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Angels, Mafia and Pushkin
The Pearl by Douglas Smith
History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800 Volume 2
History of Music in Russia from Antiquity to 1800 Volume 1
Young Pushkin by Yuri Tynyanov, translated by Anna Kurkina Rush and Christopher Rush
Investigating the Russian Mafia by Joseph D. Serio
The Angel of Grozny by Asne Seierstad
August in Beijing
Becky Hammon ESPN story on Becky Hammon, who will play on the Russian Olympic team.
Tatyana Lebedeva's Website In Russian.
Olympics Schedule This Russian wikipedia page on the games shows the full schedule of events.
Russia's Team Constantly updated wikipedia page showing the composition of the team.
Official Site: Russian Olympic Committee
Digging up the Past
Novocherkassk: Official City Site
History of the Novocherkassk Riot (in Russian)
Olga's Ferment
St. Olga of Kiev An Orthodox site on the Kievan saint.
Selling RussiaWare
US Russia Chamber of Commerce of New England
Small is Beautiful
Bear Code's Website The Montpelier-Moscow programming company profiled in this issue.
The Muckraker
Korolenko's Works Onlin The lib.ru page linking to Korolenko's writings in Russian.
The Blind Musician One of Korolenko's more famous works, translated into English.
Tsarevich Alexei
The Curse of the Romanovs A work of fiction narrated by Tsarevich Alexei.
The Escape of Alexei A fanciful tale based on the idea that Alexei somehow escaped the murder of the Romanovs.