Russian Studies Website

[Robert Beard]

The Bucknell Russian Program has recently opened a Russian Studies website
designed to organize materials and resources for an undergraduate
curriculum.  The resources it offers includes a chronology of Russian
history, the Table of Ranks, and a few other odds and ends that are useful
but often difficult to find in a hurry.  We are currently working on a
PC/Mac-neutral way to offer some Russian language teaching materials which
should be ready in a few weeks.

The Website was specifically designed for a special freshman course for
non-majors who are interested in contemporary Russia.  The problem in the
past has been how to provide up-to-date information about the country given
the rapidity of change.  This course requires students to subscribe to OMRI
or Jamestown Monitor for information for reports and a term paper.  It will
also require them to use the Web to get some idea of what Russian towns and
universities are like, as well as for background information on Russia and
the NIS states.

The organization of the pages of our Website itself suggests the
organization and Web assignments of the course (Russian literature, music,
cities, NIS nations, etc.)  However, anyone interested in a syllabus and a
report at the end of the course, please let me know and we will try to
oblige.   The URL is:

http://www.bucknell.edu/departments/russian/
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Robert Beard                                     Telephone: 717-524-1336
Russian & Linguistics Programs                         Fax: 717-524-3760
Bucknell University                                  Lewisburg, PA 17817
RUSSIA AND NIS Web Site:     http://www.bucknell.edu/departments/russian
MORPHOLOGY ON THE INTERNET:              http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard
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