There is also a web site on Nikita Mikhailkov , the director and main actor in the Academy Award winning Burnt by the Sun . The description of the video collection at UIUC is a marvelous source of short descriptions of classic Russian filmes and documentaries. Bucknell's Bertrand Library holds many of the classics and allows them to be checked out. Russian Cities Here is a page of links to the most interesting and beautiful sites about Russian cities. You might want to go directly to the Moscow Guide , which provides a walking tour of Moscow, including the Kremlin, a drive around the Golden Ring, a brief interlude on Russian culture, an extensive and lavishly illustrated catalog of Moscow restaurants and hotels.
Russian cuisine is among the most delicious on earth.
Friends and Partners also carries a Russian Cookbook worthy of consideration. A typical Russian dinner menu to give you an idea of what it is like to eat 'po-russky'. Gourmet Russian Cuisine from Russian London mixes original receipes with links to the Little Russia site. Of course, good food must be accompanied by good Russian wine or, if you prefer, Georgian wine . The Moscow Guide page on Russian culture includes pages on folk art, holidays, museums, churches, the Golden Ring, and a Kremlin tour.