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Internet links to places we will be visiting and information regarding historic people & events.

PLACES: ST. PETERSBURG | PLACES: MOSCOW | SIGNIFICANT EVENTS | OTHER TOPICS | RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

PEOPLE

Alexandra Feodorovna, Last Tsarina of Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Feodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)
http://russian-ukrainian-belarus-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/elizabeth_and_alexandra_of_hesse
http://www.indopedia.org/Alexandra_of_Hesse.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alexandra_Fyodorovna_(Alix_of_Hesse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AgB8bIAYv0
http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/alexandra.htm

Catherine II, “The Great”
http://www.referencecenter.com/ref/reference/Cathrin2/Catherine_II?invocationType=ar1clk&flv=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/russia/catherine.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/575/000078341/
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/catherine_one/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/grandcity.asp

Marie Feodorovna, Wife of Paul, Mother of Two Russian Tsars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Marie_Dorothea_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/Paul.html
http://www.nikolairomanov.com/doc/ii3pre/index.html

Marie Feodorovna, Wife of Alexander II, Mother of Nicholas II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Feodorovna_(Dagmar_of_Denmark)
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/mariabio.html
http://www.librarything.com/character/Marie%20Feodorovna,%20Empress%20of%20Russia
http://www.btinternet.com/~bevbaker/gwrychcastlepublications/minnie.html
http://danishroyalwatchers.blogspot.com/2006/09/reburial-of-dagmar-tsarina-maria.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_q_Yp-X6Ck

Nicholas Roerich
http://www.roerich.org/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Roerich
http://www.frankperry.co.uk/Roerich%20Art.htm
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_shambahla11.htm
http://www.icsahome.com/infoserv_bookreviews/bkrev_theosophyandculture.htm
http://www.american-buddha.com/nicholas.roerich.htm
http://www.tanais.info/art/en/roerich.html

Nicholas II, Last Tsar of Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/AlexPalaceNRbio.html
http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/nicholasii.htm

Paul I, Emperor, Son of Catherine the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/Paul.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/263/000078029/
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hornton/890/Paul.html

Peter II, “The Great”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/petergreat.html
http://www.kunstkamera.ru/en/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/peter1st.asp
http://www.nndb.com/people/599/000078365/

Romanov Dynasty
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/russia/romanov.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanov
http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/history/150/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/508643/Romanov-dynasty

PLACES: ST. PETERSBURG

Alexander Palace & Park
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/pushkin/alexander-palace.asp
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/pushkin/alexander-park.asp
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Palace
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/aleksandr_dvorest.htm

The Amber Room in Catherine Palace
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/amber.htm
http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/HOBBY/AMBER/amberroom.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3025833.stm
http://www.cdi.org/russia/309-15.cfm

Catherine Palace & Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Palace
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/bolshoy_dvorets.htm
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/zal_na_ostrovu.htm
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/ermitazh.htm
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/kameron_gal.htm
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/mramor_mostik.htm

Chesma Church (Chesmenskaya Tserkov)
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/hornton/890/Petersbourg/Chesma.html
http://www.lonelyplanetimages.com/images/208622
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesma

Hermitage / The Winter Palace / The State Hermitage Museum
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html
http://www.ticketsofrussia.ru/hermitage/
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/hermitage.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Palace
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/petersburg1900/24.html

Mikhailovsky Palace / Russian Museum
http://www.ticketsofrussia.ru/rusmus/eng_ind.html
http://www.panoramas.classic-ru.org/museum/rusmuseum.html
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/home/

Pavlovsk Palace and Park
http://www.ticketsofrussia.ru/museums/pavlovsk/s_ind.html
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/pavlovsk/
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/pavlovsk/snow.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovsk
http://russia.rin.ru/guides_e/7270.html
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/pavlovsk/pavlovsk-palace.asp

Peter and Paul Fortress
http://www.ticketsofrussia.ru/peterpaul/Engl/PPK/PPK_Gall.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/peter-paul-fortress.asp

Peterhof
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/peterhof/index.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof_Palace
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/peterhof/
http://wikitravel.org/en/Peterhof

St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery and Cemetery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_(film)
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/cathedrals/Alexander-Nevsky-Monastery.asp
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/st-petersburg-alexander-nevsky-monastery.htm
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=639673

St. Petersburg / General Information
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/quick-facts.asp
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/index.asp

Town of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/pushkin/index.asp
http://www.alexanderpalace.org/
http://www.infoservices.com/stpete/pushkin/index.htm

PLACES: MOSCOW

Christ the Saviour Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-3.jpg
http://www.xxc.ru/english/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-cathedral-of-christ-the-savior.htm
http://orthodoxwiki.org/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour_(Moscow)

Kremlin Palaces, Cathedrals, Museums
http://www.moscow.info/kremlin/index.aspx
http://www.moscow.info/museums/kremlin-armory-museum.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin
http://www.geographia.com/russia/moscow02.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~powellm/kremlin.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin

Moscow / General Information
http://www.moscow.info/quick-facts.aspx
http://www.geographia.com/moscow/

Novodevichey (“The New Maiden”) Convent and Cemetery
http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/home/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Convent
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-novodevichy-convent.htm
http://www.moscow-taxi.com/sightseeing/novodevichy-convent.html
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?FScemeteryid=639684&page=cem

Red Square / St. Basils / GUM / etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/new-years-in-red-square/3051148577
http://www.moscow.info/red-square/index.aspx
http://www.geographia.com/RUSSIA/moscow03.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil's_Cathedral
http://www.moscow-taxi.com/churches/st-basils-cathedral.html
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/russia/moscow-st-basil-cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUM_(department_store)

Tretyakov Gallery
http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/
http://www.russianmuseums.info/M281

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY

World War II & Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
http://www.2worldwar2.com/russia.htm
http://www.worldwariihistory.info/in/USSR.html
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russia.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_russia_invasion_01.shtml

Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1044
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/siege.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/leningrad.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/siege_of_leningrad.htm
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/pcavallerano/leningradweb.htm

The Russian Revolutions, 1905 and 1917 and World War I
http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ww_russia.htm
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/1914-1924.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Revolution_(1917)
http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm
http://www.thecorner.org/hist/russia/revo1905.htm
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution/index.htm