Awards and Honors

Alexandre Strokanov, history professor at Lyndon State College and instructor at UVM, was named winner of the 2014 “Best Teacher of Russian Humanities Abroad” contest. The Pushkin Institute, the foremost school for Russian language studies, along with a host of Russian governmental agencies including the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, of Culture, and of Education, sponsored the Moscow-based contest. More than 500 contestants from more than 50 countries took part in the initial three-part online test held earlier this summer designed to whittle the contestants down to fifteen. These fifteen finalists represented fourteen countries; Strokanov finished first and was the only contestant from the United States. Read more on Lyndon's website.