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Subject: [soc.culture.russian] SCR and Cyrillization FAQ: part 0/4 (listing)
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 96 23:15:34 GMT

Archive-Name: cultures/russian/list
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-Modified: 1996/02/06
Version: 1.6
URL: http://www.lehigh.edu/~pv02/scrFAQ.html

Below is a monthly repost of some relevant SOC.CULTURE.RUSSIAN materials,
last updated on March 7, 1996. If you have any questions, suggestions or
additions, e-mail pv02@lehigh.edu. The materials of this FAQ in hypertext
form can be found on the World-Wide Web:

http://www.lehigh.edu/~pv02/rus.html

The URL above points to SOC.CULTURE.RUSSIAN home page. Again, all comments
and suggestions welcome by e-mail. Don't post them (or, if you post them,
cc: them to me - P.V.).

The text of this FAQ is written by Vadim Maslov <vadik@cs.umd.edu>
and by Peter Vorobieff. The copyright to this FAQ belongs to Vadim
Maslov and Peter Vorobieff.

The most recent additions to this FAQ include a link to instructions
on Windows 95 russification written by Andrey Chernov. Also now it 
is possible to order airplane tickets between the US and Russia on 
the WWW. Details in part 4, and our thanks to Lana Vail.

Part 4 of the FAQ is, as usual, "under construction," as well as
the webified version of the FAQ. All additions and suggestions most
welcome.

Peter Vorobieff <pv02@lehigh.edu> - the Keeper of the FAQ.

http://www.lehigh.edu/~pv02/

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Contents:

1. SOC.CULTURE.RUSSIAN CHARTER AND POSTING SUGGESTIONS
   answers the questions:
   - What is S.C.R.?
   - What is the language of S.C.R.?
   - What should and should not be posted to S.C.R.?
   - What other newsgroups with related topics exist?
   - How to react to net abuse?
   - What is considered net abuse on soc.culture.russian?
   - Why hate speech articles cannot be eliminated?
   - How to react to hate speech?
   - How to react to an article you LIKED?
   - What is a killfile and how to use it?
   - Whom to killfile?
   - What is the crossposting strategy?

2. Cyrillic Paleo-FAQ
   answers the questions:
   - What are the ways to write and read in Russian on Internet?
   - What is necessary to install Cyrillic fonts/drivers on my computer?
   - How to use FTP, Gopher, WWW cruisers to download the necessary files?

3. Russian net resources
   answers the questions:
   - What are relcom newsgroups and how to get them?
   - What places on Usenet other than s.c.r have information about Russia?
   - Are there any Russian mailing lists?
   - What are the FTP, Gopher and WWW sites with Russian resources?
   - Are there any Russian online newspapers/magazines?

4. Miscellaneous (to be expanded)
   answers the questions:
   - Where can one buy/order Russian books and magazines in the United States?
   - How to get visas to/from Russia?
   - How can I get in touch with the Russian Consulate in the US?
   - What phone company can one use to call to Russia?
   - What is the cheapest way to fly to Russia?
   - What is the FUN way of flying IN Russia?
   - Are there any Russian newspapers/magazines available on Internet/WWW?
   - What are the places on WWW to look for information on Russian music?
   - What literature in Russian is available on WWW?
   - Where can I find Russian food recipes on WWW?
   - What is the current situation with parliamentary and presidential
     elections in Russia?
   - How are things going in Russian football?
