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Bugajski, Janusz.  Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations and Parties.  Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1994.
     Ref. DJK 26 .B935 1994

Cornwell, Neil, ed. Reference Guide to Russian Literature. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
     Ref. PG 2940 .R43 1998

Croucher, Murlin.  Slavic Studies:  A Guide to Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks.  2 vols.  Wilmington, NC : Scholarly Resources, 1993.
     Ref. DJK 27 .S554 1993  

Orttung, Robert W., ed.  The Republics and Regions of the Russian Federation:  A Guide to Politics, Policies, and Leaders.  Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2000
     Ref. JN 6699 .A88 R47 2000

Segel, Harold B. Columbia Guide to the Literatures of Eastern Europe Since 1945:  Albania (and Kosovo), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia (and Montenegro), Slovakia, Slovenia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003
     Ref. PN849.E9 S44 2003

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Brown, Archice, Michael Kaser, and Gerald S. Smith, eds. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
     Ref. DK 14 .C35 1994

Florinsky, Michael T., ed. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961.
    Ref. DK 14 .M26

Frankel, Benjamin, ed.  The Cold War 1945-1991: Leaders and Other Important Figures in the United States and Western Europe.  Detroit:  Gale Research, 1992.
     Ref. D 839.5 .C65 1992

Frucht, Richard.  Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism. New York:  Garland Publishing, 2000.
     Ref. DJK 6 .E53 2000

Held, Joseph.  Dictionary of East European History Since 1945.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1994.
     Ref. DJK 50 .H43 1994

Jackson, George, and Robert Devlin, eds.  Dictionary of the Russian Revolution.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1989.
     Ref. DK 265 .D49 1989

Kubijovyc, Volodymyr. ed. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. 5 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984.
     Ref. DK 508 .E613 1984

---. Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia. 2 vols. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963-71.
     Ref. DK 508 .E54 1963

Lerski, George J. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
     Ref. DK 4123 .L47 1996

Millar, James R., ed. Encyclopedia of Russian History. 4 vols. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004.
     Ref. DK14 .E53 2004 (Available in print and e-book format.)

Modern Encyclopedia of East Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian Literature. 10 vols. Gulf Breeze, FL: Academic International Press, 1977-96.
     Ref. PG 2940 .M6

Noonan, Norma Corigliano, and Carol Nechemias, eds. Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
     Ref. HQ1665.15 .E5 2001

Pribylovskii, Vladimir.  Dictionary of Political Parties and Organizations in Russia.  Washington, DC: The Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1992.
     Ref. JN 6699 .A795 P75 1992

Prokhorov, A.M., ed.  Great Soviet Encyclopedia:  A Translation of the Third Edition.  New York:  MacMillan, 1973.
     Ref. AE 5 .G68 1973

Raymond, Boris, and Paul Duffy.  Historical Dictionary of Russia.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow Press, 1998.
     Ref. DK 36 .R39 1998.

Shukman, Harold, ed.  The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution.  New York:  Basil Blackwell, 1988.
     Ref. DK 265 .B54 1988

Suziedelis, Simas, ed. Encyclopedia Lituanica. 5 vols. Boston: J. Kapocius, 1970-78.
     Ref. DK 511 .L2 E5

Terras, Victor, ed. Handbook of Russian Literature. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985.
     Ref. PG 2940 .H29 1985

Wieczynski, Joseph L.  The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History.  1976 -  .  Gulf Breeze, FL:  Academic International Press, 1976.
     Ref. DK14 .M6 1976

Wróbel, Piotr. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 1945-1996. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
    Ref. DK 4433 .W76 1998

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Crampton, Richard, and Ben Crampton.  Atlas of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century.  London:  Routledge, 1996.
     Ref. G 2080 .C7 1996

Gilbert, Martin.  Atlas of Russian History.  2^nd ed.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 1993.
     Ref. G 2111 .S1 G52 1993

Hupchick, Dennis P. and Harold E. Cox.  A Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe.  New York:  St. Martin's Press, 1996.
     Ref. G 2081 .S1 H8 1996

Magosci, Paul. Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
     Ref. Atlas G2081 .S1 M3 1993

---. Ukraine, A Historical Atlas. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1985.
     Ref. Atlas G2151 .S1 M34 1985

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Brzezinski, Zbigniew, and Paige Sullivan, eds.  Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Documents, Data, and Analysis.  New York:  M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
     Ref. DK 1.5 .R876 1997

Commonwealth of Independent States Committee for Statistics-International Center for Human Values.  The Statistical Handbook of Social and Economic Indicators for the Former Soviet Union.  New York: Norman Ross Publishing, 1996.
     Ref. HA 1444 .S73 1996

Mitchell, B.R.  International Historical Statistics Europe 1750-1993.  4^th ed.  London:  Macmillan Reference, 1998.
     Ref. HA 1107 .M5 1998

Pockney, B.P.  Soviet Statistics Since 1950.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
     Ref. HA 1444 .P63 1991

Williams, Dale, ed.  CIS and Eastern Europe on File.  New York: Facts on File, 1993.
     Ref. DJK 12 .C57 1993

World Development Indicators. Washington, DC: The World Bank, 2004.
     Ref. HC59.15 .W656 (Print: 1997-2004)
     Ref. HC59.15 .W657 (CD-ROM: 2003)

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Batalden, Stephen K. and Sandra Batalden.  The Newly Independent States of Eurasia:  Handbook of Former Soviet Republics.  2^nd ed.  Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1997.
     Ref. DK 17 .B34 1997

De Mowbray, Stephen.  Key Facts in Soviet History.  Boston:  G.K. Hall, 1990.
     Ref. DK 266 .D394 1990b

Ference, Gregory C., ed.  Chronology of 20th-Century Eastern European History.  Detroit:  Gale Research, 1994.  
     Ref. DJK 30 .C47 1994

Mastro, Joseph P.  USSR Calendar of Events Annual.  Gulf Breeze, FL:  Academic International Press, 1987-1991.
     Ref. DK1 .U87 1987-1991

Political Risk Yearbook: East Europe. Vol. 7. East Syracuse, NY: PRS Group, 2005
     Ref. D410 .P623 2005

Shaw, Warren, and David Pryce.  The World Almanac of the Soviet Union From 1905 to the Present.  New York:  Pharos Books, 1990.
     Ref. DK 246 .S5 1990

Szajkowski, Bogdan, ed.  Political Parties of Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Successor States.  Essex, UK:  Longman Information and Reference, 1994.
     Ref. DJK 51 .P65 1994

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Benson, Morton, and Evelyn Benson.  Russian-English Dictionary of Verbal Collocations.  Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing, 1993.
     Ref. PG 2271 .B46 1993

Breyer, Thomas R., Jr.  501 Russian Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All Tenses, Alphabetically Arranged.  New York: Barron's, 1992.
     Ref. PG 2271 .B48 1992.

Falla, Paul, et al.  The Oxford Russian Dictionary.  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.
     Ref. PG 2640 .W5 1993

Lubensky, Sophia.  Russian-English Dictionary of Idioms.  New York: Random House, 1995.
     Ref. PG 2460 .L83 1995

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