State of 19th Century Russian Literature and Theatre

History.com Profile of Russia

http://www.history.com/topics/russia

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Great Reforms and 19^th Century Literature of Realism

http://www.russia-ic.com/culture_art/literature/806

Censorship in Russia, 19^th and 20^th Century

http://www.beaconforfreedom.org/liste.html?tid=415&art_id=555

PDF. Pre-Chekhov. The History of Russian Vaudeville from 1800 to 1850.

http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-0130103-053846/unrestricted/Tselebrovski_dis.pdf

The Moscow Art Theatre and Realism in Russia

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jewestla/6act.htm