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Information and educational resources

This section contains a list of links to various educational Internet resources.

Wi-Fi is available in the building of the Moscow branch of St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise. All the sites listed below are accessible without restriction from any branch computer on the local network, as well as on the Wi-Fi network

Educational portals:

Russian education. Federal portal.
The structure and management bodies of an educational organization
“A single window of access to educational resources”
A single collection of digital educational resources
Federal Center for Information and Educational Resources
Electronic catalogs of the scientific library of St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise
Lan Electronic Library System

Dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias:

Dahl's Explanatory Dictionary
The world of encyclopedias
The Encyclopedia's RUBRIC
PROMT's on-line translator
Переводчик Lingvo-online
The Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Open Russian Library (books, maps, sheet music)

Библиотеки:

Russian National Library
Russian State Library
Scientific Library of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The YURAYT educational platform

Government agencies:

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Resources for people with disabilities and individuals with health impairments:
The "All-Russian Society of Disabled People" website

http://www.voi.ru/
The All-Russian Society of Disabled People was founded on August 17, 1988. The goals of VOI are: protection of the rights and interests of people with disabilities, ensuring equal opportunities for them to participate in all spheres of public life, and integrating disabled people into society. Today, VOI has more than 1.5 million members, 24,300 primary organizations, 2,100 district and city organizations, and 83 regional organizations.

Support Fund for Disabled People "United Country".
http://www.rfpi.ru/
The goal of the Support Fund for Disabled People "United Country" is the integration of people with disabilities into society based on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: dignity and justice for all. The Fund implements the social project "United Country – Accessible Environment," organizes the festival of social internet resources "World of Equal Opportunities," and highlights information about sports achievements of people with limited abilities.

The Invalid.ru website
http://www.invalid.ru/
A website for people with disabilities, valuable for its legislative compilation. Here you will find laws such as: "Law on Social Protection of Disabled Persons", "Law on Mandatory Social Insurance Against Accidents", "Resolution on Benefits for Disabled Persons and Families with Disabled Children", "Law on Charitable Activities and Charitable Organizations." Detailed explanations of procedures for obtaining a sick leave certificate are provided.

A website for disabled people and those close to them
http://www.inva-life.ru/
Health, treatment, tourism for people with disabilities. People and destinies – articles about disabled individuals whose strength of spirit inspires healthy people. Illness, Faith, Spirituality – a religious perspective on the issue. Rights, benefits, laws. Positive section – video stories of the strong-willed, uplifting videos, music for the soul, author's slides, parables, aphorisms, stories, quotes.

Information portal for disabled people
http://inva.tv/
On the site, you can get acquainted with current news and announcements of upcoming events, watch a selection of interesting TV shows, documentaries, and other engaging videos. There is a wealth of useful information for disabled people regarding employment and educational courses; numerous articles, books, and journals available electronically. You can also get answers to frequently asked questions about benefits for disabled people, provision of assistive devices, and technical aids for people with limited abilities.

Portal for people with health impairments
http://www.dislife.ru/
The main news and key healthcare topics in Russia are published. Information about social payments and benefits, pensions and allowances is provided. Public life and social policy in Russia are covered. Special projects: Employment. A unique center for job seekers with disabilities and employers. Free dating, forum, bureau of fairness (real help in difficult situations).

You Can Do Everything!: Russian online portal for people with disabilities
http://www.disability.ru/news/
The site has accumulated a large knowledge base in its forum. Many happy marriages have been made through personal ads in the dating service, many found jobs through the labor exchange on the portal, used the popular goods-services section, or enjoy communicating and sharing their mood in diaries.

Community of people with limited abilities
http://www.invaforum.ru/
The site is open not only to people with cerebral palsy but also to anyone familiar with disability firsthand. It is designed to expand communication circles, make new friends, discover new hobbies, solve complex life problems, and help others. This is an opportunity to overcome loneliness, change, and live an interesting, fulfilling, and productive life, bringing love and joy to loved ones.

Door to the World: a website for people with health impairments
http://doorinworld.ru/
Free legal assistance – a lawyer consults on any issues. Rights and benefits for children with disabilities: information about benefits, challenging life situations, articles about children with disabilities. Dating for disabled people. Housing improvement. Disability pension calculator.

Website for disabled people
http://www.invalirus.ru/
Forum for people with limited abilities where you can share problems and get helpful advice. The site provides a platform for dating, as well as chat, news, various information, and articles.

Our Path: a website for disabled people
http://nashput.com/sajte.html
Failures and difficulties in life happen to everyone; the site has collected many stories of overcoming the most challenging circumstances. These stories are about people, famous and ordinary, who live among us. About people who, despite all the difficulties that have come their way, did not give up and continue to walk their path – through hardships, pain, misunderstanding, and indifference from others. And if this site makes at least one person think: “Am I living the right way; am I doing the right things in my life,” then it means it was not created in vain.

Hope: a dating site for people with health impairments
http://disability-people.com/index.php?l=ru
The dating site "Hope" helps people with health impairments find pen pals or create a family based on friendship, respect, and love.

