Useful Links

The U.S. Government's sites
United States government official web portal: http://www.firstgov.gov/
The President of the United States: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/

U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Russia
The U.S.Embassy Moscow http://usembassy.ru/
The U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg: http://www.stpetersburg-usconsulate.ru/
The U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/

The U.S. Virtual Consulates in Russia
Map of Virtual Consulates: http://virtualconsulate.gov/
Virtual Consulate Perm: http://usa.perm.ural.ru/
Virtual Consulate Tyumen: http://usa.tyumen.ru/
Virtual Consulate Chelyabinsk: http://usa.chelyabinsk.ural.ru/
Virtual Consulate Snezhinsk: http://usa.snezhinsk.ural.ru/
Virtual Consulate Novouralsk: http://usa.novouralsk.ural.ru/

Digital Publications
InfoUSA Russian version: http://usinfo.state.gov/russki/infousa/
Washington File (official government transcripts): http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/products/washfile.html
Electronic Journals: http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/journals.htm
Other publications: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/
CultureConnect (a U.S. Department of State initiative to strengthen relationships among diverse cultures): http://www.cultureconnect.state.gov/

United States History and Culture:
The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
American Memory (LoC): http://memory.loc.gov/