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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: North Korea's First Five Year Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of declassified documents from Russian, Polish, Chinese, and East German archives on North Korea's Chollima Movement and First Five-Year Plan (1957-1961).
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "America and I" by Anzia Yezierska

For Students 6th - 8th
This is an essay about Anzia Yezierska, an immigrant from the Russian-Polish border, and her struggles adapting to living in America. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired...
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Fifa World Cup Russia 2018

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Official site of the Russian World Cup counts down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the opening! Exciting photos and the latest news will keep readers up to date on how this world event is shaping up. Please know that the site is...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Felix the Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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CNN

Cnn: 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Fast Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn some interesting facts about this Russian city, host of 2014 winter Olympics.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century Works: Animal Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
"Animal Farm" (1945) is a novella by George Orwell about the development of Russian communism under Joseph Stalin delivered in allegorical form. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and...
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McGill University

Children's Books of the Early Soviet Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief discussions of various themes in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s and 30s. Examples of cover art.
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The Economist

The Economist: Russia's Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on Russia's economy since 1998.
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The Economist

The Economist: Russia's Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on Russia's economy since 1998.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Marc Chagall: Russian/french Painter and Stained Glass

For Students 9th - 10th
Find Marc Chagall's artworks in museums and galleries around the world.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Revelations From the Russian Archives: Wwii: Alliance

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress discusses the alliance between the Allies and the USSR after Germany chose to break an agreement and invade Soviet Union. Links to primary source documents are included.
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Other

The Anton Chekhov Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal page has everything you want to know about the Russian author Anton Chekhov and more! It includes links to everything imaginable about Chekhov such as online text to some of his stories, articles and essays about Chekhov,...
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists.org: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and you will find a short biography on Russian playwright, Maxim Gorky. Primarily discusses his association with Russian leader, Lenin.
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Curated OER

Portrait of Akhmet / Larionov

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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Curated OER

Old Fashioned Love / Kruchenykh and Larionov

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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Curated OER

A Game in Hell: A Poem / Goncharova

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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Curated OER

Threesome / Malevich

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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Curated OER

Tango With Cows: Ferro Concrete Poems / Kamensky

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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Curated OER

David Barnsdale: Leading Socialist Revolutionaries

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos of the key figures in the Russian revolution.
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Doughboy Center: American Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the failed Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
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Doughboy Center: American Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the failed Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
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Doughboy Center: American Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the failed Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
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Doughboy Center: American Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the failed Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
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University of Vermont: Anna Akhmatova

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova and how it was changed by the Russian Revolution. Discusses her family (husband and son). Also lists other sites for more information and includes her most famous poem, Requiem.

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