All Photo: Russian Empire in Photographs - Historic photo-collection represents almost all fields of Russian life before the October revolution. [Russian, English] The Empire That Was Russia - Exhibit by the Library of Congress of Prokudin-Gorskii's photographs of pre-revolutionary Russia. Face of Russia - A fascinating website based on the writings of James Billington, Librarian of Congress and former professor of Russian history at Princeton. The Time of Trouble - Article about the tragic period of Russia's history as seen by Dutch merchant Usaak Massa. Meeting of Frontiers - Tells the story of the American exploration and settlement of the West and the parallel exploration of Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the two in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Alexander Palace Association Websites - List of most of the Alexander Palace sites including ten online Russian History books. St. Petersburg 1900 - Historic photographs and history of St. Petersburg, Russia, in the time of the Romanov Dynasty. The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures - Article dedicated to the study of the Alaskan Russian Church Archives by Dr. Vyacheslav Ivanov. Covers history of the discovery of Alaska by Russian. Links to related sites.