Avantgarde Folk Music Club — Information about club location, opening times and different bands performing in the club.

Golden Apricot International Film Festival — Includes the list of films, awards and past winners.

Armenian Highland: Armenian Enlightenment Chronicle. — Includes sections on architecture, painters and manuscripts.

ArmSite — Paintings of Armenian painters, maps, rugs and carpets, miniatures, MP3s, and Armenian software.

Virtual Ani, Armenia — Interactive map of the deserted medieval city brings up thumbnail photographs and key facts on each building. Brief history, account of its rediscovery and comments on recent excavation and restoration.

Malayan, Pedros — Drawings, portraits, watercolors and oils from the late artist. Includes a biography and list of exhibitions.

Sirunyan, Vakhtang — Includes news, a gallery of paintings, the latest works, the private collection and an owner list.

Aravot Dance Group — Child-youth folk dance group. Features photo and video galleries of festivals.

Barekamutyun — Armenian state dance troupe.

Varand Books — A complete illustrated listings of his poetry works. [English, Armenian].

The Literary Groong — Features the works of contemporary Armenian poets and Armenian-related poetry.

Parajanov, Sergei — The director's official site supported by his son and wife. Includes news, a biography, and information on Michael Vardanov's biographical film about him.

William Saroyan: The Man, the Writer — A documentary by Paul Kalinian. Winner of numerous international awards. Other Saroyan information as well.

Armenian Songbook Online — Offers the score, the lyrics and the midi files of some armenian songs.

Armenia Live — ArmeniaLive.com streams Armenian music 24 hours a day.

Avet Terterian — Includes a biography of the composer, performances, publications, discography, reviews, awards and honors.

Artur Satyan — Internationally recognized Armenian classical and jazz composer and pianist. Includes biography, photographs, audio clips, and on-line shopping.

One World Multimedia: Photojournalism — Includes photo-essays, an image library by Onnik Krikorian, articles and interviews.

Kurkjian Images — Includes gallery, prints, posters and publications,

ArmMono — One man show international festival. Includes information about past festivals, the founder and staff.

The State Musical Chamber Theatre — Information about the theater, actors, and plays.

IMDb - Azerbaijan — Information about titles and movies from Azerbaijan or filmed there.

Rufat Abbasov Portfolio — The online photo gallery of an Azeri photographer.

AZgallery — Features a searchable database of native artists with samples of their work.

Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative — Full-text ethnographic materials from Turkic literature and folklore in PDF and MP3 formats [English, Turkish]. Features description of the collection and links to related sites.

Azerbaijan State Museum of Art — Brief information and contacts of the museum located in Baku.

Azerbaijani Music — Listen to more than 160 samples of Azeri music, read articles about Azerbaijani composers and purchase CDs and scores.

Jazz.az - Jazz in Azerbaijan — Features news on jazz events, information about jazzmen, their pictures, and extensive collection of jazz music samples.

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - Princess of Jazz — Covers biographical sketches, reviews of the albums, lyrics and soundbites of Aziza's songs, and links to further information about Aziza and everything related to her.

Georgian Museum of Photography — Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.

Virtual Georgia — Information on Georgian art, culture and architecture.

Georgian Architecture — Levan Shotashvili provides photographs and commentary on selected castles with a map, and churches by period.

Monuments of Ancient Georgia — Photographs and descriptions provided by Lika Mamulashvili and hosted by the Parliament of Georgia. Includes the 5th-century church of Bolnisi Sioni and 6th-century Jvari church and cave monasteries of David Gareja.

Best Georgian Music — Overview of Georgian music with downloadable and streaming recordings.

Geo Lyrics — Lyrics with videos of songs from Georgia.

IMDb - Kazakhstan — Information about titles and movies from Kazakhstan or filmed there.

The Last Manashchi — Interview with Emal Muldobaiev on the epic and its performers, the manashchi.

