Basic facts about the area

• Background Notes: Europe and the New Independent States (a directory of country profiles from the US Department of State)
• The World Factbook, a CIA database of country profiles
• The Library of Congress country studies

Internet searching tools (search engines, internet guides, etc.)

• REESweb  (WWW virtual library index of electronic resources on the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; search by entering "Eastern Europe")
• Internet Resources for CEE Studies (by Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University)

Area study centers (academic and research)

• Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies - The University of Texas at Austin
• Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, at the University of Texas at Austin
• Russian Studies on the Web, on "Ruthenia" : a comprehensive directory of academic centers world-wide with a fosuc on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies

• AAASS
• Slavic Review  (the membership journal of the American  Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies; besides scholarly articles contains numerous reviews of new books on Slavic studies; has an online index)
• ALA
• AATIA
• AATSEEL
• The American Councils for International Education (ACTR, ACCELS) (a not for profit education, training, and consulting organization, specializing in the countries of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia)
• Open Society -- Soros Foundation
• ICRC and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (the web site contains maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on the countries)
• East-West Institute (an independent nonprofit organization for geopolitical stability, democracy, free enterprise and prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and other states of Eurasia)
• A Chronicle of Scouting in Eastern Europe and Russia (from the World Organization of the Scout Movement; the page contains links to national scout sites)

• Internet Access Providers Meta-List (a world-wide directory)
• Bridging the Digital Divide: Internet Access in Central and Eastern Europe (a report by the Center for Democracy and Technology; with charts and country details)

• Transitions Online (news and analysis from local reporters in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union)
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, Broadcast Services
• Yahoo! News and Media: Europe

• The Central Europe Trust (a consultancy firm specialising in Central and Eastern Europe; the site contains a directory of internet resources)
• Deloitte and Touche - Central Europe (the site contains publications, market analysis, etc.; includes Belarus, but not Russia or Ukraine)
• EurasiaNet.org (information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia; additional features include newsmaker interviews, book reviews and a discussion forum)
• CCNM - The Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members (OECD)
• International Trade Administration - U.S. Department of Commerce
• Internet Securities Database on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, The
• Europe & Eurasia : regional profile by USAID
• Europe and Central Asia, by the World Bank
• Yale University Library Economic Growth Center Collection (Home Page)

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• Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps (from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, the University of Texas at Austin; a comprehensive collection of map images)
• Central European Countries Travel Association (a travel industry association; the site contains the industry news)

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Government

• Governments on the WWW (comprehensive database of governmental indtitutions)

• International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) (provides grant opportunities for US scholars to conduct field research in CEE and the NIS)
• The American Councils for International Education (ACTR, ACCELS) (the programs include academic exchange, professional training, institution building, research, materials development, technical assistance, and consulting)
• Open Society -- Soros Foundation

• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (EURO) 

• World History Archives: History of Eastern Europe in General  (a directory of full text documents; includes Central European countries)
• Genealogy and Eastern Europe: EastEuropeGenWeb (a web server dedicated to issues of Eastern European genealogy and history)
• Making the History of 1989 The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

• Foreign Newspapers Currently Received at the Library of Congress
• World History Archives: History of Eastern Europe in General  (a directory of full text documents)
• British Library Slavonic and East European Collections
• Open Society Archives at Central European University  (a research institution focusing on < Communism and the Cold War, particularly in Central Europe)
• Archives USA (from Chadwyck-Healey; a searceably database with access to holdings and contact information of more than 5,400 repositories. Indexes to over 117,000 special collections)
• Archive material from the FSU and Central and Eastern Europe in UK libraries (by the Council for Slavonic and East European Library and Information Services)

• Slavic Review  (the membership journal of the American  Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies; besides scholarly articles contains numerous reviews of new books on Slavic studies; has an online index)
• Slavica Publishers (one of the leading U. S. publishers of scholarly books and textbooks on the languages, peoples, literatures, cultures and history of the former USSR and Eastern Europe)

People (biography)

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• Academic Info: Religion Gateway (a directory of internet resources for the academic study of religion)

• The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (a foundation promoting cooperation among diverse environmental groups and interests in the region)
• Display technologies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (World Technology Evaluation Center panel report)

• European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations

Statistics

• U. S. Census Bureau: Statistical Agencies (International) (a directory)
• CIS Statistical Committee (the site contains statistical reports and country profiles)

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