Supplemental Materials

Charting Russia's Future

Charting Russia's Future engages students in the soul-searching redefinition of Russia's identity. Students explore Russian history and view Moscow's economic, political, and foreign policy choices through Russian eyes.

Web Links

Johnson’s Russia List
An archive of contemporary domestic, international, and Russian press accounts about current events in Russia.

Lenin’s Mausoleum
A Russian website that explores Lenin’s tomb, offers audio of Stalin and Lenin, and a poll as to whether Lenin should be buried.

Meeting of Frontiers
A bilingual Library of Congress website that offers a multi-media examination of the exploration and settlement of the Russian-American frontier in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

Books

Figes, Orlando. Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia (New York: Henry Holt, 2002). 544 pages.

Hoffman, David E. Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia (New York: Public Affairs, 2001). 567 pages.

Kotkin, Stephen. Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse 1970-2000 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001). 245 pages.

Pelevin, Victor. A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories (New York: New Directions, 1998). 256 pages.

Remnick, David. Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire (New York: Random House, 1993). 576 pages.

Remnick, David. Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia (New York: Vintage Books, 1998). 416 pages.

NOTE: This is a selected list of resources focused on the topic of the curriculum unit, Charting Russia's Future. Additional resources will be added to this site as they become available.