INVITATION TO THE LIBERTY PRIZE CEREMONY

Friday, October 21, 2011 at 6.30 PM

Consulate - General of the Russian Federation

9 East 91st Street, New York, NY

Dear Friends,

Please join us for the presentation of the annual LIBERTY AWARD at the Russian Consulate on Friday, October 21, 2011 from 6.30—9.30 PM. This year the Award goes to one of the most outstanding American scholar and Russian expert Professor Stephen Cohen of New York University.

Since 1998, Cohen has been professor of Russian Studies and History at New York University, where he teaches a course titled Russia Since 1917. He previously taught at Princeton University. He has written several books, including, Rethinking the Soviet Experience: Politics and History Since 1917; Sovieticus: American and Soviet Realities; Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938; and most recently, Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia. He is also a CBS News consultant as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Liberty Prize is the first-ever award established specifically for the purpose of recognizing and honoring people who have made an outstanding contribution to the Russian-American culture. It is a non-governmental, non-political, non-partisan prize, bestowed every year since 1999 by an independent jury.

Liberty Prize winners are selected by the independent jury and the Prize is sponsored by the Washington-based non-profit organizations Kontinent USA and the American University in Moscow.

Additional information about Liberty Prize can be found on:

http://russiahouse.org/lp.php?language=eng&next_page=1

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We are looking forward to welcoming you on Oct 21 in NY.

Edward Lozansky

President, American University in Moscow and World Russia Forum in Washington, D.C.

1800 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009

Tel: 202-364-0200; Fax: 240-554-1650 Moscow office: Tel.+7(495)509-7346