(in Russian)

Internationally renowned Russian author, Ludmila Ulitskaya, will meet connoisseurs and lovers of contemporary Russian literature and her delighted readers in Cambridge, for an evening of literary discussions, readings, questions and answers.

Ludmila Ulitskaya at the recent demonstration in Moscow 4th February 2012

Everyone is most welcome!
Entrance fee: £8 (£6 students; £5 pounds current members of CamRuSS).

Please don’t miss this unique opportunity and book your seats now, to avoid disappointment!

TO MAKE A BOOKING, please contact Yelena Karl on: events@camruss.com. She will make a reservation for you, and will give you the postal address to which you need to send a cheque (made payable to “Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society”). Please indicate what kind of tickets you are buying and how many.

CamRuSS often receives this kind of queries. We are now collating all relevant information on this topic – your advice will be compiled and published here, for the benefit of the local Russian-speaking community. Please reply to: info@camruss.com

*USEFUL TIPS* that CamRuSS has gratefully received from our subscribers so far:

1. Buy a Russian newspaper in the Russian shop in Cambridge (Cobbles Yard, Napier Street, off Newmarket Rd, at the back of Grafton Centre), and there will be phone numbers of the people in London who professionally deal with setting up satellite TV. You can phone them up, and they can come and set it up for you.

2. There is a very useful website where you can register and watch Russian TV for just about £10-£12 per month: www.tvteka.com (you can watch it on your laptop, or even on your TV through some special cables). The advantage is that you can watch all the channels!

If you are interested, or know anyone who might be, please contact Katarina on:
0757 604 38 78, or email: katarina.ndrepepaj@hotmail.co.uk

The children are 7, 5 and 3 years-old. A babysitter would ideally have a driving license. The abysitter would take the two older boys to school in the morning and then bring them back home in the afternoon; every day, 2-3 hours.

The cleaner is needed for 3 hours once a week.
Both a babysitter and a cleaning lady must have good references.

Please apply to Olga on: olga.hofmann@db.com or call Christopher on: 0780 224 38 45.

Saturdays (12:00-12:45) during the Spring Term,
21st April – 23rd June 2012

Venue: Cambridge Russian School, at Coleridge Community College, Radegund Rd, Cambridge.

About Tatiana Lavrentieva: Theatre and TV actress; many years of teaching experience; fondly and gratefully remembered by generations of students at Cambridge Russian School; MA from the famous “GITIS” Institute in Moscow (Lunacharsky State Institute of Theatrical Art).

Master-class includes: Help with overcoming complexes, proper speaking techniques, and development of a self-confident, relaxed and artistic approach to real-life situations, all of which are prerequisites of success in any business, profession and personal life!

Course price: £45
Enrolments and queries: please contact Yulia Simon-Neale to sign up for this class or with any queries: yulia_simonneale@yahoo.co.uk

Deadline for enrolments: 17th March 2012.
More information: http://www.camrusschool.co.uk

With any questions or to ask for a quote, please contact Leonid:
Tel: 0753 108 4204 (call Mon-Fri after 6pm, or any time at weekends)
Email: llion80@hotmail.co.uk

VENUE: St.Luke’s Church Centre, 156 Victoria Road/Stretten Avenue,
Cambridge CB4 3DZ (Free parking behind the Church)

MAP: Click here to see the location.

It was a warm, friendly and joyful evening for the whole family! There was an exciting talk, music, games and fun activities, a quiz with authentic Russian prizes, a raffle, a Russian karaoke and a disco. A brilliant opportunity to relax, make new friends and catch up with the old ones!

THEME: “1812: War and Peace”, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino.

