The Bering Bridge

<p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>The book you hold in your hands is the culmination of five</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>years of dedicated effort. This work is based on interviews with individuals</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>instrumental in the development of the Russian Cultural Centre in Washington DC (RCC) alongside comprehensive</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>analyses of both primary and secondary sources. For this edition we</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>utilized the archives of the RCC and materials from Lloyd Costley head</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>of the FRCC (Friends of RCC) - such as Professor Fogle P. D.'s research sourced from the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>RCC library. This edition also features a rich collection of photographic</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>materials in both digital and paper formats. RIA Novosti generously</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>provided historical pictures on a charitable basis while additional images</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>were purchased from Alamy and Adobe Stock with full licensing and rights</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>reserved. Photos downloaded from the Library of Congress website are</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>marked with the monogram © librarycongress. The visuals included works</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>by the author Igor Ukhankin (Content) and Daria Anisimova (Present).</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>Limitations. The author intentionally refrained from making value</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>judgments or delving into the political circumstances surrounding the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>development of the Centre particularly over the last decade. These issues</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>were beyond the scope of this study and did not align with the author's</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(20 20 19 1)>objectives.</span></p><p></p>