Category: News

A letter from Ksenia Afonina, Chair of Trustees of CamRuSS Thank you very much for your time and productive discussion on Thursday 24 March as well as sharing suggestions prior to our meeting. I am aware that some of you … Continue reading →

Updated on 29 March 2022 On Saturday 26 March 2022 the actors and directors of Cambridge’s Russian-language amateur theatre club “Вот Такой Театр” staged a charitable Evening of Poetry. We are immensely grateful to all those who so kindly attended … Continue reading →

We were saddened to learn that our dear friend Albert George Foulser, a veteran of the Second World War who celebrated his 97th birthday last August, passed away on 15 December 2021. Mr Albert George Foulser was born on 11 … Continue reading →

We learnt about the departure of another dear member of our community – a veteran of the Second World War Stanley Ballard (1923 – 2021) who visited us in Cambridge a couple of times in the last years. In 2015 Stan took part … Continue reading →

Another CamRuSS friend whom we lost was Peter Zinovieff (1933 – 2021) who passed away on Thursday, 24 June at his home in Cambridge. Peter was born in 1933 to Leo Zinovieff and Sofka, Russian aristocrats, who met in London after their families had emigrated … Continue reading →

With great sadness we inform you of the death of CamRuSS Honorary Adviser and long-standing supporter of CamRuSS, John Barber (1944 – 2021) on Saturday, 26 June at his home in Cambridge. A distinguished scholar in Russian history and politics, he shared a … Continue reading →

An illustrated album “Unofficial Art of the Second World War. Elena Marttila. Pavel Afonin. Sergey Babkov. Personal History and Memory” by Ksenia Afonina (in Russian), (Kriga, 2021). The album features over a hundred works conveying the first-hand military experience of … Continue reading →

This year on 27 January the siege of Leningrad was lifted 77 years ago in 1944. The siege was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany against the Soviet city of Leningrad (now Saint … Continue reading →

Winter holidays are already around the corner, and are you still wondering what present to give your friends or acquaintances? Instead of gift baskets and knick-knacks, donate to programs that help children with cancer. – Go to the Gift of … Continue reading →