Congress of Russian Americans
Founded | 1973 |
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Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
President | Natalie Sabelnik |
Website | russian-americans |
The Congress of Russian Americans is a
Russian culture in the United States, protecting the rights of Russian-Americans, fighting Russophobia, and improving relations between Russians and Americans
.
History
The Congress of Russian Americans (CRA) was founded in 1973 by
Soviet communist ideology.[1] In 1978, the Russian-American Chamber of Fame was founded to honor Russian immigrants who provided outstanding contributions to American science and culture, including the television pioneer Vladimir K. Zworykin, the 1973 Economics Nobel laureate Wassily Leontief, the founder of Tolstoy Foundation Alexandra Tolstaya, and many other notable Russian Americans.[2][3][4]
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the CRA has extended its goals to include encouraging cultural and economic development in Russia and aiding persecuted Christians and human rights activists in the former Soviet states.
The Congress of Russian Americans is headquartered in
US government and other organizations. The CRA's known initiatives include attempts to nullify the law on Captive Nations, which it regards as anti-Russian, rather than anticommunist, since the list of "captive nations" did not include Russia albeit it was the first nation to fall to a communist regime. The CRA is also known for opposing the 2017 Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act and for criticizing the law as damaging to Russian-American relations and propagating Russophobia.[5]
References
- ISBN 9780761401643. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ European Russians: The place of Russian Emigration in US Science and technology
- ISBN 9781434364586. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ CRA Hall of Fame
- ^ The Congress' official letter to President Donald Trump