Russian Federation

Virtual Vladimir.  An online encyclopedia of the city of Vladimir.  Vladimir is one of Russia's oldest cities, at some point in history even a capital of a young Russian state yet currently just a provincial capital city. Its rivalry with Moscow continues on the web, though. Virtual Vladimir is a truly amazing place to visit, a model other Russian cities would like to follow. At this point, not all links of the virtual encyclopedia are active. The site is in Russia only, so, if you don't read Russian, go directly to the site's interactive map ("KAPTA" in Russian), click on streets and then building numbers.  The site has photos of every single building in the city!  Study housing types, analyze land use patterns, or just enjoy the tranquility of the cityscape which is both modern and ancient, changing and preserving.  [ds]
http://vgv.avo.ru/

Veliky Ustiug, the Home of Father Frost.  An example of successful post-Soviet urban entrepreneurialism, the city gets increasing tourist-based revenues from self-promotion as the hometown of the Russian counterpart to Santa Claus.  The city's site is located on the official site of Vologda Oblast (worth exploring on its own); from there chose 'English', then 'Tourism', and then 'Veliky Ustiug is Homeland of Father Frost'. [ds]
http://www.vologda-oblast.ru/

Rural and Small Town Russia.  A collection of photos and tips on travelling created by Paul Voytinski, including small towns and villages between Moscow and St. Petersburg, with special emphasis on Tver and Staritsa. Most pages are based on the author's own trips. No map, and somewhat commercialized, but full of interesting information.  [ccr]
http://www.staritsa.info/#golden_ring

Small Towns of Russia.  Site with info on about sixty small towns of Russia.  It has an English version too, which is not always stable. 
http://www.towns.ru

GULAG camps in Siberia: clickable map.  The GULAG was an extensive archipelago of forced labor camps, mostly during the period of Joseph Stalin's rule (the late 1920-early 1950s).  Notoriously famous for their high human cost, many of the camps were located in very remote corners of Siberia and used to develop resources in the extremely harsh environments there.  In Russian.  [ds]
http://ieie.nsc.ru/gulag/gulag4.html#geo

Kamchatka.  An introduction to Kamchatka, the eastern-most peninsula of Russia, the area of unreally beautiful landscapes.  The site provides images of plants and short description of regional variations in flora.  In English. [ds]
http://www.abc.se/~m8449/kamch.html#inl