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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers information on Russian literature, old and new. Includes many hyperlinked terms.
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Primary
Other

Creighton University: Anton Chekhov on Writing

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty or so quotations from Chekhov's personal advice to aspiring writers. Some are directed to Maxim Gorky. Has links to other useful pages.
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Activity
Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Activity
Other

Lib.ru: Russian Prose and Science Fiction in English Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of Russian prose and science fiction in English. Website features online texts of works by popular Russian authors and could be used by older students as a resource for studying English or Russian literature. Some broken links.
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Primary
Other

Lib.ru: Classic Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource for finding online text for classic Russian literature in Russian. Features the most popular writers and their works. Valuable resource for students studying Russian. Russian-speaking ELL students might translate passages...
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eBook
Other

Pushkin's Poems: Eugene Onegin

For Students 9th - 10th
All 8 "books" of Pushkin's epic poem are available at this site in Russian and in English translation.
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Handout
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Classicism and Sentimentalism in Russian Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
College class notes on Russian classicism and sentimentalism.
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Website
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Tango With Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant Garde

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian artists and poets working during a turbulent decade in Russian history, the 1910s, produced books that combined visuals with short poems as an expression of their uncertainty about Russia's past, present, and future.
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Shot/online Text and Story Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
Barleby.com provides the online text version of Alexander Pushkin's short story "The Shot" plus a link to a short biography and a commentary on the story.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Nobel Prize winner, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Ivanoff by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the four-act Russian play Ivanoff by Anton Chekhov including a list of characters.
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Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ayn Rand

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover Ayn Rand's world of writing when you check out the links found within this informative site. This site also provides links to lesson plans and activities for the book "Anthem."
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Swan Song by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch introduces this translation of The Swan Song. Multiple formats of the text can be accessed from this page.
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eBook
Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Christian Classics: "Crime and Punishment" (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
This provides the complete online text of Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous novel, Crime and Punishment. The entire novel is presented on a single page, making it available for text and quote searching, as well as easily printable.
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Website
Other

School World: Russian Educational Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian content. A collection of links to Russian educational sites that cover school subjects, exam preparation, colleges in Russia and abroad, encyclopedias, parent resources, and more. A teacher page is devoted to lesson plans and...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Created Legend by Fyodor Sologub

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel The Created Legend by Fyodor Sologub including an introduction.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka.
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eBook
Other

Gas Light: "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Pushkin's short story, "The Shot," translated into English. Includes a link to Gaslight etext page.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Day in the Country" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short stories "A Day in the Country" by Anton Chekhov.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Dead Body" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of "A Dead Body" by Anton Chekhov.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Easter Eve" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "Easter Eve" by Anton Chekhov.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Darkness" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "Darkness" by Anton Chekhov.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the short story "The Darling" by Anton Chekhov.
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Article
Other

Tragic & Comic Visions in the Brothers Karamazov

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features an article entitled "Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov" written by contemporary author Joyce Carol Oates. The article originally appeared in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Winter 1968-1969.