RUSSIAN SUBJECT INDEXES AND SEARCH ENGINES

http://www.aport.ru/
APORT - Russian bilingual search engine, similar to AltaVista, and the most comprehensive search index on the Russian Web. Features on-line translation from Russian into English of both query and search results, with automatic spelling correction of the search query. English-speaking users are able to surf the Russian Web without knowing Russian; offers searches in AltaVista, Yahoo, Lycos, Infoseek, and HotBot.

http://www.atrus.ru/rus/
@Rus - a comprehensive subject index, similar to "Yahoo!"; offers keyword searches (bilingual) based on the resources of both, the Russian networks and English, such as: Yahoo! AltaVista, Infoseek; offers free e-mail service. URL for the English version is: http://www.atrus.com; or, go directly to: www.atrus.ru/eng/

http://www.rambler.ru/
Rambler - a search engine and subject directory of Russian sites related to the Commonwealth of Independent States and former Soviet republics; new features include the rating of Russian sites - Rambler's top 100, business sites, and Kulichki - a directory of "leisure" sites.

http://www.ru/index_r.htm
Russia on the Net - a search engine and subject directory of Russia-related Internet resources available either in the Russian or the English languages. English version at: http://www.ru/

http://www.yandex.ru/
Russian language search engine with an advanced search option; "understands" Russian morphology and different Russian code pages; search area includes Russian Internet domains: "su", "ru"; former Soviet Union domains, "ua", "kz"; and web-sites in other domains containing any text in Russian; lists documents, as well as servers, as search results.

USEFUL AND "COOL" WEB SITES

http://www.nns.ru/
National News Service, updated daily; links to NEL - National Electronic Library - which is the largest archive of full-text documents in the Russian language, covering about 300 mass media sources (NEL fee for a search varies).

http://www.mn.ru/
On-line Russian version of the weekly newspaper Moscow News.

http://www.3dnews.ru/
Computer news, games, mainly designed for Russian users.

http://www.citforum.ru/
News on Internet information technology in the Russian language; links to similar sites.

http://www.rocit.ru/
Web site of the non-profit Russian center of Internet technology whose mission is to popularize the Internet; news, information, publications, seminars, opinions and searches.

http://www.agama.com/
A database of 6500 Russian and Soviet films; on-line Russian Brockhaus Encyclopaedia, originally published in 1907.

http://mail.ru
Web-based free e-mail service, a network of online communication, information and entertainment services.

http://kulichki.rambler.ru/
Entertainment, as well as informational site Kulichki.

http://www.first-americans.spb.ru/current/win/current.htm
Web-site of the Russian Almanac of Native American culture lovers: historical information, new discoveries, mythology of Native Americans; bibliography; links to some Russian and American Web resources.

http://www.litera.ru/

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