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September 2021
Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexander Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian)
Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, St Petersburg. A. Florensky, 2020 This meeting with Leningrad-born artist Alexander Florensky, who works in Moscow but has recently spent more time in Tbilisi, is an illustrated journey to his favourite corners of three capital cities captured in his work – St Petersburg, Tbilisi and Moscow. Chonqadze Street, Tbilisi. A. Florensky, 2020 WHEN: Thursday 23 September 2021, 19:00 (BST) WHERE: Zoom LANGUAGE: Russian FEE: Voluntary donation* Please REGISTER in advance (with your name and email address). After registering, you will receive a…
Find out more »May 2022
Happy Anniversary, Egyptology! Hieroglyphs, Tutankhamun, and Thoughts for the Future: A talk by Dr Alex Loktionov
Tutankhamun and his wife (Abo Rashad, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) 2022 marks an important double anniversary for Egyptology. Exactly 200 years ago, the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs by Jean-François Champollion heralded the dawn of academic Egyptology, while exactly 100 years ago, the discipline captured the popular imagination like never before with Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. This talk provides an overview of both breakthroughs, summarising the key events of each and providing an assessment of their broader…
Find out more »June 2022
Literary Evening with Carina Cockrell-Ferre (in Russian)
You are invited to time-travel! “And here it’s still living history…” (Bill Bryson) Indeed, history is living in Britain. The past in this country has never gone away, it’s just become invisible and melted into the air we breathe. People find in British history food for thought, amusement, entertainment and solace in times of uncertainty. Carina Cockrell-Ferre, a writer, journalist and blogger who came to this country 31 years ago, speaks about it from her own experience. The result of her…
Find out more »Queen’s Platinum Jubilee One-day Art Exhibition in Cambridge
"My Jubilee Stamp" by Svetlana Baibekova, 2022 One-day Art Exhibition in celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Please click here to download the exhibition catalogue to peruse at your leisure. The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society is organising an art exhibition celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The exhibition is dedicated to Her Majesty's historic reign and service to the world, the country and its people over a period of seventy years. We have invited local artists to creatively reflect on Queen Elizabeth's…
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