The Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet
Studies (SCRSS) is a library and cultural centre in London that
promotes knowledge of the culture, language and history of Russia
and the former Soviet Union (FSU). The Society is a Registered
Charity No 1104012 and celebrates its centenary in 2024. Find
out about the benefits of SCRSS membership.
The SCRSS Soviet Collections are a library and archive of the
arts, humanities and social sciences of the Soviet Union (1917-91).
See Library & Archive and Photo
Library for more information on the individual collections
and research, and search our online
catalogue. We also have a loan library for members' use.
We organise events and promote
Russian language learning. We are actively involved with, and
a founder member of, the Soviet War
Memorial in London. We facilitate cultural contacts between
the UK, Russia and the FSU. And we publish a journal, the SCRSS
Digest.
Latest SCRSS Digest
SCRSS Digest,
Spring 2024 issue now available online with features by Dr
Caroline Wilkins on Velimir Khlebnikov and 'The Radio of the
Future', Jane Rosen on What Are They Up To? The Formation
of the SCR, 1924, and Dr James C Pearce on Why the USSR
Needed 'The Golden Ring' Cities.
SCRSS Centenary 2024 - Next Events
From Thursday 7 March 2024 for 10 Weeks, 18.00-20.00
Zoom Online Evening Class: Russian Language for Good Intermediate
Level
Friendly two-hour conversation / reading class (current book Chekhov's
Dama s sobachkoi). Availability for new members to join
the group. Fee for 10 weeks: £40.00 (SCRSS members only)
Wednesday 20 March 2024, 19.00-20.00
Zoom Online Lecture: Andrei
Platonov's Chevengur as a Marxist Novel As a new translation
is published of Platonov's 1928 novel Chevengur (by Robert
and Elizabeth Chandler), Andrew George discusses how the author's
life, work and this novel relate to Marxism in their historical,
cultural and political contexts. He contends that Platonov was
a complex Bolshevik thinker living through complex times, whose
involvement in the Russian Revolution was not just as a writer,
but also as an engineer. Second talk in our '1920s USSR' series
for spring 2024.
Saturday 6 April 2024, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening for Members Non-members, please make a prior appointment
by email.
Tuesday 16 April 2024, 18.30-19.30
Zoom Online Lecture in Russian: 'Moscow
Literature' in Contemporary Russian Culture / 'Moskovsky tekst'
v sovremennoi russkoi kul'ture Associate Professor Nataliya
Semenova returns to discuss the phenomenon of 'Moscow literature'
- part of the larger trend for mapping space already seen in 'St
Petersburg literature' and others. Free event for SCRSS members
only.
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