| 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 celebrated 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 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
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The SCRSS
Digest, Summer 2026 (SD-37) issue (in colour!) is now
available online with features by Professor Geoffrey Roberts
of University College Cork on Kathleen Harriman: Mission
to Moscow; Olga Sidenkova on Samara's Restored Hammer
and Sickle Factory-Kitchen; and Andrew Jameson on Russian
Connections in the Baltic States. Also Gems from
the Archive - Yuri Gagarin, 1961 and SCRSS news.
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Next Events 2026
Saturday 4 July 2026, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening Drop-in for SCRSS members - other visitors, please
make a prior appointment by email.
Saturday 1 August 2026, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening Drop-in for SCRSS members - other visitors, please
make a prior appointment by email.
Saturday 5 September 2026, 14.00-15.00
In-Person Event: 'The
Cause of All Progressive and Advanced Mankind’: Soviet Policy
and the Spanish Civil War To mark the 90th anniversary of
the start of the Spanish Civil War, Jim Jump (Chair of the International
Brigade Memorial Trust) discusses the Soviet Union's military
assistance to and diplomatic efforts in support of the Spanish
Republic, 1936-39. Joint SCRSS-Marx Memorial Library event, in-person
only at the SCRSS centre.Tickets: £5.00 (SCRSS
members £3.00). Doors open 13.30 - tickets on the door or book
in advance on Eventbrite..
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