Map of Russia, facts, and figures:

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/rularge.htm

An article about a Russian grocery store and deli not far from Middlebury:

http://www.7dvt.com/2012babushka-used-make

Russian national anthem; an audio recording with Russian and English lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w

Russia: a country study from the Library of Congress:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1102275.stm

BBC news Russian country profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1102275.stm

Lonely Planet travel guide to Russia:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/russia

Columbus Travel Guide to Russia:

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/russia

From The Ends to The Beginning: a Bilingual Anthology of Russian Verse:

http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/~mdenner/Demo/index.html

The Portrait of Anna Akhmatova, Altman, 1914