Alexander Drozdov
Alexander Drozdov has been Director of theFirst President of Russia Boris Yeltsin Foundation since its inception inNovember 2000. The foundation undertakes a broad range of educational,scientific, scholarly and cultural projects. It strives to promote culturalcooperation and an open exchange of ideas and information between Russia and theWest. After establishing together with Academia Rossica the Rossica TranslationPrize, the only prize for literary translation from Russian into English in theworld, the foundation has subsequently establishes prizes for literarytranslation from Russia into French and Italian, with Spanish and German soonto follow.
Weare indeed privileged to benefit from the insights of such visionary people as Alexander Drozdov, who wish to promote a greaterunderstanding of Russian culture in all its varied aspects.
