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SOCIETY FORTHCOMING EVENTS 2007-2008 (may be subject to change - please check this website closer to the dates) Unless otherwise stated, all talks on weekdays start at 7:30pm, and are followed by a wine reception; there is usually an entrance charge for non-members, and sometimes even for members (depending on the type of event)
5th May 2008 (Mon) (Bank Holiday Monday) May Day Picnic/νΑ£ΧΛΑ, Hinchingbrooke Park. 14th May 2008 (Wednesday) TRAVELS
IN SIBERIA 1961-1995 by John Massey Stewart WHERE: The Gordon Cameron lecture Theater, Fitzwilliam College, Storey's Way or Huntingdon Rd, Cambridge John Massey Stewart - writer, photographer, Siberian specialist, consultant and environmental activist - presents his 11 totally different visits to Siberia and the Soviet/Russian Far East between 1961 and 1995. They range from botanical, geographical, and environmental to NATO and World Bank-sponsored journeys, two weeks in a rubber boat through a huge nature reserve, and an exhibition he devised on 400 years of historic British-Siberian links. His travels have taken him several times to Lake Baikal, from the frozen Ob estuary to Vladivostok in high summer, and have included a visit to Khanty nomadic reindeer-herders and a red-carpet tour of the Buryat Republic. 27th June 2008 (Fri) White Nights Party, Fort St.George, Midsummer Common, Cambridge
OTHER IDEAS: Russian Radio Show [Marina B.] Russian Library, Russian Book club [Lena A.] Discussion circle [Ksenia A.] Stage a play - we need a script-writer and a director! With any proposals please write to Nina on: npkhunts@yahoo.com GENERAL CALENDAR INFORMATION: Cambridge University terms: 2 Oct (Tue) 30 Nov (Fri), 15 Jan (Tue) 14 Mar (Fri), 22 Apr (Tue) 13 June (Fri) School holidays (for most local schools): 20 Dec (Thu) 6 Jan, 11 15 Feb, 21 March (Fri) 7 April (Mon), 26 30 May Easter day: 23 March (Gregorian), 27 Apr (Julian)
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