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ISSUE 3/2007  >  E-Talk Historical Resources From the U.S. Department of State Summary of Early Relations - Prepared by the Office of the Historian, this summary charts the first diplomatic contacts between the United States and Russia. Materials are excerpted from The United States and Russia: The Beginning of Relations, 1765-1815 (Washington D.C., 1980). U.S. Russia Relationship Today - Published by the U.S. Department of State, this web category reflects recent statements, remarks and speeches from U.S. Government officials. (http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs/usrussia/) Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972. On December 19, 2006, the Department of State's Office of the Historian released this new volume, the third of five Nixon-Ford volumes to be published on the Soviet Union. Such extended coverage of Washington's relations with its super-power rival during the Cold War is a departure for the Foreign Relations series. This volume and the four other volumes on the Soviet Union for the sub-series 1969 to 1976 document a key transitional period of the Cold War, as seen through the prism of U.S.-Soviet relations. (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/77991.htm) U.S. - Russia Timeline - Developed by the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, this timeline captures the highlights from history. (http://www.usembassy.ru/links/history.php) U.S. Ambassadors to Russia - For two centuries, the United States of America has sent a long line of distinguished envoys (http://www.usembassy.ru/links/ambassadors.php) to represent its interests in Russia, first in St. Petersburg and then in Moscow. Many of these early envoys went on to become President, Vice-President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Treasury. More than a dozen served as members of Congress. Newspaper editors, leaders of business and industry, governors, generals and career diplomats have promoted American interests in the courts of the Tsars, the halls of the Kremlin, and directly to the people of Russia. Many of these envoys have played pivotal roles in the often tumultuous events that have forged America's relationship with Russia. U.S. Cooperation in Trade and Agriculture: - This U.S. Department of Agriculture website charts early cooperation and technical assistance between Russia and the U.S. from Tsarist times to today. (http://www.eng.usda.ru/cooperation/chronology/)

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