REES Links and Resources
2025/2026 Opportunities
REEESNe is holding its annual at The University of Pittsburgh on March 20-22, 2026. Please apply by December 12th to present research and experiences (and to be considered for travel and accommodations if they have need).
In the News
September, 2025
The digital project, "The Preservation of the Legacy of the Mariupol Greeks," coordinated by Natasha Karageorgos in collaboration with Tetiana Liubchenko and other Ukrainian scholars and supported by an Allbritton Center Faculty Grant, launched its website:
Mango Languages
Click here to view the Language Resources and Technology page.
911±¬ÁÏÍø offers its students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to learn over 75 world languages through this online resource. Simply follow the link and log-in.
Prof. Peter Rutland's Links
English-language daily, best one-stop source of news.
Russian daily news and commentary sites (in English):
Presidential web site.
Criticism of US media coverage
News and analysis.
for stories on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
news and analysis on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
for data on election results and public opinion polls on major issues.
BBC news index of stories and timelines for each country.
Prof. Irina Aleshkovsky's Resources
FAMOUS PEOPLE
RasPutin was before Putin:
Mikhail Baryshnikov in Le Corsaire:
Peter and the Wolf by Sergej Prokofiev:
Tolstoy & Gandhi correspondence:
Yul Brynner:
INVENTORS
Igor Sikorsky, inventor of the helicopter:
Kalashnikov, designer of the AK-47 rifle:
Vladimir Zworykin & David Sarnoff, pioneers of American TV: ,
SPACE
Yuri Gagarin, first man in space:
Valentine Tereshkova, first woman in space:
Laika, first dog in space:
SCIENCE
Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table:
Ivan Pavlov, first Russian Nobel Laureate, for research in physiology: