historical periods and provides subject terms for directly searching the database for articles on the time period or topic chosen.

Historical New York Times (ProQuest) ^Guide

Gives the fulltext to the NYT, 1851-2001.

Times (London)

Fulltext of the London Times, 1790-1985

World Biographical Dictionary of Artists

In CD Cabinet, Information Commons. Very comprehensive. In English and German.

Comprehensive list of our Online Library Databases

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