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 non-governmental organization in the United States representing Russian-Americans and Russians. The CRA's stated purposes include preserving 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 Russian immigrants to the United States, including White émigrés from the Russian Empire, who were opposed to communism. The CRA's original intention was to prevent Russophobia from being the basis of Western anti-communism during the Cold War by advocating the distinction between the Russian national identity and 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 San Francisco, California, and maintains a liaison office in Washington, DC, to interact with the 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
- ^ Steven Ferry (1995). Russian Americans. Benchmark Books. p. 42. ISBN 9780761401643. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ European Russians: The place of Russian Emigration in US Science and technology
- ^ Anatoly Bezkorovainy (2008). All Was Not Lost: Journey of a Russian Immigrant from Riga to Chicagoland. AuthorHouse. p. 457. ISBN 9781434364586. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ CRA Hall of Fame
- ^ The Congress' official letter to President Donald Trump
Links
- Official website
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- Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C.
- Ambassadors of Russia to the United States
- Russian ambassador's residence
- Embassy of the United States, Moscow
- Ambassadors of the United States to Russia
- Spaso House
- Consulate-General of Russia, Houston
- Consulate-General of Russia, New York City
- Consulate-General of Russia, San Francisco
- Elmcroft Estate
- Lothrop Mansion
- Pioneer Point
- Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations
- Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
- Operation Provide Hope
- 1998 Moscow Summit
- 2001 Slovenia Summit
- 2005 Slovakia Summit
- 5+2 format
- Russian reset
- Syrian civil war
- 2017 St. Petersburg raid
- 2018 Helsinki summit
- 2021 Geneva summit
- Arctic Council
- Arctic Ocean Conference
- Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
- Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission
- The U.S. Russia Investment Fund
- U.S.–Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs
- Moscow–Washington hotline
- Shuttle–Mir program
- Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- Exercise RIMPAC
- International Space Station
- Kildin Island submarine incident
- Kola Peninsula submarine incident
- Norwegian rocket incident
- Strait of Juan de Fuca laser incident
- Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.
- Kidnapping of Mormon missionaries
- Pristina airport incident
- Russian Guantanamo Bay detainees
- RM Broadcasting
- Illegals Program
- Stephen Holmes
- European Deterrence Initiative
- Russian interference in United States elections
- Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information
- Havana syndrome
- Battle of Khasham
- Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- Arrest of Trevor Reed
- Russian bounty program
- Viktor Bout–Brittney Griner prisoner exchange
- Black Sea drone incident
- Russian spies in the Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks
- Lady R incident
- Jackson–Vanik amendment
- Russian foreign agent law
- Magnitsky Act
- Dima Yakovlev Law
- Guantanamo List
- Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014
- Russian undesirable organizations law
- Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Defending Elections from Threats by Establishing Redlines Act
- Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act
- Russian–Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
- Task Force KleptoCapture
- Executive Order 14071
- Russian Empire–United States relations
- Soviet Union–United States relations
- NATO–Russia relations
- Anti-American sentiment in Russia
- Bush legs
- Center on Global Interests
- Congress of Russian Americans
- Anglo-American School of Moscow
- United States military and prostitution in South Korea
- Russian Mission School in New York
- Russian Embassy School in Washington, D.C.
- Russian Cultural Center
- International Launch Services
- U.S. Russia Foundation
- U.S.–Russia Business Council
- Stanford US–Russia Forum
- Space Flight Europe-America 500
- Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition
- Territorial claims in the Arctic
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- New Great Game
- Second Cold War
- Not One Inch