Manas: The Kyrgyz Epic — Article by Iraj Bashiri on the history of the Manas epic and the audience setting, with excerpts.

EurasiaNet: The Musical Instruments of Kyrgyzstan — An essay in image and sound (Real Audio format).

KyrgyzMusic.com — An overview of the traditional vocal and instrumental music, including audio samples (MP3 format).

Breeds of Livestock — Karabair

Silk Road Dance Company — Repertoire, contact info, photos, background of the company promoting national dances of people from Central Asia.

Carolyn Krueger and Gulistan Dance Theater — Contains information about Uzbek dance traditions and history, the theater, founders, activities, and public reviews.

Musical Movement — Musical movement is about Belarusian progressive and modern musical groups.

Data — An independent Belorussian web-site about arts, culture, history, music, youth, science, education in modern Belarus.

Saku Suurhall — Concerts, fairs, exhibitions and sport events. [Estonian, English]

Tallinn Philharmonic Society — General information about the society, concert calendar and personnel. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Club Hollywood — Trendy nightclub in the Old Town. Site is mixture of English and Estonian.

Venus Club — Near Viru square. Lists program, photo gallery. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - PÖFF — Yearly film festival held in November and December, mostly in Tallinn. Includes animation films, youth films and mobile phone films sub-festivals. [Estonian, English]

Jazzkaar — Tallinn jazz festivals. Partially in English.

ESTER - Tallinn — An online database of all books in libraries in Tallinn. Search facility. [Estonian, English]

National Library of Estonia — Information for readers, publishers and libraries. Opening hours, services, online databases. [Estonian, English]

Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design — Works of textile art, ceramics, porcelain, leather, glass, jewelry, metalwork, furniture and product design. Includes a staff directory, opening hours, admission fees and location. [Estonian, English]

Estonian Open Air Museum — Rural life and architecture in Estonia from the 18th to 20th century. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Eesti Nukuteater — Founded as a puppet theater in 1952. Program, actors, history, ticket information. [Estonian, English]

Estonian National Opera — Performances of opera, ballet and musicals. Schedules, ticket prices and seat plan. [Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish]

Central Library of Lääne County — Library service, reader information and departments. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Ilon's Wonderland — Museum and activity center for children, based around the works of Ilon Wikland. Site requires Flash and offers some online games for children. [Estonian, English, Russian, Swedish]

Pärnu Central Library — Opening hours and services provided. Online catalogue in Estonian. [Estonian, English]

The Museum Of New Art — Information about the museum, the exhibitions, projects, film festival. [Estonian, English]

Club Illusion — Night club. Coming events, photos and forum. [Estonian, English]

Nerva Art — Acrylic paintings and graphical works by Nerva. Gallery in Tartu. Online ordering. [Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish]

Tartu Hanseatic Days — A yearly event held in July. Site offers program. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Maailmaküla — World music festival held in June. Offers line-up, ticket prices and news. [Estonian, English, Finnish]

ESTER - Tartu — An online database of books in libraries in Tartu and Tartu University. Search facility. [Estonian, English]

Tartu Public Library — A general use library. Overview services and contact information provided in English.

Museum of Tartu University History — The museum is located in the 13th century cathedral. The site provides a short overview of the exhibitions. [Estonian, English]

Tartu Toy Museum — History of the museum, exhibits and playroom. Includes the House of Theater and Animation Puppets. Site requires Flash. [Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, German]

Estonian Traditional Music Center — Organizes the Viljandi Folk Music Festival. [Estonian, English, Finnish]

The Museum of Viljandi — Museum of archaeology, cultural heritage and natural history in Estonia. [Estonian, English]

The Estonians — An exhibition by photographer Christoph Otto. [Estonian, English, German, French, Spanish]

Estonian Art — A database of Estonian art, including painting, sculpture, jewelry and design. [Estonian, English]

Castles of Estonia — Description and photos of a few castles.

