Russian & Slavic Studies
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Russian & Slavic Studies Course-Specific Guides
RSSS 210 — Utopian Visions
RSSS 304 — History of Soviet & Post-Soviet Film
RSSS 350 — The Soviet Experiment
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks, & Guides
General Encyclopedias
Большая советская энциклопедия [Bol'shaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia]. - AE55 .B623 1969 Main Ref.
Third edition of the Russian-language Soviet national encyclopedia.
Энциклопедия Кругосвет — Online, fulltext Russian encyclopedia.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online. (Available only to UA Students, Faculty, & Staff)
Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
Great Soviet Encyclopedia. - AE55 .B6233 Main Ref.
A 31 volume translation of the 3rd edition of the Russian-language Bol'shaia sovetskaia entsiklopediia. Use of the index with this encyclopedia is crucial, as its ordering follows the Cyrillic, rather than the Latin, alphabet.
Specialized Encyclopedias
The Cambridge encyclopedia of Russia and the former Soviet Union. - DK14 .C35 1994 Main Ref.
A source of basic information about Russia and the other areas of the former Soviet Union. Divided into various subject areas. Some major subjects are history, language, literature and politics.
The Cold War encyclopedia. - D840 .P28 1996 Main Ref.
A good source for quick information on cold war events and dates. Also gives other sources for further research.
Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe - DJK6 .E53 2000 Main Ref.
Covers historical and social events in Eastern Europe. Part of the Garland reference library of social science series.
Энциклопедия российских праздников [Entsiklopediia rossiiskikh prazdnikov]. - GT4856.2.A2 E58 Main.
Encyclopedia of Russian Celebrations.
Энциклопедия русских обычаев [Entsiklopediia russkikh obychaev]. - GT4856.2 .I9 2000. Main.
Encyclopedia of Russian Customs.
Historical dictionary of the Orthodox Church. - BX230 .P76 1996 Main Ref.
The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history. - DK14 .M6 Main Ref.
A 56 volume set consisting of articles and translations from Russian-language reference works.
The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet literature. - PG2940 .M6 Main Ref.
An ongoing series. Currently at 10 volumes. Consists of articles on authors, literary movements, and cultural figures in Russian/Soviet literature.
General Dictionaries
Multitran
An online Russian/English-English/Russian dictionary that can recognize most latinized/transliterated Russian words and does a pretty good job at fuzzy-logic guessing what the user has in mind. A nice resource, especially for translators and non-Russian specialists (or for those that do not have their computers "Russified").
The Oxford Russian dictionary. - PG2640 .W5 1997 Main Ref.
Includes about 180,000 words and phrases in the Russian-English and English-Russian sections. Intended for English-speaking users at the university level.
Словарь русского языка Slovar' russkago iazyka / sostavlennyi vtorym otdieleniem Imperatorskoi akademii nauk. - PG2625 .S57 1984 Main Ref.
Reprint of the grand, but unfinished Imperial dictionary. In 10 volumes. Ends with the letter "O."
Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка [Tolkovyi slovar' zhivogo velikorusskogo iazyka]. - PG2625 D28 1994 Main Ref.
A reprint of Vladimir Dal''s seminal 4 volume dictionary. OED-like in its original scope. Somewhat dated today, but invaluable for use with nineteenth-century texts. Also available online.
Specialized Dictionaries
The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European roots. - P615 .A43 2000 Main.
Invaluable for work in Slavic historical linguistics.
Dictionary of the Russian Revolution. - DK265 .D49 Main.
A Dictionary of Slavic word families. - PG103 .H4 Main Ref.
An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. Main DK33 .E837 1994
Обратный словарь русского языка [Obratnyi slovar' russkogo iazyka[. - PG2691 .O37 Main Ref.
Backwards dictionary of the Russian language. Contains over 125,000 words. Great for linguistics research.
Полный православный богословский энциклопедический словарь [Polnyi pravoslavnyi bogoslovskii entsiklopedicheskii slovar]. BX230 .P64 Main.
The Complete Russian Orthodox Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Random House Russian-English dictionary of idioms. - PG2460 .L83 1995 Main Ref.
Includes approximately 13,000 Russian idioms and their English equivalents.
Russian, English dictionary of abbreviations & initialisms. - PG2693 .S5 1982 Main Ref.
Словарь церковно-славянского и русского языка [Slovar' tserkovno-slavianskago i russkago iazyka]. - PG2625 .S6 1972 Main Ref.
Dictionary of Old Church Slavic/Russian.
Sokr.ru
An online dictionary of Russian/Soviet acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, etc. Often includes a history of a particular term: what came before it and what supplanted it. Nice.
Vocabulary of Soviet society and culture - PG2691 .C6 Main
A selected guide to Russian words, idioms, and expressions of the post-Stalin era.
Handbooks, guides
Citation Guides for Print & Electronic Resources from the UA Library
Examples of citations for MLA, APA, and Chicago Styles, as well as links to subject specific citation styles.
Library of Congress Romanization Tables (Library of Congress transliteration)
Tables for the Romanization/transliteration of Slavic and other languages provided by the Library of Congress.
Guide to the Slavonic languages. - PG53 .D4 1980 Main Ref.
Describes twelve Slavic languages and provides selected texts. The three volumes are divided by East, West and South Slavic languages.
A Researcher's Guide to Sources on Soviet Social History in the 1930s. Main HN523 .R47 1990
Handbook of Russian Literature. - PG2940 .H29 1985 Information Commons Ref.
An alphabetically arranged handbook containing articles on Russian authors, scholars, critics, and literary movements. Edited by Victor Terras.
Reference Guide to Russian Literature. - PG2940 .R44 1998 Information Commons Ref.
A collection of fairly substantial articles/chapters on the major periods of Russian literature by top scholars in the field.
Russkoe literaturnoe proiznoshenie i udarenie; slovar' -spravochnik. - PG2139 .A4 1960 Main Ref.
The canonical guide to Russian literary pronunciation and stress patterns.
Slavic studies : a guide to bibliographies, encyclopedias, and handbooks. - DJK27 .S52 1993 Main Ref.
Arranged by country. Lists reference works by subject. Covers humanities and social sciences with major sections on Slavic history, languages, literatures and politics.
Other key texts
Russian Orthodox Bible [in Russian]. - BS284 1991 Main
Russian Orthodox Bible [in Old Church Slavic]. - BS110 .M6 1980z Main