American Friends of Russian Folklore

Promoting American understanding of Russian folklore and traditional Russian life and culture.

Scholarships American Friends of Russian Folklore regrets to announce that we will not be offering a scholarship in 2012.  We hope to reinstate the scholarship program in 2013.   Follow us on Facebook (search for "Russian Folklore Friends") to receive the latest announcements and updates. Our past scholarship recipients have all done outstanding work, both in the field and in their communities after returning home.   You can read more about them below.  Questions?  Check out our FAQ below or please email us at info@russianfolklorefriends.org! Scholarship FAQs Chasi on laundry day in Kakichev. Congratulations to Chasi Annexy, our scholarship recipient for 2011!  Chasi is a professional photographer based in New York.  She helped to document music, dance and other traditions in the Cossack khutor (village) of Kakichev in July of 2011. Two of Chasi's photographs from Kakichev were chosen for  inclusion in "Feast Your Eyes", a photo exhibit sponsored by the New York Photo Festival.  Chasi's pictures, "Marina Picking Apples" and "Portrait of Baba Zina in Her Kitchen," fit right in with the exhibition theme of food, meals, and cooking. Baba Zina Marina picking apples Michael Young and Russian singers The Scholarship Committee selected Michael Young, a graduate student in Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University to receive the 2010 Folklore Expedition scholarship.  Michael participated in the Don Cossack Folklore Expedition in June 2010.  Congratulations to Michael! As a result of her participation in the 2009 Don Cossack Folklore expedition, Rachel Ulrich, an undergraduate at the Univervsity of Kentucky, wrote and presented the paper "Power and Pride: The Mythologization of the Cossack Figure in Russian History and Its Impact on Modern Russian National Identity."  To read the paper, click on the link below. Rachel Ulrich, photo by Anna Berman "Power and Pride: The Mythologization of the Cossack Figure in Russian History and Its Impact on Modern Russian National Identity." Kara Bayless, graduate student at Indiana University, was our scholarship recipient in 2008.  Her account of her experiences on the Folklore of Siberian Villages expedition is special to us, as her untimely death in October of 2010 put an end to her young life and budding career as a folklorist. Reflections of Batama American Friends of Russian Folklore is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation and a 501(c)(3) organization. Tax I.D. No. 26-0294873.