MAJA — Estonian architectural review, featured articles, subscription information for the printed publication. [Estonian, English]

Lighthouses of Estonia — A comprehensive list of Estonian lighthouses including descriptions, history and photos.

6 Remarkable Estonian Lighthouses — Photos with brief descriptions of the lighthouses and their uniqueness.

Eesti Kontsert — Lists concerts and festivals taking place in Estonia. [Estonian, English]

Piletilevi — Handles online ticket sales for concerts, theater, sport and other events. Also operates sales points around the country. [Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish]

Central Library of Lääne County — Library service, reader information and departments. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Estonian Patent Library — Collects and makes available Estonian and foreign documents about patents. Patent search and links to relevant legislation. [Estonian, English]

Estonian Children's Literature Information Centre — Collects and preserves children literature in Estonian. Overview in English.

Estonian Writers Union — History of the association. Members and departments. [Estonian, English]

Georg — A film based on the artistic, personal life and fate of the famous Estonian singer Georg Ots. Site offers, trailer, photo gallery, cast and story behind the movie. [Estonian, English, Russian]

Kinoliit - Estonian Filmmakers’ Union — Filmmaker's union official site. Lists festivals held in Estonia. [Estonian, English]

Information Center of Estonian Museums — Includes an index of museums, conservation centers and heritage institutions. History of museums, forum, museum staff resources. Requires flash. [Estonian, English]

Hiiumaa Muuseum — Short description and open hours of the branches of the museum across the island. [Estonian, English]

Schwerindustrie — Focuses on the industrial music scene and culture in Estonia.

Paavo Järvi — Estonian-born conductor. Includes biography, concert schedule, discography, links.

Loodusemees — Image library of Estonian nature and species.

photo.trutata.net — Nature photography by Estonian photographer Allan Rank.

International Amateur Theatre Association — Events, magazine, and information on regional centres including contacts. Secretariat in Tallinn, Estonia.

Theater Information Center — Information center of the Estonian Theater Union. Theaters, agencies, festivals. [Estonian, English]

Re-lab — An electronic art and media center. Projects range from new media festivals to internet broadcasting. The Latvian and English language are on the same page.

State Puppet Theatre of Latvia — Offers puppet stage plays. Page includes theatre schedule, list of actors and information on how to get tickets.

Art Nouveau Heritage — Highlights this type of architecture that is seen in the capital city of Riga and the rest of the country.

Art Studio at the Architect's House — Lessons in drawing, painting and other kinds of visual art. In Latvian and English.

Films in Latvia — A directory of links to movies such as studios, history, organizations, news, history, films, festivals, and filmmakers that originate from Latvia.

National Film Centre of Latvia — Established by the Ministry of Culture to distribute government funding, propose legislation, preserve audio-visual heritage, promote films abroad, create a database library and provide licenses for video distribution.

Underground — Latvian electronic underground music resource and support site, RealAudio and MPEG 3 audio files.

Music in Latvia — Lists personalities, institutions, music education and musicology, recordings and publications.

Brainstorm — Official homepage. Contains discography, forum, information, touch schedule and other information about the band.

Unofficial Prata Vetra / BrainStorm homepage — Offres a much info about the band. Available in Latvian and English.

Schola Gregoriana Vilnensis — A Gregorian Chant choir, based at the Vilnius Arch-Cathedral Basilica, performs during mass and liturgical services. Site offers discography and information about the choir. [Lithuanian, English, French]

Tango Vilnius — Tango community in Vilnius. Information on milongas and events.

Brodvėjus — Music club in the Old Town. News about the pub and programme.

Museum of Genocide Victims — Presents historic documents about genocide against the Lithuanian people, and resistance against the Soviet regime. Located in the former KGB headquarters. [Lithuanian, English, Russian]

National Museum of Lithuania — Largest collection of Lithuanian historical heritage. Expositions, branches. [Lithuanian, English, and others]

Crests and Sacral Arts in Lithuania — Information and photos about Lithuanian traditional wooden crests.

