YE. G. DRAPEKO

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Culture of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Deputy to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of III to V, VII, VIII convocations, Ph. D. in Sociology. Author of a number of academic publications, including “Economy and Management in a Tourist Enterprise” (co-authored), “People’s Constitutional Rights and Freedoms within Cultural and Legal Relations” (co-authored), “Artistic Education in the Environment of the Modern Society”, etc. Member of the Permanent Commission on Culture, Information, Tourism, and Sports of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. Winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize. Awarded the Order of Friendship, the Order of Honour, medals “In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow”, “In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg”, “In Honour of the 100th Anniversary of Sholokhov”, Diploma of Merit of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.