I was writing something useful here with long descriptions, but Firefox crashed, so I'll just leave some Russian GIS resource links with short descriptions
http://www.maps.yandex.ru - Yandex Maps, useful for mapping large Russian cities where Google maps fall short, Russian
http://www.sasgis.ru - SASGIS/SAS.Planet A very useful Russian enthusiast GIS resource, it holds News on and around GIS themes, a Russina/Engish tool called SAS.Planet with constantly updating zmp maps and a Russian enthusiast GIS forum.
http://www.kosmosnimki.ru - Professional Russian GIS resource for purchasing of Satellite images, no registration required for preview.
http://www.etomesto.ru/ - Eto Mesto (This Place) A great resource for old maps and images of Moscow and it's surroundings. Great for building old Russian routes and archeological digouts
Cheers and Enjoy I'll add more later, when my browser isn't acting up like this.
From Moscow With Love
Damien