Overall, I really enjoyed exploring the site even though it was text-heavy. While I criticized its lack of visual images and color, it has wonderful information regarding the history of the interactions between the natives and the Church (and this is likely a resource I will use for my final project, so thank you Abby!). While all the writing may detract from the visual component, it adds to the value of the website as a resource because of its substance. It is also very easy to navigate. Goals of the site: resuscitation of exchanges between priests and Alaskan natives (a showcasing and evaluation of part of Alaskan Russian Church Archives) Produced by Dr. Vyacheslav Ivanov as a result of his digging through the Alaskan Russian Church Archives to examine relationship between priests and Alaskan natives.

This website divides Alaskan history, and the subsequent images it displays, into two major time periods: before and after 1867. The images are categorized by subject, date, and region, making it an invaluable resource for the history of Alaska. What struck me about the website was the scope of the images, the ease of navigability, and the different types of images it contains….not only black and white and color pictures with detailed descriptions, but movies and manuscripts as well.

This timeline of the Soviet Union is comprehensive, yet not too detailed. Some other timelines I found have paragraphs with quotes and personal details about leaders' lives and others were much too brief, whereas this one seems to fall accurately in the middle. Also making this timeline successful is the fact that the captions not only tell of the main event that occurred in the year, but (often) also the result of said event (ie 1939 Germany invades Poland→WWII triggered or 1939-40 Russian-Finnish war→Finland cedes territory to UUSR). Furthermore, the individual events are categorized into larger time periods such as "Civil War" or "Collectivisation and purges," which helps one see the "bigger picture." The images and key facts of important leaders also add to its visual appeal and highlight their roles in the time period described.