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St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Ivan Jadan (Zhadan) The Ivan Jadan Museum on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands offers cross-cultural views of the 92 year long life of the man now judged to be the great Russian tenor of the 20th century. He was the first major artist dissident to escape Stalin's terror in 1941, and reach the U.S. eight years later. But Soviet attempts to destroy Jadan continued. He survived an assassination attempt while in New York City in 1949. The museum today houses a growing collection of more than 5000 fascinating artifacts, including a unique collection of videos, books in Russian and English for serious research, historic documents and photos. Living history programs with museum adventures are offered for elementary students. Informal seminars are held with students and faculty from the University of the Virgin Islands and Middlebury College of Vermont.
Mailing Address P.O. Box 84 St. John USVI 00831 Phone: (340) 776-6423 |
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