This mailing list is dedicated to railroads and other rail transportation systems in the former USSR. Discussions are not limited to 1520mm but also include model railroading in the former USSR.

This mailing list covers the politics, history and culture of Central Europe.

Operating out of McGill University, this highly recommended mailing list is for news, discussions, and announcements about Central Asia. Considered the best moderated forum for Tajikistan studies, Westerners make up the majority participants. Archives of this list can also be found at 

Run by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies this list only distributes submitted announcements relative to Central Asian studies including events, programs, opportunities, publications, and similar matters. This list primarily covers Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. An archive is also available at this site.

This list provides the platform for discussing all types media in the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU) with particular emphasis on newspapers, radio, and television.

The Russian language version describing this forum for discussing media in the NIS.

A member of the Humanities OnLine initiative (H-NET), this moderated discussion list promotes scholarly discussion of Russian and Soviet history. Their WWW site provides varied bibliographical, research and teaching aids, academic announcements and other online resources.

As the only mailing list dedicated entirely to news about Azerbaijan and related topics, this open, currently moderated mailing list uses English as its official language but also handles Azerbaijani and Russian. A sampling of the topics covered include business, education, culture, refugees, sports, and travel.

This main purpose of this list is to unite people in Russian speaking communites of the world with each other. Their WWW Server contains detailed information the list, subscribing plus an archive of the postings on this excellent listserver that was developed and is maintained by Alex Kaplan.

An unmoderated discussion group about Kazakstan and its people, this list distributes news about subjects such as Kazak economic, political, and legal affairs. Many Kazakhstan natives are contributers.

An on-line educational project of the students at the Kyrgyz-American School inBishkek, this is a semi-regular e-mail newsletter reporting on generalbusiness news in Kyrgyzstan. The online edition is made possible by with the assistance of the Irex-sponsored Kyrgyzstan Freenet.

Located at the University of Southern California, this list is for informationa exchange in the areas of U.S. - Russia related business, news, politics and leisure issues, discussions about problems of interest to those from Russia and for those who have friends that live in Russia or speak Russian, or for those who are willing to listen and to share what they have say that is related to Russia.

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