Bokartas — Organises exhibitions, symposiums and other art events in Lithuania.

Lithuanian Wooden Church Architecture — Documents wooden sacred buildings, which are a significant part of Lithuanian national cultural heritage. There are hundreds of wooden churches, chapels and belfries in Lithuania. [Lithuanian, English]

Samogitian Wooden Churches — Samogitians (Lithuanian lowlanders) traditionally built timber churches; some survive from the 18th and 19th centuries. History and photographs provided by the Samogitian Cultural Association.

Andzelika Cholina Dance Theatre — Details of the work of the Lithuanian choreographer, performances and repertoire.

Kaunas municipal Vincas Kudirka public library — Information about collections, services, events. Online catalogue and databasea about Kaunas.

Martynas Mazvydas National Library — National Library of Lithuania in Vilnius. Information on the library, services, catalogues and databases, events.

Palanga Amber Park Museum — Amber museum and botanical park. Exhibitions, educational material. [Lithuanian, English]

Trakai History Museum — Information about the castles, expositions, publications and projects. [Lithuanian, English]

Jauna Muzika — Professional Vilnius municipal choir founded in 1989. Includes a list of prizes, repertoire, concert tours, workshops, reviews, schedule, discography, and photo gallery.

Vilnius Jazz Festival — Annual autumn event in Vilnius offers yearly archived pages from 1989.

Lietuvos Aidas Gallery — Modern Lithuanian art from seventies to the present day.

Lithanian National Drama Theater — List of performances. [Lithuanian, English]

Lithuanian National Opera — Performances. [Lithuanian, English]

Algimantas Barzdzius — Social photography, portraits, theater.

Union of Lithuanian Art Photographers — Current exhibitions and index of photographers. [Lithuanian, English]

Tabac, Vlad — Personal online exhibition, painting, ceramics, graphics, abstract and recent works.

Diamond Way Buddhist Center of Moscow — Texts and links related to philosophy and practice of Tibetan Buddhism of the Karma Kagyu tradition, meditation schedule in the Moscow center, meditations, news.

Theatre.Ru — Theatre life in Moscow.

Moscow Kremlin — Virtual tour around the Kremlin and in the Armory Chamber. Great images.

Academy of Arts Foundation — Profile of the foundation, exhibition details and picture sales. Includes artist profiles and pictures of their work.

Leningrad School — Realist paintings by the Russian artists from the Leningrad School: Ovchinnikov, Osipov, Maevsky, Timkov, Nevelshtein, Semionov, Buchkin, Khukhrov, Stolbov, Koroviakov, Eriomin, Baldina.

Imperial Palaces of Petersburg — Bob Atchison provides a virtual tour of the Alexander Palace, Pavlovsk, Yelagin, Gatchina, Catherine Palace, Winter Palace and Peterhof. Part of Russian History Websites.

Leningrad in the 60s — Forty photographs of the city's architecture, with captions in English, Russian, French and Italian.

Russian Museum of Ethnography — Collection includes above half a million objects and creates a broad picture of traditional life and culture of more than 150 peoples of Russia from the 18th-20th centuries.

Russian Museum — World's largest museum of Russian art located in the former Mikhailovsky Palace.

HighLights of St.Petersburg — Russian folklore group of St. Petersburg, Russia. Information about their repertoire, performances, and tours.

Nikolaevsky Art Centre — Russian folk show at the Nikolaevsky Palace in St.-Petersburg. Information about the show.

Nevsky String Quartet (The Quinten-Quartet), Russia, St.Petersburg — The laureate of International Competitions

Russian Virtuosi Project - Domras-Mandolins and Piano Trio — Musical team, created by the known Petersburg's musicians, is unique by the instruments and by repertoire (Russian and Italian national melodies, classical music and works of the contemporary composers).

State Academic Mariinsky Theatre — Internationally renowned theatre of opera and ballet conducted by Valery Gergiev. Playbill, festivals, company, tickets, virtual tour.

