Russian and Slavic Studies resources

Browse "World Cinema" section for Russian films. (Please be advised that some films in this category are not, strictly speaking, made in Russia or Soviet Union, but may have Russian subtitles. However, he majority of the films are Russian- or Soviet-made.)

To find Slavic films, browse by country. Under "Asia", you can find 23 silent films made in Russia and 14 in Soviet Union. Under "Europe" , you can find 5 silent films from Ukraine.

Digitalia Film Library is a multinational, multilingual collection of feature films and documentaries from South America, Asia, and Europe.

Socialism on Film: The Cold War and International Propaganda: This collection of films from the communist world reveals war, history, current affairs, culture and society as seen through the socialist lens. It spans most of the twentieth century and covers countries such as the USSR, Vietnam, China, Korea, much of Eastern Europe, the GDR, Britain and Cuba.

This unique collection of Russian film periodicals from the last tsarist decade includes both sophisticated and more popular periodicals released by the major Russian film studios. Some of these titles are also available at the Bobst Microfilm room. See the link to the "MICROFILMS" rubric.

The Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive offers digitized primary sources for studying the history of the film, music, theater, and broadcast industries from 1880 to the near present. Magazines include American Cinematographer, Back Stage, Billboard, Broadcasting, Hollywood Reporter, Mix, Musical Express, Radio and Records, Reggae & African Beat, Spin, Stage, Variety, and Writers Guild of America.

Drama Online contains full texts and full-length filmed performances of plays ranging from Aeschylus to the present day, with supplementary material including first night program texts, critical analyses, and images from the Victoria and Albert Museum's archive of production photos. Includes the Core Collection, Critical Studies and Performance Practice, Nick Hern Books Modern Plays, National Theatre Collection, RSC Live Collection, and Aurora Metro Books, among others.

Bloomsbury Music and Sound is a growing digital hub for exclusive reference content, cutting edge scholarship and learning resources in popular music and sound studies.
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Classical Music in Video offers filmed performances of a wide variety of classical music from the Middles Ages to the present, including orchestral, solo, chamber, choral, and dramatic works along with masterclasses and interviews with distinguished artists and teachers.

Classical Music Library is a collection of recorded music with more than 76,000 albums covering the entire Western Classical tradition from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period.

Classical Music Reference Library is wide-ranging collection of books about music, all of them individually discoverable at the Books & More search tab by keyword.