IN THE PROGRAMME:

4:00 – A vodka shot (or equivalent) and a Russian pie on the door;
4:30-5:00 – “THE NAKED NAPOLEON… and Contemporary Naked Leaders”, a sparkling, intelligent, thought-provoking and brilliantly entertaining talk by Dr JANA HOWLETT, with rarely seen slides and images!! (in Russian);
- LIVE MUSIC;
- Fun GAMES, ACTIVITIES and COMPETITIONS;
- Supervised activities and entertainment FOR CHILDREN (drawing, painting, DVDs, fun challenges  etc);
- 1812 COSTUME COMPETITION;
- FOOD and DRINK (bring and share);
- Russian RYE BREAD and PIES for sale (freshly baked by our loyal and excellent supplier from King’s Lynn!)
6:00-6:20 – NEW-YEAR QUIZ for adults and older children, in teams (presented by Michael Bashtanov and Sergey Gayshun);
7:00-7:30 – RAFFLE with authentic Russian prizes;
7:30-8:30 – KARAOKE for children and adluts! Led by Ekaterina Onatskaya (downstairs);
7:30-8:30 – Igniting Russian DISCO, run by a highly acclaimed, experienced and charismatic DJ Michael Lukin (upstairs).

PHOTOS ARE COMING SOON!

The following committee members and supporters were present:

Ksenia Afonina, Marina Burrell, Rosemary Edridge, Don Forbes, Lena Karl, Natalia Kalyaznina, Barbara Laughlin, Marion MacLeod, Katya Parker, Christine Watts, John Wilkins, Tanya Yurasova.

The Meeting was attended by about 60 people in total, including renewing members and non-members. Click here to view a detailed report about CamRuSS AGM on 2nd December 2011

PROGRAMME:

• “The Romanovs: Yesterday and Today”. A talk by the historian, journalist, translator and writer Staffan Skott (in English), based on Staffan’s recent book “The Romanovs” (published in Sweden), that tracks the dynasty of the Russian tsars after the 1917 Revolution up to the present day. Staffan gave a lively and very humane account of his personal, most memorable meetings with many descendants of the Romanov family in different countries of the world.

• Short QUIZ (with a musical slant) on the history of Imperial Russia (in which the Rahr-Bohr family, led by the young but smart Miss Katie, managed to win nearly all the prizes!)

• CamRuSS AGM. We heard and unanimously approved the President’s report on CamRuSS’ activities and achievements in the academic year 2010-2011, and elected the new Organising Commitee. Congratulations to Ksenia Afonina who agreed to stay our President for another year!
  

• Invigorating DRINKS and exquisite PIES. This was one of the highlights of the evening. Many thanks to everyone who brought delicious homemade Russian food, including the very popular “Olivier” salad by Katya Matosova-Parker, an air-tender poppy pie by Angelika Markevica, and a luscious blackcurrant pie by Natasha Konovalova.

About the Speaker – Staffan Skott writes about himself: “Born 1943. My book on the Romanovs’ history tells what happened to all the Romanovs and their descendants after 1917 ago, including those I met in different countries. The book was published in 1979 and has been translated also into Finnish, Polish, and Estonian.

I have published 15 books, mostly Russian history, and translated fifty plays and forty books, from Russian: Chekhov, Gogol, Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Radzinsky, Gorky, Schwarz et al.Journalist at Sweden’s largest morning newspaper Dagens Nyheter 1981-2008. I live in Cambridge since 2008, when my wife Maria Nikolajeva got a chair at the Faculty of Education (not in Russian, but she would be an outstanding professor of Russian Literature as well). My ancestors before 1900 were all farm hands and peasants from the province of Dalarna – the heart, soul and brain of Sweden. Not a drop of Russian blood. But three of my children do have. And four of the ten grandchildren. I am not a monarchist.”

- St.Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, 280x200mm. Price £10
- Voskresenskie Gates of Kitay-Gorod in Moscow, 280x200mm. Price £10
- Kazan’ Cathedral on Red Square, 280x200mm. Price £10
- Panorama of Moscow Kremlin,  600x310mm. Price £ 20
- Panorama of Kolomenskoe Estate in Moscow, 570x310mm. Price £ 20
- Russian landscape with a small church, 310x290mm. Price £13
- Landscape, 500x310mm. Price £13

If you are interested, please write to Tatiana Sweet on: tvr6@aol.com or call her on: 07824183907.

The photos can be supplied on request.