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The
SCRSS organises a regular programme of lectures on Russian and
Soviet culture, covering a wide range of topics from music, art,
architecture and literature, to history, sport and linguistics
(to name but a few). The Society also screens classic Soviet films
of the 1930s-70s, including works by such directors as Donskoi,
Raizman, Romm, Kozintsev, and Gerasimov. Films are normally screened
in Russian with English sub-titles.
Lectures and film shows take place at the SCRSS.
They normally start at 7pm, with tea and coffee served from 6.30pm.
Events are open to both SCRSS members and non-members.
The SCRSS is also involved in educational and commemorative events
associated with the Soviet War Memorial
in London.
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Lectures
and Film Shows
£3.00 (members)
£5.00 (non-members)
See
the Events Diary 2008 below for month by month listings
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January
2008
Friday 25 January 7pm
Lecture: British-Russian Relations and the Law:
Can It Get Worse? by Bill Bowring. Bill Bowring is a barrister,
Professor of Law at the School of Law, Birkbeck College, University
of London, and President of the SCRSS. He was recently in
Astrakhan training judges at the invitation of the Russian
Supreme Court and will be representing in Strasbourg ethnic
Russians from Estonia over incidents with the police in connection
with the removal of the Soviet war memorial in Tallinn last
May.
Sunday
27 January 11am - 3.15pm
Event: Holocaust Memorial Day at the Soviet
War Memorial and Imperial War Museum. 11-11.45am: Act
of Remembrance at the Holocaust Memorial Tree in Geraldine
Mary Harmsworth Park, led by Rabbi Alan Greenbat. Followed
immediately by Act of Remembrance at the Soviet War Memorial
led by Philip Matthews, Chairman of the Soviet Memorial Trust
Fund. 12.30pm-2pm: talk by Leslie Hutton on his experiences
as a witness at the Nuremburg Trials in the aftermath of WWII
- in the Cinema of the Imperial War Museum. 2.30pm-3.15pm:
films from the archives of the Imperial War Museum in the
Cinema - War Pictorial News No. 241 and Nuremburg
in History. The Imperial War Museum is located on Lambeth
Road, London SE1; the Soviet War Memorial is adjacent to the
Imperial War Museum in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park.
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February
2008
Friday
8 February 7pm
Film: October Days (dir. Sergei Vasilyev,
Lenfilm, 1958). The film covers the revolutionary events of
1917, many of which were witnessed at first hand by the director.
English sub-titles, black/white, 100 mins.
Friday
22 February 7pm
Lecture: Aspects of Post-War Art in Belarus:
An Illustrated Talk by Christine Lindey, lecturer in art
history and author of Art in the Cold War. Christine
Lindey visited Belarus in October 2007 to meet two well-known
Belarus artists of the socialist realist period, Mikhail Savitsky
and May Dantsig.
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March
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Friday
7 March 7pm
Film: The Fourth Year of the War
(dir. G. Nikolaiyenko, Gorky Film Studios, Moscow, 1983).
This is an authentic account of Soviet military intelligence
units in World War II, focusing on the heroic activities of
a woman agent behind enemy lines. Shown in commemoration of
International Women's Day on 8 March. English commentary,
colour, 100 mins.
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April
2008
Wednesday
2 - Thursday 3 April
Event: SCRSS Russian Language Seminar. A
two-day intensive programme of lectures in Russian on contemporary
Russian society, culture and linguistics, given by lecturers
from St Petersburg University and held at SCRSS head office.
The seminar is aimed at teachers of Russian, graduates of
Russian and final-year undergraduates who have a good aural
understanding of Russian and wish to keep abreast of the latest
developments in Russia. More
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| May
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Saturday 17 May 10.30am
Event: SCRSS Annual General Meeting.
The AGM will take place at the SCRSS premises. Open to SCRSS
members only.
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| June
2008
Friday 6 June 7pm
Film: The Flight That Became a Legend.
Documentary film about the first non-stop flight over the
North Pole made by Soviet pilots in June 1937, flying from
Moscow to Vancouver. Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow.
1975. English commentary, b/w.
Friday 20 June 7pm
Lecture: Russian Verbs of Motion
by Dr Roy Bivon. Dr Bivon is co-author, with E Petrukhina,
of The Russian Verb (Zlatoust, 2004).
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July
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Summer
recess
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August
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Summer
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September
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Friday
12 September 7pm
Lecture: Sport and the Oligarchs
by Jim Riordan. Jim Riordan is currently Visiting Professor
in Sports Studies at the University of Worcester and author
of Comrade Jim, Soviet Sport, The Young
Oxford Book of Football Stories, The Young Oxford
Book of Sports Stories, The Match of Death and
many children’s stories. His latest article for the
SCRSS - From Moscow to Beijing - An Olympic Journey -
was published in the spring 2008 issue of our SCRSS
Information Digest.
Friday 26 September 7pm
Film: Officers. Special show to
coincide with the European Day of Languages. The film covers
the lives of two Red Army officers, spanning half a century,
with splendid performances by the principal actors. Director
V. Rogovoi, camera Mikhail Kirillov, Gorky Film Studios, 93
mins, black/white, English sub-titles.
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| October
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Saturday 4 October 11am - 4pm
Event: SCRSS Library Open Day and Sale
of Surplus Books, Realia and Souvenirs. Free admission.
All welcome. Refreshments. Talks on the Society and Russia.
Friday 10 October 7pm
Film: Born Twice. At the height
of WWII a hospital ship, returning to its base in Archangel,
is sunk by Nazi planes despite its Red Cross markings. The
single survivor, a very young recruit, struggles to return
to his unit. Director Arkady Sirenko, camera Zlyzbar Karavaev,
100 mins, colour, English commentary, 1983.
Friday
24 October 7pm
Lecture: The Kamchatka to Chukhotka Expedition
by Barbara Forrai. Barbara Forrai travels to Russia frequently
through her work raising money for Helping Hands, a Siberian
charity that looks after street children. Her illustrated
talk covers a journey she took on board a small Russian ship
to Kamchatka and Chukhotka in Siberia.
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Friday 7 November 7pm
Lecture: The Soviet Union's Contribution
to the Defeat of Japanese Militarism by Keith Bennett.
Keith Bennett studied the history and politics
of China, Japan and South East Asia at the School for Oriental
and African Studies (University of London) in the late 1970s.
He was publications officer for the Society for Anglo-Chinese
Understanding from 1979-81 and political editor of the weekly
newspaper Asian Times for 10 years. He is currently a political
and government relations consultant for the private sector,
specialising in China and Korea. He has written and lectured
extensively on the politics, history and economics of the
Far East.
Friday 21 November 7pm
Film:
Cossacks Beyond the Danube.
This opera by S. Gulak-Artemovsky, performed by artists of
the Ukrainian State Opera and Ballet, is based on the wish
of Ukrainian Cossacks in the 18th century to leave Turkey
and return to their homeland. A light-hearted finale to the
SCRSS Autumn season. Director V. Lapoknysh, camera A. Mishupin,
Kiev Film Studios, 92 mins, black/white, English sub-titles,
1953.
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December
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Programme
to be confirmed
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Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies
320 Brixton Road. London. SW9 6AB
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7274 2282 Fax: +44 (0)20 7274 3230
Email:
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Web: www.scrss.org.uk
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