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Bodega Bay celebrates early Russian days "НЕ ТОЛЬКО ЗА ГРЕХИ НАШИ" St. Sergius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio is presenting its first Russian Festival on July 30 and 31 of this year. The festival will feature slavic cuisine, children's activities, vodka tasting, and a 15 piece balalaika orchestra. Congress of Russian Americans is one of the sponsors and participants of this landmark event! CRA-Russian Center Lecture Series Maslenitsa in San Diego, CA Russian Festival 2012 in San Francisco Lecture and reception commemorates the 200th anniversary of Fort Ross 2011 Graduations at Russian American Schools Russia Days in Chicago 2011 marks the 270th anniversary of the Vitus Bering Expedition and discovery of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
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2012 is the year for celebrating of the 200 anniversary of the Fort Ross founding. 70th Anniversary New Review/Novyi Zhurnal Congress of Russian Americans National Board congratulates the New Review/Novyi Zhurnal on its 70th Anniversary in recognition of its outstanding contribution to the Russian culture.
Congress of Russian Americans Hall of Fame National Museum of the American People Главное правление КОНГРЕССА РУССКИХ АМЕРИКАНЦЕВ поздравляет газету и членов редакции с 90-летним юбилеем основания старейшей зарубежной газеты "РУССКАЯ ЖИЗНЬ" и с особым удовлетворением отмечает ее содержательность и заслугу в этом членов ее редакции и желает им успехов в дальнейшем. ГАЗЕТЕ «РУССКАЯ ЖИЗНЬ» – 90 ЛЕТ В 2011 году исполняется 90 лет непрерывной публикации газеты «Русская жизнь» в Сан-Франциско. May 29,2011 Congress of Russian Americans National Board is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. John C. Stepanchuk as CRA Washington DC representative. Mr. Stepanchuk has many years of U.S. Department of State experience, his previous positions included former Deputy Economic Counselor with the US Embassy in Moscow, Russia, Consul General with the US Consulate in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and Economic Counselor for the US Embassy in Athens, Greece. Mr. Stepanchuk, a foreign policy analyst, graduated with a B.A. in political science from Boston University, and has an M.A. in International Economics: International Law from John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and an M.A. in Strategic Studies from the U.S. National War College. ***** The CRA National Board joins the Fund for Assistance of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in its appeal to help the victims of the recent disastrous earthquake in Japan. According to the available information there are Orthodox Churches in the disaster area as well members of the Orthodox parishes among the victims. More detailed information about what is happening and how to help can be found in these links. http://fundforassistance.org/ ***** July 10, 2010 Неопубликованное интервью — жертвы войны 1941-1945 гг. Помещаемый текст интервью старшего научного сотрудника Санкт-Петербургского университета, кандидата исторических наук Кирилла Михайловича Александрова представляет результат исследований по истории войны между Советским Союзом и нацистской Германией в 1941 - 1945 гг. — войны, беспримерной по количеству жертв и тяжести лишений русского народа, который оказался между молотом и наковальней в этой схватке, не на жизнь, а на смерть, двух тоталитарных режимов. Интервью было приурочено к 65-летию окончания войны. Редакция портала КРА благодарит Кирилла Михайловича за разрешение поместить текст его интервью. ***** June 29, 2010 CRA protests the inclusion of Stalin's bust in the US National D-Day Memorial Congress of Russian Americans strongly protests the inclusion of Stalin's bust as part of the US National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. While Stalin is a historical figure of World War II, the inclusion of his likeness in this memorial is out of context as his involvement in D-Day planning and operation is indirect and only minimally relevant. Our main objection to any display of Stalin's likeness is based on his brutal human rights violations record. His crimes against his own people and humanity are of epic proportions. It would be a horrific affront to the millions of his victims, living and perished, and their descendents for many generations to come. The memories are still too fresh, the wounds are still healing. Inclusion of the bust in the memorial is akin to rehabilitation of Stalin's reputation. Just last week Stalin's statue was removed from the central square in his hometown in Georgia to be replaced by a memorial to his victims. Let's remove Stalin's bust form the US National D-Day Memorial as well. *****
The National Board of the Congress of Russian Americans condemns the executors and all those who are behind the cowardly act of terror of unspeakable cruelty committed in the Моscow subway. We express our deepest sympathy for the victims and their families. Главное правление Конгресса Русских американцев осуждает исполнителей и всех, кто стоит за трусливым актом террора непрвзойденной жестокости, совершенным в московском метро. Мы выражаем наше глубокое сочуствие пострадавшим и их семьям. ***** Press release APR 20, 2009 On U.S. - Russia relations. Full Article... *****
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Ivan Aleksandrovich Kuskov would have been proud of how the harbor port community he founded as Port Rumiantsev 203 years ago is celebrating him this April. The specific occasion is the 200th anniversary of his return (March 15, 1812) to the port on the brig Chirikov, carrying supplies and craftsmen and Aleut natives, to build Fortress Ross. Today, we know Port Rumiantsev as Bodega Bay. But back then it was the most southern Russian harbor on the Pacific coast for 33 years. In a series of special tributes this year, Bodega Bay as a community is pulling out all stops to celebrate in style. From April 3-10 the tall ships, The Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain arrived as the center pieces in a series of celebrations 
Фильм о русской трагедии начала ХХ века и о роли Архиепископа Шанхайского и Сан-Франциского Иоанна в сохранении веры и единства русских, оказавшихся за пределами родины, был показан в Русском Центре, 2460 Sutter Street, San Francisco, в субботу, 31 марта 2012 г. Фильм создан Российским творческим объединением "Кинохроника".
