Andrey Ditzel

 On the 14th of February, 1977, the birthplace of his father was Novosibirsk. He was a graduate of the Siberian Academy of Public Administration and was awarded an award as a Licentiate in Public Relations at the University of Hamburg. In the autumn of 2001, his German partner joined an agreement of civil partnership. He was the first person to declare a marriage between two Russian citizens. The marriage sparked a lot of discussion in the digital media as well as the print media. He is well-known for being the coordinator of the Russian-speaking section in the Berlin gay pride parade. BDFJ is a member of the German Union of Journalists. Numerous times, Dietzel was on the shortlists of the literary contest "The Lost Tram" named in honor of NS Gumilyov. Also, the initiative "Eshkol - Contemporary Israeli and Jewish Cultures in Russia". The winner (2010) of the Russian poetry slam in Russian, Berlin. The international poetry contest "Emigrant Lyre" was held in May 2013. Dietzel's photography exhibit "Water Earth" was inaugurated at the Novosibirsk Centre for Fine Arts in May of 2013 as part of the Russian-Italian Museum Night.