c/o W. George Krasnow, Founder
1022 Vernon Street
Alexandria VA 22314
Phone: (703) 836 2835
e-mail: president@raga.org
Wladislaw "George" Krasnow is a business consultant and intercultural communications specialist for Russia and the Newly Independent States (N.I.S.) of the former Soviet Union. He has a proven track record aiding business firms and organizations with advice, assistance, translation/interpretation, training, and preparation for penetrating the emerging markets in Russia and the N.I.S. George was born in Perm, Russia and became a naturalized United States Citizen in 1976. He is fluent in Russian, English, and Swedish. In addition, he has speaks German and basic Japanese. He now makes his home in Alexandria, Virginia. |
BUSINESS BACKGROUND
W. George Krasnow has traveled extensively in Siberia, the Urals, and Central Russia. He arranged negotiations between the Russian Minister of Agriculture and a group of American businessmen; lectured at the Diplomatic Academy and the Military Political Academy; attended several business conferences; met with dozens of Russian government and business leaders; represented the Russian Agricultural Commodities Exchange and the Chernobyl-Help Agency; served as a consultant with Shuco International Inc.; was a fellow of the International Art Galleries Association; and created a database for business contacts in Russia.
In 1992 George founded the Russian American Goodwill Associates (RAGA) in northern Virginia. To facilitate the development of trade, commerce and cultural exchange between Russian and the United States. RAGA assists businesses with translation, interpretation, negotiation, travel support, training, analysis and forecasting. Click here to view a selected list of recent assignments.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
| Professor & Coordinator of Russian Studies | Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) | 1986-1991 |
| Director | Center for Contemporary Russian Studies | 1989-1990 |
| Associate Professor | Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) | 1980-1986 |
| Assistant Professor | Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) | 1978-1980 |
| Assistant Professor | Southern Methodist University | 1974-1978 |
| Instructor | University of Texas, Austin | 1971-1974 |
| Instructor | Sapporo University (Japan) | 1980-1981 |
| Lecturer | University of Lund (Sweden) | 1963-1965 |
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EDUCATION BACKGROUND
| Ph.D. Russian Literature | University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA |
1974 |
| M.A. Slavic Languages | University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA |
1968 |
| Certificate of Slavic Studies | University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden |
1963 |
| Diploma: History & Anthropology | Moscow State University Moscow, USSR |
1960 |
JOURNALISM & PUBLIC SERVICE
W. George Krasnow was an editor of Radio Moscow's Foreign Broadcast (1960-62). He has appeared in interviews on CNN-TV, C-SPAN, and NPR. He served as a panelist for the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference in Washington DC in October, 1993 shortly after serving as a Guest Lecturer at the Institute of World Politics in August, 1993. From 1990 to 1993, George was a member of the National Board of the Congress of Russian Americans (CRA).
He has published many articles in scholarly journals and Op-Ed columns for major U.S. Newspapers.
His articles have appeared in:
The Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco Examiner
International Herald Tribune
In addition, George penned the following publications under the name of Vladislav Krasnov:
Krasnov, V., Russia Beyond Communism: A Chronicle of National
Rebirth (Westview Press, 1991)
Krasnov, V., Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List (Hoover Institute Press, 1985)
Krasnov, V., Solzhenitsyn and Dostoevsky: A Study in the Polyphonic Novel
(University of Georgia Press, 1980)
Sabbatical on State Department Title VIII
grant
Hoover Institution (1987-88)
Researcher at Kennan Institute
Washington, DC (May 1985)
Visiting Foreign Fellow
Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan (1980-81)
Research Grants
Earhart Foundation (1979, 1981, 1991)
Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Chicago (1966)
SELECTED RECENT EXPERIENCE:
| March 1997 | Interpreted a seminar on Civil-Military Strategy course for the internal development of Eastern European and Central Asian countries at USAFSOS, Hurlburt Field, Florida on return invitation |
| May-June 1996 | U.S. study tours for law enforcement officials from Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan |
| March 1996 | Escorting of Russian foreign trade officials on a USIA sponsored U.S. Study tour |
| October 1995 | Escorting of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission team in Kiev, Ukraine |
| September 1995 | Seminar interpretation for Special American Business Training (SABIT) internship programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce |
| May-June 1995 | Seminar interpretation for the U.S. Department of State Anti-Terrorist project in Tblisi, Georgia |
| February 1995 | Seminar interpretation for Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs officials at the F.B.I. Academy |
| October 1994 | Assisted with negotiations between CRAY Corporation and Russia's Ministry of Finance |
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