Congress Of Russian Americans and the Russian Center sponsored a presentation of a lecture "History, Politics and Civic Activity in Contemporary Russia" by historian from St. Petersburg, Russia K. M. Alexandrov on March 9, 2012 at the Russian Center, 2460 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA. Hitorian Alexandrov is the author of a new book Officer Corps of the General A.A. Vlasov's Army. The presentation was in Russian.
St. John of Kronstadt Russian orthodox Church in San Diego, CA held a Fiest of Maslenitsa on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. CRA has been offering support to St. John of Kronstadt Parish in its fund raising efforts for the school building fund and in promotion of Russian Language, heritage and culture. More details are here: 
Congress of Russian Americans is one of the sponsors of this year's 24th annual Russian Festival, held February 10, 11 and 12, at the Russian Center of San Franicsco. The 3-day event dedicated this year to the Fort Ross Bicentennial and 200 years of Russian America, featured traditional Russian food, a vodka bar, Russian music, song and dance with lively performances, art exhibit and sale of authentic Russian souvenirs, arts & crafts. Full info on 
On Friday, January 27, 2012, at the Russian Center, 2460 Sutter Street in San Francisco, CA, as part of the Congress of Russian Americans and Russian Center lecture series, Robin Joy Wellman, park interpretive specialist at Fort Ross and Co-Chair of the Fort Ross Bicentennial, was invited to speak on the history of Fort Ross. As this year, commemorates the 200th anniversary of Fort Ross and Russians in California, the lecture and reception that followed, were dedicated to the Bicentennial. 
Numerous commemorative events to be occurring throughout the year are scheduled 
In 1812, on a stretch of the Pacific Ocean eighty miles north of San Francisco, Russian explorers established Colony Ross, Russia’s deepest vanguard into North America. Colony Ross was settled to produce food to support the Russian settlements in Alaska, as well as to expand the valuable sea otter trade. Although the Russian American Company stayed for just three decades,their contributions to early California society were vast – they built California’s first ships and windmills, introduced glass-paneled windows, created the first brickyard, catalogued the local flora and fauna, completed detailed maps and were, by today’s standards, among California’s earliest entrepreneurs. Fort Ross is an excellent example of the best of California and what it has to offer the world: a rich history, diverse cultural legacy, beautiful nature, and dedicated people. 
New Review/Novyi Zhurnal, founded in 1942, and is the oldest Russian-language literary magazine, where the cultural life of the Russian Diaspora was featured, celebrated their 70th Anniversary. Among the many Russian American writers and American professor- slavists, were also Nobel-prize laureates, Bunin, Solzhenitsyn and Brodsky as well as numerous famous writers, poets, philosophers, artists, politicians, Nabokov, Ivanov, Adamovitch, Berberova and others The New Review regularly and professionally discusses the history of Russian emigration and of the Russian Church, deals with the problems of education for Russian-American children in the US, publishes memoirs & archives of the emigration, and discusses contemporary issues of the Diaspora. 
Tatiana DeTimasheff, Countess Nicholas Bobrinskoy, Grand Chancelor at Sovereign Order of Orthodox Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem was inducted into the