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Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Designed for scholarly research, this database supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study including STEM, social sciences and humanities. It includes resources from journals, periodicals, reports, books and more including peer-reviewed journal articles. (View list of titles)
JSTOR
provides access to academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in most disciplines

Eurasianism article
"Eurasianism is a complex doctrine according to which Russia belongs to neither Europe nor Asia, but forms a unique entity defined by the historical, anthropological, linguistic, ethnographic, economic, and political interactions of the various genetically unrelated peoples who once constituted the Russian Empire." -- from article intro.

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from the database "World History in Context". Keyword search using these terms: Russia, Geography
Russian History (journal)
This journal has a broad range of scholarly, in-depth articles on a range of Russian/Soviet history topics. Coverage: 1974-2011 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 38, No. 4)

Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives
Created and maintained by George Mason University in partnership with The Gulag Museum, Perm, Russia, this is an archive of stories of former Gulag prisoners, as well as their art, artifacts, and photographs.
History of Russia: Primary Documents
From the "EuroDocs" collection of the Lee Library at Brigham Young University. Documents range from 9th century Rus to the present.
Primary Sources from Russian History
A variety of documents, speeches, personal accounts and other primary sources from 1767 through the late 20th century. From Gale's "World History in Context" database
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History
"Seventeen Moments in Soviet History" is an archive of primary materials, searchable by year or by theme. Co-sponsored by several US universities, it examines a cross-section of Soviet life including politics, society, culture and economics.

A Brief History of Russia by Michael Kort
Call Number: 947 BRI
ISBN: 9780816071135
Publication Date: 2008
A Concise History of Russia by Paul Bushkovitch
Call Number: RESERVE 947 BUS
ISBN: 9780521543231
Publication Date: 2011
History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky; Introduction by Ahmed Shawki
ISBN: 9781608460502
Publication Date: 2008
This is the electronic version of Trotsky's book.
History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky; introduction by Ahmed Shawki
Call Number: 947.084 TRO
ISBN: 9781931859455
Publication Date: 2008
This is the print version of Trotsky's book.
The Russian Revolution by S. A. Smith
Call Number: 947.084 SMI
ISBN: 9780192853950
Publication Date: 2002

Cultural Atlas of Russia and the Former Soviet Union by Robin Miner-Gulland; Nikolai Dejeuski
Call Number: 947 CUL
ISBN: 9780816038152
Publication Date: 1998
A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia by David M. Crowe
Call Number: 947 CRO
ISBN: 9780312086916
Publication Date: 1995
Natasha's Dance: a Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes
Call Number: 947 FIG
ISBN: 9780805057836
Publication Date: 2002
Pushkin's Fairy Tales by Aleksandr Pushkin, translated by Janet Dalley ; introd., John Bayley ; lithographs, Arthur Boyd.
Call Number: 398.2 PUS
ISBN: 021420572X
Publication Date: 1978

The Russian Folk Tale, by Vladimir Y. Propp; edited and translated by Sibelan Forrester ; foreword by Jack Zipes.
Call Number: 398.2
ISBN: 9780814337219 (e-book)
You can access this electronic book directly via E-Book Central (formerly called E-brary). Use your SH Google login to access E-Book Central from any off campus network.
Short Stories by Aleksandr Pushkin
ISBN: 9781908478092
This collection of Pushkin's short stories, on Google Books, includes the full text of these stories: "The Shot", "The Snowstorm", "The Coffin-Maker", "The Postmaster", "An Amateur Peasant Girl". Accessible via Google Scholar.