Russia: West of the Urals
	Organizations by City

Moscow Organizations

Apatity

• "GAIA" Kola Coordinating Environmental Center
• Kola Centre for Gender Research and Women's Studies

Arkhangelsk

• Center for Support of Non-Governmental Organizations (Young Lawyers' Union Regional Branch)
• "Conscience" Arkhangelsk District Organization
• EcoSevera Ecological Organization

Astrakhan

• Human Rights

Bryansk

• VIOLA

Chuvashia

• The International Institute of Entrepreneurship and Management

Dagestan

• Dagestan Regional Charitable Fund "Salvation"

Ingushetia

• Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development

Ivanovo

• Ivan Oblast Society of Human Rights

Kaliningrad

• Center for the Social Adaptation of Military Servicemen
• Ecodefense!

Kaluga

• Association for Environmental Education
• Darina Cooperation and Development Program
• French-Russian Institute of Business Administration
• Kitezh Children's Community
• Strategy Foundation
• IVMA Rehabilitation Center

Kazan

• IREX Office–Kazan Center for Corporate and Cultural Development
• Kazan Youth Political Club
• Public-Humanitarian Organization of Pensioners and Invalids of Victims Political Repression

Kirov

• Civic Initiatives Support Foundation

Krasnodar

• Association for the Protection of Consumer Rights
• Association of Young Journalists
• Center for Kuban National Culture
• Chernobyl Union–Association of Invalids and Veterans of Chernobyl
• Education Consulting Center
• Krasnodar Regional Community Foundation "Resource Center"
• Legal Youth Agency "Your-Inform"
• Modus-Veli Association for Children with Congenital Facial Defects
• National Cultures Centre
• "Personnel" Foundation of Assistance
• Public Information Center
• Russian Red Cross Society– Krasnodar City Committee
• Society in Defense of Intellectual Property Rights
• Southern Institute of Management
• Southern Russia Resource Center
• Southern Wave Creative Union
• Union of Young Leaders
• Women and Families Center
• Youth Association for the Development of National Cultures of the Kuban

Lipetsk

• Socio-Ecological Union– Lipetsk Branch
• Lipetsk Society for Human Rights

Mari El Republic

• International Centre for Intellectual Communication IVAN

Moscow

• See Moscow Organizations page

Murmansk

• Association of Young Leaders
• Bellona
• "GAIA" Kola Coordinative Environmental Center
• Humanitarian Institute of the North
• Lapland Biosphere Reserve
• Women’s Congress of the Kol’sk Peninsula

Nizhny Novgorod

• Agency for Volga Ecological Information
• Cadres Training Foundation
• Center for the Social Adaptation of Military Servicemen
• Disabled Afghanistan War Veterans
• Dront Eco Center
• "Family"– Center of Medical and Social Protection and Adaptation
• House of the People ( Narodnii Dom )
• International Cultural Initiative Foundation
• "Invatur" Regional Voluntary Organization for Rehabilitation of the Disabled
• Journalists' Union
• "Kariatida" Center of Contemporary Art
• Kurgan Society
• Nature Conserve
• Nizhnii Novgorod Social Rehabilitation Organization
• Nizhny Novgorod Society for Human Rights
• "Nizhegorodskaia Zemlia" Public Foundation
• Open Society Institute
• " Shans" Training Center
• " Sluzhenie" (Service)
• " Sokol" Youth Organization
• UNESCO Center of Nizhny Novgorod
• Volodarsk Center for the Social Support of Military Servicemen
• Vozmozhnost - Opportunity International
• "Women Mathematicians"– Regional Branch
• Young Lawyers Union–Nizhny Novgorod Regional Branch
• Zabota-Hesed-Sara Jewish Charitable Center in Nizhny Novgorod

North Caucasus

• Severny Kavkaz Association

Novgorod

• Citizens Democracy Corps
• "Doveriye" Psychological-Educational Center
• IREX–Partnerships for Civil Society and Economic Development Project (PCSED)
• Novgorod Oblast Association of Women Entrepreneurs
• RusOR (Russian Orphanage Association)

Novocherkassk

• Union of Don Women
• "Zeleny Don" Regional Environmental Movement

Novorossiysk

• "Journalist" Novorossiysk Union of Journalists
• Origami Center of Novorossiysk

Perm

• Chaikovsky Public Center 
• "Charitable Work" Regional Public Association of Invalids
• Istok
• Love's Bridge
• "New Home" Regional Public Organization for Defense of Citizens' Housing Rights
• Perm Center Against Violence and Human Trafficking
• Perm Radio and Television Association
• Udmurt Regional Resource Center for Support of NGOs
• Union of Women's Organizations of Perm
• Zdravstvui Editorial Publishing Center

Petrozavodsk

• Karelian Center for Gender Research
• Karelian Society for the Protection of Animals
• Palace of Youth and Creativity
• Project Harmony
• Youth Human Rights Group

Pskov

• Fund of Ecological Coordination
• Lake Peipsi Project
• "Renaissance" Rehabilitative Center for Adolescents
• Russian Children's Fund– Pskov Branch
• "Veche" Public Movement
• Volny University of Pskov
• "Woman of Pskov" Independent Social Women's Center

Rostov-on-Don

• Business Link
• Center-Internet
• Christians Against Torture and Child Slavery
• IREX- Rostov-on-Don
• "Most" Charitable Foundation
• Rostov Charitable Association of Families with Many Children
• Rostov-on-Don Group for Human Rights
• Rostov Press and Information Center
• Russian-British Consulting Center

