25.01.2012 | Alumni Assistants at American Corners, December 2011 Report

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Arkhangelsk (also known as Archangel in English) founded in 1584 , is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina River near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia. With population over 340, 000 people, Arkhangelsk is home to several state and private universities, including Northern (Arctic) Federal University, theatres and museums.

American Corner in Arkhangelsk was opened on June 28, 2002 as a department of Arkhangelsk Regional Library named after N.A.Dobrolyubov. American Corner in Arkhangelsk has become the 14th American Corner in Russia and the new member of a partnership project of Public Affair Section of the US Embassy in Moscow and Russian local cultural institutions. The opening ceremony was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow, local Russian government officials, Polar Lights executives S. Randy Whitt and alumni of USG exchange programs.