Courage Encyclopedia "Not Disabled"
http://neinvalid.ru
Exclusive interviews and candid life stories, reports from events, columns by top social journalists, psychologists, doctors, bloggers, public figures, and previously unknown individuals, biographies and stories of courage of people with disabilities from around the world.

Directory of websites for disabled people
http://inva.info/
The directory contains over 5,000 links to websites, pages, and groups in social networks on the topic of "Disability and Rehabilitation."

Websites for people with hearing impairments:
The "All-Russian Society of the Deaf" website

http://www.voginfo.ru/
The organization was founded in 1926. The main task of VOG is to express and protect the rights and legitimate interests of citizens of the Russian Federation with hearing impairments, their social rehabilitation, and integration into society. In focus for VOG are issues related to realizing civil rights, accessibility of information and services, education and professional training, employment, quality medical care, and social security, as well as accessibility of social and transport infrastructure facilities and cultural institutions.

Deaf World website
http://www.deafworld.ru/
The "Deaf World" internet community – a non-profit social project whose main tasks include providing informational and legal support to hearing-impaired individuals, forming an active civic stance, offering opportunities for communication and meeting people, helping obtain education and rehabilitation, and creating a mutual aid fund. On the site, you can find information about legislation, hearing aids, and information for parents of hearing-impaired children.

Rainbow of Sounds hearing aid website
https://www.radugazvukov.ru/
The mission of "Istok-Audio" is professional qualified help for the hard-of-hearing and deaf. The "Istok-Audio" company implements a unique project under the trademark "Rainbow of Sounds." A network of hearing centers across Russia.

DeafNet.ru website
http://www.deafnet.ru/
Unlocking and practical application of the potential and resources of the Internet to overcome informational and communicative barriers caused by hearing and speech impairments, as well as other diseases, creating a comfortable informational environment for unlocking creative potentials of participants and visitors to the site, and providing timely informational support.

Websites for people with visual impairments:
A website for people with visual impairments

http://www.vos.org.ru/
The official website of the All-Russian Public Organization of the Blind "Vserossiyskoye Order of the Red Banner of Labour Society of the Blind." The site includes sections such as: history pages of VOS; regional VOS organizations; VOS enterprises; VOS products; media reviews; public dialogue; VOS news and others.

Website of the Russian State Library for the Blind
http://www.rgbs.ru/
The Russian State Library for the Blind (RGLB) is the largest specialized library in the country serving visually impaired individuals, a unique repository of all kinds and genres of literature both on regular and special media, a center for cooperation of special libraries for the blind in Russia, and a member of IFLA (IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - an independent international non-governmental organization uniting library associations, librarians, and information services, libraries, and information organizations from different countries).

Tiflocomp Portal: computer technologies for the blind and visually impaired
http://www.tiflocomp.ru/
The site presents various publications differing in volume, complexity level, and presentation style, united by a common theme: what modern technical tools can help the blind and visually impaired and what should be done to ensure that technology and programs work as the user needs.

Website for blind computer users
http://www.integr.org/
"Integration." The site was created to increase computer literacy and facilitate access to internet informational resources for the blind, enhance their rehabilitation level through the use of computer and telecommunication technologies. There is a link to a special chat for the blind.

Websites for people with musculoskeletal disorders and neuromuscular diseases:
Movement is Life website

http://www.miopatia.ru/
This site is for those familiar with the problem of myopathy in life, professionally, or due to the fate of close people. It's a place for exchanging experiences – in treatment and overcoming, life and experiencing grief and joy. Most importantly, it’s a place for communication, support, and finding life resources. Here you can express your feelings, find resonance and understanding from people who know life in terms of limited external but boundless internal capabilities.

Life After Spinal Cord Injury website
http://www.paralife.narod.ru/
On the pages of the site, you will find scientific articles and books with recommendations from specialists on rehabilitation, adaptation, and socialization of people after spinal cord injuries. The site includes several sections: library, health, exercises, consultations, and others. A wide range of information on various life issues.

Website of the Rehabilitation Center for Spinal Injury Consequences Using Valentin Dikul's Method
http://www.dikul.ru/
On the site, you can find information about the rehabilitation center itself as well as other centers. You can communicate in the forum and chat, ask questions.

Website of the Regional Public Organization of Disabled People Diotima
http://www.diotima.narod.ru/
Tasks of the organization: assisting disabled people with musculoskeletal disorders and other conditions, contributing to social rehabilitation, providing humanitarian aid, facilitating employment, and acquiring mobility aids. On the site, you can ask questions to a priest, communicate in the guestbook and forum, and visit a virtual exhibition of art by disabled people.

University (Moscow branch) on the map

Address:
141570, Moscow region, Solnechnogorsky district, Lyalovskoe highway, 1 Red Warrior
Phone:

How to get there:
• From "Vodny Stadion" metro station by bus #350 to the "VTsSPS Courses" stop
• From Leningradsky railway station to MCD-3 "Zelenograd-Kryukovo" station, then by bus or minibus "127, 476, 493 to the "VTsSPS Courses" stop
• Taxi from Sheremetyevo Airport - 20 minutes