Ryazan

• Alumni Association of Scholar and Academic International Exchange Programs
• Araks Armenian Cultural Society
• Artists' Union of Ryazan
• Jewish Religious Society of Ryazan
• Karta Center
• Memorial Society - Ryazan
• Ryazan Initiative Group for the Implementation of the Helsinki Accords
• Visit Ryazan On-line dedicated to local NGOs
• Waldorf Initiative Pedagogical Center
• Women in Education, Research, and Business

St. Petersburg

• "Alexandra" Legal Aid Society for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases
• Association for the Defense of the Rights of Servicemen
• Baltic Nature Foundation of the St. Petersburg Society of Natural Scientists
• CEC International Partners
• Center for Business Ethics
• Center for Civil Society and International Cooperation
• Citizen's Watch
• "Contacts" Charitable Foundation for Youth with Disabilities
• "Crosses" Charitable Fund (Social Rehabilitation of those Imprisoned and Released)
• Educational Center
• Employment Agency for the Deaf
• Foundation for International Professional Exchange
• Gatchina
• German-Russian Exchange
• Green World Environmental Association
• House of Human Rights
• Innovation Center
• International Small Business Association
• International Cultural Initiative Foundation
• The Labour Confederation of St.Petersburg and Leningrad Region
• Mass Media Center
• Mass Media Laboratory
• Memorial Society
• Nevsky Angel
• NGO Development Center
• Nochlezhka Fund
• Open Society Institute
• Operation Smile Russia
• Parents Bridge
• Petersburg Center for Gender Issues
• Poetry International Center
• Project Harmony
• Psychological Crisis Center for Women
• Puskinskaya Observatory International Art Exchange Program
• Rebyonok Children’s Fund
• Russian Academy of Education
• Russian Center for Citizenship Education
• Russian Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights
• Soldiers' Mothers Organization
• Soros Center for Contemporary Art
• Strategy Humanitarian and Policy Center ( Strategia )
• St. Petersburg Association of Scientists and Scholars (SPASS)
• St. Petersburg Independent Group for Human Rights
• St. Petersburg Law School
• Transboundary Environmental Information Agency
• Union of Journalists
• "We Are Together" Mutual Assistance Club for Young Invalids
• "Wings"--Association for the Defense of Homosexuals
• Women's Initiative Center
• "Youth Association for the Hearing-Impaired" of the St. Petersburg Society of Disabled

Samara

• Association for Social Support and Protection of the Disabled "Our Care"
• "Center for Spiritual Culture" Interregional Public Organization
• "Fortuna" Samara Women’s Business Club
• Fund "Development Through Education"
• Fund for Intellectual and Cultural Development
• International Association of Economics and Management Students (AIESEC)
• International Information Bureau
• Interregional Social Organization of Handicapped People
• Open Society Institute
• "Povolzhe" NGO Support Center of the Historical-Ecological and Cultural Association
• Public Human Rights Center–Samara Region
• Research Group of Samara State University
• "The Right Heart" Foundation
• Socio-Political Center of Samara
• United Nations Association of Russia–Samara Regional Division
• Youth Palace of Samara
• "Zabota" Society of Social Assistance and Employment for the Disabled

Saratov

• "Aid for Families and Children" Charitable Foundation
• Association Of Women Lawyers
• Center for International Understanding
• Eurasia Foundation
• Roundtable of Public Youth and Children's Organizations
• Russian Bird Conservation Union
• Saratov Exchange Consulting Center
• Women's Business Club

Serpukhov

• Serpukhov Society of Trustees of Penitentiary Institutions

Sochi

• New Leaders of Russia

Stavropol

• Association of Conflictologists of the Stavropol Region
• Enterprise Support Centre
• Southern Russia Resource Center

Taganrog

• BLAGO

Tatarstan

• Femina

Tula

• Orthodox Center of Spiritual Revival

Tver

• ONA Women's Club
• Tver Film School for Youths
• Tver InterContact Group: Institute of Russian Language and Culture
• Tver Training and Business Center of the Morozov Project
• "Women’s Light" Feminist Club

Ufa

• Association of Women Entrepreneurs–Bashkortarstan
• Human Rights Research Center of the Bashkortostan Republic
• Women's Legal Defense Center of the Bashkortostan Republic

Vladimir

• Serendipity American English and Culture Program ("Dom Russkii")

Volgograd

• Volgograd Foundation for Business Development

Volsk

• Union for Chemical Safety

Voronezh

• Center for AIDS Prevention
• Club "Children and Adult Home"
• "Common Path" Association of Charitable Foundations
• Defense of Women, Public Organization of the City of Voronezh
• Foundation for the Development of Art
• "Grace" Interethnic Center of the Humanities
• "New View" Childrens Organization
• "Nye Zhdi" Association of Independent Women’s Democratic Initiatives
• Professional Writers Association
• "Renaissance" Club, Voronezh Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture
• Voronezh Association of Charitable Organizations

Yaroslavl

• Center for the Formation of Sexual Culture
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Yaroslavl Regional Distance Learning Center
• Yaroslavl Regional Society of Pedagogics and Culture

Russian Organizations West of the Urals can also be viewed according to area of activities:

[ Agriculture ] [ Business ] [ Education and Culture ] [ Environment ] [ Funding ] [ Health ]
[ Legal Issues ] [ Media ] [ NGO Development ] [ Religion ][ Social Services ] [ Women ] [ Youth ]

A print version of much of the information contained in this section can be found in the The Post-Soviet Handbook (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1999).

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