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The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society is a charity which is run by volunteers and has been operating in the UK since 1999. We have over 2000 regular subscribers to our newsletter and support over 200 families in Cambridgeshire who share an interest in the Russian language, culture, history and traditions.

Every year we organise a range of cultural events to address the interests of various groups of our members – talks, social outings, film festivals, art exhibitions, and music concerts, amongst others. In our diverse range of activities, we explore Russian art, culture, history, traditions and intercultural connections.

Our efforts are aimed at promoting common values of mutual support and understanding; we seek to strengthen integration, peace and education in our community via the medium of art and culture. We have a strong group of professional volunteers who can offer skills and experience in organising and managing cultural events.

If you have a question about this list, please contact: Ksenia Afonina. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser.

0 upcoming talks and 27 talks in the archive.

From Furs to Fabergé: Gifts, Diplomacy and British-Russian Artistic Relations by Dr Louise Hardiman

User Dr Louise Hardiman.

House Christ College, Cambridge and via Zoom.

Thursday 22 June 2023, 18:30-20:00

From Furs to Fabergé: Gifts, Diplomacy and British-Russian Artistic Relations

User Dr Louise Hardiman.

House Yusuf Hamied Theatre, Christ College and via Zoom.

Thursday 22 June 2023, 18:30-20:00

Geographies of Russia: Lecture by Alexander Chernokulsky “Climate Change in Russia”

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House Via Zoom.

Friday 24 March 2023, 18:00-20:00

Anti-War Poetry Evening – online

User Julia Nemirovskaya, Maria Bloshteyn, Andrei Burago, Richard Coombes, Anna Krushelnitskaya, Dmitri Manin.

House Online, please register at https://tinyurl.com/24FebPoetry.

Friday 24 February 2023, 19:00-21:00

“Inconvenient Truths” talk by Jennifer Antill – author of Small Acts of Kindness, a tale of the first Russian Revolution

User Jennifer Antill.

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Thursday 16 February 2023, 18:30-21:00

“On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border”

User Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey, University of Cambridge .

House Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall, Cambridge CB2 1TJ.

Friday 25 November 2022, 18:00-20:00

An evening of poetry and music marking Marina Tsvetaeva’s 130th anniversary

User Speaker to be confirmed.

House The Chapel Churchill College, Storey’s Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.

Saturday 08 October 2022, 18:00-20:30

Korney Chukovsky, The Writer & Translator. Then and Now

User Dr Megan Swift, University of Victoria in Canada and Olga Bukhina, independent scholar.

House Online, Zoom. Please register at https://tinyurl.com/22y5m2st.

Friday 23 September 2022, 19:00-20:30

A Conversation with Boris Akunin – Russia: Its Past, Present and Future

User Boris Akunin.

House Paula Browne House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0SH.

Friday 29 April 2022, 18:00-20:00

"The Language and Literary Works of F.M. Dostoevsky": A lecture by Professor Igor Ruzhitsky (in English)

User Professor Igor Ruzhitsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Moscow Region State University.

House Online.

Friday 18 February 2022, 19:00-20:30

"Yuri Lotman in My Life" with Marina Sonkina

User Marina Sonkina, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

House Online.

Friday 04 February 2022, 19:30-21:00

“British Awareness of Russian Culture over Three Centuries: From the ‘Discovery’ of Russia to the End of the Crimean War (1553-1856)” with Professor Anthony Cross

User Professor Anthony Cross.

House The Auditorium, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge CB3 0DG.

Friday 03 December 2021, 19:00-20:30

"Double-Headed Eagle: Russia between East and West" with Sir Tony Brenton

User Sir Tony Brenton.

House Lecture Theatre, Trinity Hall, Cambridge CB2 1TJ.

Monday 29 November 2021, 19:00-20:30

Marking the Bicentenary of Dostoevsky's Birth – A talk by V. Dimitriev (in Russian): On the Structure of the Idea in Dostoevsky's Works

User Dr Victor Dimitriev, Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg; Higher School of Economics (HSE) University, St Petersburg.

House Online.

Thursday 04 November 2021, 19:00-21:00