Ksenia Afonina

Public lists managed by Ksenia Afonina

• "I’m not European at all. Eurika.” Natalia Goncharova: Her Art and Times. Talk by Dr Natalia Budanova.
• Russian icons: a sacred tradition which inspired modernism by Natalia Budanova
• The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society
• The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society (CamRuSS)
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Talks given by Ksenia Afonina

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Talks organised by Ksenia Afonina

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• July Rain (1966): Ksenia Golubovich on Marlen Khutsiev’s Masterpiece
• Blok in Pictures: A lecture marking the 145th anniversary of the poet by Kseniia Gondyreva (in Russian)
• The Ambassador, the Grand Duke, his Wife and her Lover, a Talk by Sir Tony Brenton, OBE
• Nobeliate Stories: How the Discoveries of 2025 and Past Years Were Made — and Why They Matter, a Talk by Ilya Kolmanovsky
• Vasily Grossman After Life and Fate with Robert Chandler
• Piano Recital by Vitaly Pisarenko
• An Evening of Spring Romance
• A Presentation of Dislocation: The Second Volume of Anti-War Poetry Anthology
• A Magic Mirror. An Evening of Poetry with Julia Nemirovskaya
• Know You Her Secret – a book launch by Dr Merrilyn Thomas in conversation with Prof Anthony Cross
• A Cultural History of the Russian Language – talk by Prof Simon Franklin marking the 25th anniversary of CamRuSS
• From Furs to Fabergé: Gifts, Diplomacy and British-Russian Artistic Relations
• Geographies of Russia: Lecture by Alexander Chernokulsky “Climate Change in Russia”
• Anti-War Poetry Evening – online
• “Inconvenient Truths” talk by Jennifer Antill – author of Small Acts of Kindness, a tale of the first Russian Revolution
• “On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border”
• An evening of poetry and music marking Marina Tsvetaeva’s 130th anniversary
• Korney Chukovsky, The Writer & Translator. Then and Now
• A Conversation with Boris Akunin – Russia: Its Past, Present and Future
• "The Language and Literary Works of F.M. Dostoevsky": A lecture by Professor Igor Ruzhitsky (in English)
• "Yuri Lotman in My Life" with Marina Sonkina
• “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
• "Double-Headed Eagle: Russia between East and West" with Sir Tony Brenton
• Marking the Bicentenary of Dostoevsky's Birth – A talk by V. Dimitriev (in Russian): On the Structure of the Idea in Dostoevsky's Works
• “Daily Life in Moscow Following the Collapse of Communism”: An illustrated talk with Robert Stephenson
• Londongrad: Is it still “From Russia With Cash”? by Mark Hollingsworth
• Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexander Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian)
• Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexander Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian)
• “Ivanovo – the ‘Russian Manchester’, and the Story of Printed Textiles in Russia”, a talk by Pamela Smith – Thursday, 24 June at 19:00 (BST)
• “Russian Language: Between the Past and the Future,” a lecture by Evgeny Vodolazkin (in Russian) – Friday, 4 June at 19:00 (BST)
• Marking the Centenary of Academician Andrei Sakharov: Panel discussion (in English and Russian) – Friday, 21 May at 19:00 (BST)
• "Belarus, the Keystone in Europe’s Borderlands" with Neil Kent
• “Gagarin, Zvyozdochka and Prime Minister Macmillan: the Build-up to and Aftermath of the First Human Spaceflight” with Doug Millard
• CamRuSS Easter Art Sale
• CamRuSS Easter Art Sale - 12-26 March
• When Art Danced with Music: Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, by Dr Natalia Murray followed by Q&As
• Member of the Family or Barbarian at the Gate? Russia and the West, by Sir Tony Brenton followed by Q&As – Friday, 6 November, 19:00.
• Russian Poetry of the Second World War, a talk by Dr Maria Bloshteyn with poetry readings in Russian and English and Q&As - Thursday, 22 Oct, 19:00
• “I’m not European at all. Eurika.” Natalia Goncharova: Her Art and Times. Talk by Dr Natalia Budanova.
• Leo Tolstoy's heritage in the eyes of different generations. A talk by Fekla Tolstoy
• Living with the Bear
• Film Screening: One Word of Truth & CamRuSS’ AMG
• REMEMBERING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE
• Sevastopol’s Wars – book presentation and talk by Mungo Melvin