Russian Flagship Programs

Reference materials:

• Russnet
• The Russian Language Journal
• The Slavic and East European Language Resource Center
• Grammota.Ru: Reference and Information Portal on Russian Language
• Slovari/Sluzhba Russkogo Yazyka
• National Corpus of Russian language (35 million words)

Online Dictionaries:

• Extensive List of Online Russian Dictionaries

• Ozhegov and Shvedova Russian-Russian Dictionary

• Dal Russian-Russian Dictionary

• Rambler Russian-English-Russian Dictionary

Grammar and Word-Usage Help:

• Spravka.Gramota.Ru
• Starostin Morphological Dictionary

Search Engines: 

• Yandex
• Rambler

Free Electronic Libraries:

• Moshkov Library
• Literature Portal
• All Best.RU Online Library
• Fundamental Electronic Library: Russian Literature and Folklore
• Aldebaran

Press:

• "Ogonyok"
• "Komsomolskaya Pravda"
• "Argumenty i fakty"
• Russian BBC news

Fonts

• Cyrillic for Windows

Organizations and Institutions:  

• National Security Education Program (NSEP)
• American Councils for International Education
• American Councils Outbound Programs Office
• Bryn Mawr College
• The University of California at Los Angeles
• Portland State University
  

 St. Petersburg State University - official university website:

• St. Petersburg State University

 St. Petersburg State University Magazine - bi-weekly edition on university news: 

• St. Petersburg State University Magazine

Russian Language and Culture Institute- the host department for the Russian Flagship Overseas Program:

• Russian Language and Culture Institute

Language Proficiency Rating Systems:  

• ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• ILR - Interagency Language Roundtable
• CEF - Common European Framework.
• ALTE - Association of Language Testers of Europe

St. Petersburg - city guides, map:

Petersburgcity.com - official internet guide to St. Petersburg, featuring city news, playbill, excursions and tourist attractions, health & fitness information, shopping guides, interactive map of St. Petersburg, and more:

• Petersburgcity.com

St. Petersburg.com - a beautifully designed online city guide featuring artful photo and video galleries, 360 panoramas, a virtual city tour (pick "Sightseeing"), a searchable dining guide, and illustrated overviews of the city's tourist attractions, history, and culture:

• St. Petersburg.com

St. Petersburg on the Map - interactive clickable map of St. Petersburg with convenient interface allowing users to search for specific points of interest:

• St. Petersburg on the Map

Research alternative funding options:

Fastweb.com - a large online database allowing members to search for national and college-specific scholarships:

• Fastweb.com