Russian American/Russkii amerikanets

[cra washington]

Russkii amerikanets/The Russian American, a bilingual almanac devoted to the
history of Russians in the United States, announces the publication of its
latest volume, No. 22 for 1999-2000.  Articles in Russian with English
summaries and numerous photographs, 188 pages.  Eugene Alexandrov, editor.

Articles include:

Ludmila Foster: The Alexander Pushkin Bicentennial in America
Serge Rogosin: The First Pushkin Monument in the United States [Jackson, New
Jersey 1941]
Alla Avisov: On the Trail of Russians in Northern California
Vladimir Tchistiakov: Churaevka Russian Village in 1999 [Southbury,
Connecticut]
Andrei Pliguzov: Early Russian Materials in the Library of Congress
A. V. Shmelev: Fifty Years of the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco
Eugene Alexandrov: Population and Legal Status of Natives under Russian
Administration in America

The latest installment of "Russian Contributions to American Science,
Engineering, Arts and Spiritual Life" by Eugene Alexandrov, with
biographical sketches of:

Nicholas Arseniev (1888-1977), theologian
Serge Beloselsky-Belozersky (1895-1978), philanthropist
Rodion Berezov (Akulshin) (1896-1990), whose case changed US repatriation
law
Prince Alexis Droutskoy (1898-1976), publisher
Ivan Elagin (Matveev) (1918-1987), poet
George Gamov (1904-1968), physicist and astronomer
Paul Goudkoff (1880-1955), geologist
George Grebenstchikoff (1883-1964), writer and publisher
Ioann (Prince Dmitri Shakhovskoi) (1902-1989), poet and archbishop of San
Francisco
Vyacheslav (Wenceslas) Jardetzky (1896-1962), mathematician
Eugene Klimov (1901-1990), artist
Nicholas Mitrofanov (1918-    ), physicist and science fiction writer
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), writer
Nestor (1825-1882), Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska

Reviews:

Ludmila Foster on John Glad _Russia Abroad_
Rostislav Polchaninoff on John Glad _Russia Abroad_
Publication announcements.

Also includes materials on the Congress of Russian Americans' preservation
of rural churches and other humanitarian programs in Russia; Russian youth
organizations in the US; color photographs of the three Pushkin monuments in
the United States.

Ordering information:

Congress of Russian Americans
Washington Office
733 15th Street NW, Suite 1032
Washington, DC 20005
(202)393-1332
crawashington at mail.com


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