Sharyl Corrado and Jason Ferenczi, compilers
AAASS Slavic Resources on the Web
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/resource.htm (in English)
The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
provides a helpful list of links to academic sites containing resources
on Russia, Central Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Central Asian Studies World Wide
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/ (in English)
Sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies, the site
provides resources for scholars on the history, religion, sociology,
and anthropology of the region. Includes directories of experts,
relevant dissertations, important libraries, language study programs,
periodicals, research institutions, and links to important Web sites in
the field.
Eurasianet
www.eurasianet.org (in English, with some Russian)
A wide-ranging site covering Central Asia, the Caucasus,
Afghanistan, Turkey, and Iran, with significant coverage of
religion. Sponsored by the Central Eurasia Project of the Open
Society Institute, the site gives much attention to human rights and
media freedom. The country resource pages are especially
helpful. The news wire provides up-to-date reporting from the
region. The site is easy to use, frequently updated, and fully
searchable. A weekly E-mail subscription is available.
InVictory.org
www.invictory.org (in Russian)
A self-styled "metacatalogue of Christian Resources," this site is
geared toward Russian-speaking Christians with many useful links to
Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox resources. Links include
Christian charities, art, literature, history, theology, the
relationship of faith and science, Christian education, evangelism,
Christian publications and publishers, and a variety of churches and
religious groups. The site, which has no identifiable
denominational affiliation, is easy to use and is frequently
updated. A search engine is under construction.
Subscription by E-mail is possible.
National Security & Defense, No. 10 (2000)
http://www.uceps.com.ua/eng/all/journal/2000_10/html/content.shtml (in English and Ukrainian)
This issue of the journal National Security & Defense of
the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political Studies (104 pages) is
completely dedicated to religion in Ukraine. The first 65 pages
give an exhaustive survey of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant
denominations, with statistics on membership, churches, clergy,
monasteries, and institutions of higher education. The data are
based on Ukrainian government statistics and give a wide overview of
the subject. The online version is slightly cumbersome and
difficult to print. Print copies may be ordered.
Religion in Russia (Religiia v Rossii)
http://religion.russ.ru (in Russian)
The site was launched in October 2001 by Orthodox priest Father Philip Taratorkin. It is a project of the magazine, Russkii dzhurnal.
Provides information on developments in religious communities in Russia
as well as analytical discussions of questions of religion in Russian
society. Subjects addressed include religion and the state,
religion and society, and religion and history. Includes book
reviews and discussions of current issues. This easy-to-navigate
site includes a searchable archive.
Sobornost
http://www.sobor.ru (in Russian)
This Russian Orthodox "Internet Journal" was created in November
1998 to reflect "the past, present, and future from a Christian point
of view." Includes announcements, sermons, and a detailed catalog of
Orthodox on-line resources. Of special interest are the papers
from an October 2000 Internet Conference on Theology and Economics
(http://www.sobor.ru/doctrina/) and discussion forums on topics of
interest.
Transitions Online
http://www.tol.cz/ (in English)
This excellent Prague-based Internet magazine covering Central and
Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union is the online
successor to Transitions magazine. It seeks to cover both
local and cross-border perspectives on often-overlooked topics.
Recent issues covered such subjects as Romany (Gypsy) refugees, human
rights in Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyz attitudes toward their
government. Includes book reviews, opinions, links to European
and Eurasian newspapers, a searchable archive, and detailed country
files for all 28 former Communist countries in Europe and Eurasia. The
site is very user friendly and is updated weekly. An e-mail
subscription is possible. While weekly news is available free, the rest
of the site is by subscription only ($25/year for regular subscribers,
$12/year for students, and free for citizens of the 28 countries
covered). A free two-week trial subscription is available.
Virtual Library of "OK's Nest"
http://www.magister.msk.ru/library/ (in Russian)
Maintained by an unidentified webmaster, this site includes
complete texts of a variety of literary, historical, and reference
works, many of which contain religious content. As well as
containing works of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Pushkin, and other Russian
authors, the site includes material on theosophy, Mormonism, and Bibles
in a variety of languages. Of special interest are Metropolitan
Macarius's Istoriia russkoi tserkvi [History of the Russian Church], St. Augustine's Confessions, Sergei Bulgakov's Pravoslavie [The Orthodox Church], and Bible commentaries by John Calvin.
Sharyl Corrado is a doctoral student in Russian history at the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Jason Ferenczi is a researcher for Overseas Council International, Indianapolis, IN.
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