American Museum of Russian Culture (Project)

The project is seeking support for expansion of an exciting project — American Museum of Russian Culture. Originally based on private collections of an enthusiast, a poet and singer from Moscow Uli Zislin, this unique museum is already functional and growing. It contains versatile memorabilia, artifacts, audio and video materials, and rare documents dedicated to famous Russian poets and composers and additionally a collection of musical/literary records authored by the museum founder.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Museum That Makes The World Less Small

G.M. Temnenko

Simferopol City, Russia

Master of Linguistics

Dean of Taurides National University

Division of Cultural Studies

Department of Philosophy

"The World Is Small, As Always." Thus reads the title of a book by Uli Zislin, published in Chicago in 2008. Uli Michailovich himself has lived in DC since 1996. In Moscow he was a Master of technical sciences, engineer-architect, inventor, poet and bard, and also a collector. In America he is the founder and the curator of the "Washington Museum Of Russian Poetry and Music," which has existed since 1997.

The informal brotherhood of people for whom poetry, music and culture are as necessary as air knows no national boundaries. For those who belong to it, space and time are experienced differently than they are for everyone else.