The Russian State Pushkin Academy Drama Theatre (Alexandrinsky Theatre) — The oldest Russian national theatre. History, actors, creative crew, repertoire.

Rus-Art — Online gallery of modern Ural art covers visual arts, fashion, poetry and computer graphics. Features many artists and designers. Some sections are in the Russian language.

Russian Art of Avant-Garde - Cultural Movements in Russia — Artists, poets, writers index. Resources and bibliography. All about Russian Avant-Garde Art.

Old Russian Cities — On-line exhibition by photographer Vadim Gippenreiter of masterpieces of historic architecture in Kiev, Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir, Suzdal, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl, Rostov, Yaroslavl, and Kostroma.

Ouspenie (Dormition) Cathedral, Rostov, Russia — The official site provides an outline history and many photographs of this onion-domed church of c.1500, with its ornate interior.

Russian Movies at IMDB — Database of movies in Russian.

State Hermitage Museum — One of the biggest museums in the world. Offers a virtual tour, on-line exhibitions and a digital collection of high resolution art images.

Military-Historical Museum of Armored Vehicles and Equipment — Collection of German, Soviet, Japan tanks and assault guns. Visual tour of the museum, visitor information.

Classical Music on the Russian WEB — links to musicians, choruses, orchestras, musical organization, halls, theaters.

Peacock's Feather — Ensemble a-capella. Repertoire and MP3 files..

Moscow Nights — Russian folk trio. Information about the musicians, albums, downloads.

Dj Vint Homepage — Biography, pictures, links, and a history of house music.

Arbatskiy Dvor — Arbatskiy Dvor: a tribute to Bulat Okudjava. 116 songs of this poet in MP3.

Bervoets and de Goeij — Fan site for Russian DJs and producers offers audio samples of their mixes.

Schola Cantorum Petropolitana — Offers teaching of early Western European Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque culture and history. The School has for its goal the revival of the European cultural traditions. Study program, news.

Jazz In Russia — Artists, festivals (available in English), radio, TV, Web forum, Web radio playing Russian jazz. [Russian/English]

Moscow Jazz Journalists Association — Official site, non-profit organisation that unites jazz writers, reporters, critics and radio presenters in Russian capital. (English, Russian)

Russia ProPhoto — The project is devoted to professional photography in Russia. The works of several Russian photographers and unions are reproduced at the site.

Photographer Ru — Photography and photographers of Russia and former Soviet Union. Events, history, gallery, magazine, and a forum.

All-Photo.ru — The project represents impressions of Russia and Central Asia. It is the collection of historic and contemporary views from multiple artists. [Russian, English]

Photography by Igor Aronov — Bitterfly.com: photography, web design, poetry.

Russian Theater — Chronology of the Russian Theater, repertoire of Moscow and St. Petersburg theaters, bibliography.

The Bolshoi Theater — Official web site of the famous theater. Current repertoire, history, personalities. In English and Russian.

The Timkov Collection — The largest collection of Russian Impressionist paintings by a 20th century landscape artist Nikolai Efimovich Timkov, who is best known for his lyrical depictions of the countryside and works which evoke the beauty and magnitude of the Russian landscape.

Russki Album — Includes catalogue of female artists of St. Petersburg, Russia. Art from every direction and style plus profiles of each artist.

Guelman.ru — Contemporary Russian art on the Internet, artists, organizations, critics and links.

"OkNo", Art Gallery — Demonstrating all forms of alternative and media art, photography, networking, musical and theatrical projects, publishing activities. (Chelyabinsk, Russia).

Arkhipov, Anton — Figurative paintings by a Russian-born artist.

Portyanoy, Vladimir — Oils and graphics by a modern Russian painter.

Unknown Socialist Realism — Oil paintings of 1930-1990 from the Leningrad School artists. Selected works from private collections.

Precarpathian University: Gallery — The gallery presents students' art works.

Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble — Professional folk and theatrical dance company. Includes history, educational services, photo gallery and management details. [English/Ukrainian]

Kiev Party — Information about nightlife, events, and places to go.

Belshchunov A.V. Museum — Located in the former apartment of Alexander Belshchunov. Belshchunov collected art from around the world in the early 20th century.

Odessa State Literary Museum — Museum featuring the history of Odessa's poets and writers.

Pictures of Ukraine — Catalogue of photo galleries and Ukrainian cities' guides.

Ukrainian Embroidery-style — Digital images of embroidery samples to be used in web-design.

Ukrainian Ancient Architecture Monuments Database — Contains information on historical architectural monuments and urban development in all regions of the Ukraine.

Ukrainian Architecture — Series of illustrated articles by various authors, some scholarly, on historic buildings in the Ukraine and built by the Ukrainian community elsewhere.

Alexander Sparinsky, Ukrainian composer — Electronic, choral, folk, children, pop and instrumental music. Articles, discography and biography.

Digital Photo Art of Vladimir Kharchenko — Works, exhibitions and secrets of technics of the digital metagraphy.

V. Mishalow - Folk Instruments of Ukraine — Discussion of the various types of traditional Ukrainian musical instruments and dance music.

Victor Morozov/MO Productions — Official site of famous singer/songwriter Victor Morozov, including music clips, photos, interviews, biography.

Donetsk State Academic Russian Opera and Ballet Theatre — Brief information about the Opera and Ballet House in the Eastern Ukraine

Welcome to Ukraine — Online version of a magazine about art issues, entertainment events, history, also containing stories and facts about Ukraine.

Bezalel-Levy Editions — Fine art, prints, posters, and greeting cards by a husband and wife artist team.

The Beer-Sheva Mandolin Orchestra of the Samuel Rubin Municipal Conservatory — History, events calendar, and MP3 recordings from this internationally recognized youth orchestra.

Israeli Salsa Organization: Be'er Sheva — Directory of dance clubs and events in the Negev capital.

BETA Dance Troupe and Dance School — Performs a contemporary synthesis of traditional Ethiopian tribal (eskesta shoulder) and Jewish dances in Israel. Includes profile, information on Ethiopian Jewry in Israel, details of the directors and performers, repertoire, and booking details.

Malbin, Ursula - Sculpture Garden — 29 bronze sculptures created by Ursula Malbin are on constant display in the Peace Garden in Haifa. Includes artist's biography and pictures of the sculptures.

Israel National Museum of Science — Illustrates the museum's innovative, interactive exhibitions and activities, for all ages. [English/Hebrew]

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art — Houses exhibits, library, and various activities dedicated to Japanese culture.

Fatima Olive Wood Works — Manufacturers of genuine olive wood religious carvings and giftware. Online ordering is possible.

Miriam Neiger-Fleischmann, Israeli Artist Painter and Poet — Features contemporary art works from this Israeli artist painter and poet from Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Seminar in Architecture — Biennial conference devoted to discussing significant topics in the fields of architecture and urban design.

Jerusalem: Christian Architecture through the Ages — Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts this illustrated article by Yishai Eldar. From famous Byzantine monuments and Crusader churches to the twentieth century, Jerusalem has a remarkable Christian heritage.

Jerusalem Pottery — The Karakashian family ceramics studio makes traditional hand painted ceramic tiles with animal and floral designs and bible tiles since 1965. Information on the studio and family history, and an online-shop with worldwide delivery.

Etz-Ron — Handcrafted wooden judaica and gift items can be purchased from this site.

Yad Vashem — Israel's Holocaust museum and memorial. Includes information on the museum, its exhibits, collections, resources, programs and publications.

Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem — Biblical history through ancient Near Eastern art from the dawn of civilization through the early Christian era.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra — Contains information about the orchestra and its concerts.

Jerusalem Music Centre — Enables students and professional musicians to meet and work with prominent musicians, in master classes, workshops, seminars, performances and special projects.