Links

VIRTUAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The Urals in the Columbia Encyclopaedia
The Urals on the site of the CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF PUBLIC POLICY, Scotland
The Urals on the FreeDictionary.com
The Urals on Encyclopedia.com
The Urals on Wikipedia
The Urals on the Peakbagger.com (statistics about the mountain peaks and mountain ranges of the world)
The Urals on the Peakware World Mountain Encyclopaedia
Ural Mountains in the Online Classic Encyclopedia – LoveToKnow
EKATERINBURG
Take a look at the pictures of Ekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg Travel Guide - Tips, Reviews & Pictures of Hotels, Restaurants, Activities & more in Yekaterinburg
Forum about Ekaterinburg
The map of Ekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg - present time and future
Yekaterinburg on Rusnet.nl
BEST - Ekaterinburg (Board of European Students of Technology)
Welcome to Ekaterinburg - the private web-site about the city
TRANSSIB
Russian virtual encyclopedia of Transsib (in English, German and Russian)
German site about Transsib - specifically information about cities, railway etc.
Forums about Transsib
HOW TO ARRIVE
International flight searching system Amadeus - probably most used system, includes bigger carriers
Russian flight searching system Sirena - includes Russian carriers that are often not included in Amadeus system 
Ural Airlines (in English)
Ural Airlines (in German)
Ex-USSR railway timetable - as great as the Sirena air timetable !
Deutsche Bahn railway timetable covering whole Europe - for searching e.g. how to get from Europe to Moscow
CHELYABINSK
The map of Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk Region – the Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee of Chelyabinsk Region Administration
Chelyabinsk - the major industrial, scientific, and cultural centre of the Southern Urals
Chelyabinsk - the capital of the Southern Ural
UFA AND BASHKORTOSTAN REPUBLIC
Ufa City Administration – official web-site
Information about economy, science, education and health care systems, culture, nature of Bashkortostan
Overview of the republic of Bashkortostan
The Bashkir folk songs classic include a number of poetical monuments which reflect the history of the Bashkir people
Shulgan-Tash Reserve
PERM AND PERM REGION
Administration of Perm City – official web-site
PHOTOS
Many photos of the Southern Urals (in Russian)
Nature around Chelyabinsk
Russian National Parks Pages at web site of Finnish Association for Nature
Photo gallery by Nikolay Alexandrow (in Russian)
Some photos of the Urals (in Russian)
Some more photos of the Urals (in Russian)
Caves of the Southern Urals
Caves of the Southern Urals
Polar Urals photo gallery
Polar Urals some more photos of the Polar Urals
Along the river Chusovaya (in Russian)
River Belaya (White) on some photos (in Russian)
MAPS OF THE URALS
The Ural Region on the interactive map
ECOTOURISM / ECOLOGY (RUSSIA and URALS)
General unofficial information about forests in Russia
Natural Protected Areas (NPA) of Russia
State of the Environment of Russia
Zoos of Russia in the INTERNET
EcoPhoto Wildlife photolibrary
LOCAL PEOPLES
RAIPON Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East
RADIO
Take a voice of Russian radio-stations
EXTREME
Alp Club Ural Yekaterinburg
Mountain.ru - one of the best Russian climbing/mountaineering websites. large part of it is in English as well, useful for getting useful contacts/advice etc.
Risk Online - Russian magazine about mountains, expeditions, people
For those who like independent travelling on ex-USSR territory
TEAM ILIZAROV is about independent solo cycle from the UK to Siberia
CAVING
General characteristics of caves of the Southern Urals
IT'S INTERESTING TOO !
Polar Ural on foot
Mushrooms of Middle and South Urals by Aleksey B. Artem'ev
Russomania  - this French site tells about Russia
Traditional Russian Meal - a lot of wonderful Russian meal here

RUSSIA
Russia Info Centre - everything you've wanted to know about life in present-day Russia, its history, culture, economy, education, legislation, and much more.
Russia Travel Guide - Tips, Reviews & Pictures of Hotels, Restaurants, Activities & more in Russia
Virtual Directory of Russian museums, art galleries, etc.
Russian virtual photoforum
A web portal - designed to help Russian emigrants and Russophiles communicate with each other across the globe. The site allows users to make new friends, play games, chat, discuss important topics and much more
Russia in the World Factbook
Russian money in the Geographical Directory Of World Paper Money
Russian flag in the Flags Of The World

WORLD
Lonely Planet Publish over 650 guidebooks in 14 different languages. Lonely Planet covers every corner of the planet. And also offer a range of services to aid and inspire travellers at home or on the road
Discovery Online site
National Geographic
Geography World - this site has many links to geography web sites
About.Com Geography
Travel Tips From All Over The World
High Adventure around the World - Photographs, articles and information on walks, climbs, treks and overland travels on five continents
World Travel Links, Maps, Info, Weather - Travel information for all countries
Poezdka.de offers information about countries, cities, attractions, travel agencies, tours, tips for the tourists, and much more
Travel and Tourism Directory - The largest travel directory & tourism industry resource

THE OTHER USEFUL LINKS FOR TRAVELLERS
Travel guides Hotels search engine (a partner of Octopus Travel)
Motorcycle hire in Europe Tailored and self-guided adventure tours, motorcycle & car rental, active holidays in Bulgaria.
“Stalker” - production of kayaks "Pike", portable boats "Nalim", catamarans and other inexpensive equipment for outdoor tourism