Classical Music in Russia: Audio Archive - Real Audio RAM performances in multiple connection speeds of works mainly by Russian composers but also others, including J. S. Bach and Bruckner.

Classical Music of St. Petersburg, Russia - MP3 audio selections of chamber, vocal, orchestral, and instrumental music, biographies, and links. Includes some non-Russian entries.

Music of Russia - Wikipedia article tracing history and style. Includes classical, opera, ballet, and folk music, internal references to related people and topics, bibliography, and external links.

Russia the Great: Music - Traces major developments from pre-history to modern times. Includes internal link to list of noted composers and their biographies.

Russian Music Academic Catalogue - Biographies and philosophies of several living composers including sound files [Russian and English].

Soviet Composers Crushed by Stalin - Essay by Andrew J. Horton examines reasons for government persecution, the results, and how some coped better than others. From the Central Europe Review.

Soviet Composers Page - Includes biographies and links.