Mariia Ivanchikova, founder of Ayn Rand Center Russia, received a Prometheus grant in September 2021 and is currently organizing a series of mini-conferences on Objectivism in Moscow and St. Petersburg (two in each city) to attract and connect with students who are interested in studying Rand’s ideas and promoting them in Russia. Mariia plans to work with these students to set up local Ayn Rand study groups all over the country and to re-launch the annual Ayn Rand Commemoration Conferences in St. Petersburg around the date of Rand’s birthday.
In 2022, Mariia will work with Ayn Rand Center Ukraine on a series of YouTube videos that discuss Rand’s essays in Russian, which will be promoted in all Russian-speaking post-Soviet countries.
