A variety of excellent web sites having to do with different palaces in Russia, as well as information on the jewels of the Romanovs and Anastasia, the grand duchess of Russia.

Learn how replicas are made of paintings done by masters. Official site of the State Russian Museum.

Check out the official site for climbing info on Europe's tallest peak. Includes maps, photos, and weather info.

See a film about his life and read about the events in his life until now.

Read this live daily diary, with lots of pictures, of two researchers studying the behaviour of grizzly bears on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Visit the State Historical-cultural Museum-preserve. Includes news about the museum and exhibits.

Check out the official site for climbing info on Europe's tallest peak. Includes maps, photos, and weather info.

Online version of and introduction to the exhibition from the Hermitage Museum in Russia of the last rulers of the Romanov dynasty.

Learn about their musicial season, where they're touring, and about the orchestra members.

Check out the history of this island that lies between Japan and Russia.

Come take a virtual tour of this St. Petersburg, Russia museum. In Russian and English.