This is the January 2012 edition of the RCS Haven E-Bulletin. We hope that you have had a peaceful, relaxing Christmas, and are looking forward to the start of another year.
Our centre on Duke Street re-opens after the Christmas break and our programme of language and cultural classes restarts on Monday 9th January. For more information on these or any of the other services the centre provides, please contact us on 0141 552 2144or by email at [email protected].
As ever, the rest of our E-Bulletin contains the latest job vacancies in Scotland and the rest of the UK, and listings for Russian music, art, theatre, academic and social events across Britain in January.
Russian school reopens on 14 January at 12 noon.
Enrolment continues for the class on early development of children under two.
Lessons with children and their parents are delivered by an experienced teacher using the international system devised by G. Dolya. Russian school cooperates with the London centre which has developed this system.
12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ.
Contents:
Jobs in Scotland
Russian-speaking jobs
Russian-speaking jobs
Regular events in Scotland
Events in Glasgow
Events in Edinburgh
Events in the rest of the UK
Contact us
Jobs in Scotland
We are a website design and development company based in Glasgow, UK looking for a Sales and Account Manager to work on a commission only basis. We require someone to sell hosting, website design and development services. Some technical knowledge would be of benefit. more…
Chemist - NPD (New product Development) - Fluent Russian speaker
Multi million pound investment has resulted in highly ambitious growth plans for this market leading organisation. Firmly established in Scotland, recent relocation to stunning new premises has seen them develop a purpose built manufacturing more...
Multi million pound investment has resulted in highly ambitious growth plans for this market leading organisation. Firmly established in Scotland, recent relocation to stunning new premises has seen them develop a purpose built manufacturing more...
Temporary Special Teacher (EAL)
Job Vacancy SummaryChildren & Families Temporary Special Teacher (EAL) EAL Westwood House, EH11 Salary: £21,438 - £34,200 Hours: Full and part time positions available Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions more...
Job Vacancy SummaryChildren & Families Temporary Special Teacher (EAL) EAL Westwood House, EH11 Salary: £21,438 - £34,200 Hours: Full and part time positions available Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions more...
Senior Test Equipment Engineer
A leading Defence and Aerospace client in Scotland is looking for an additional 4 Electronic Design Engineers to support with Test Equipment design for a world leading airborne radar system. Please note that a 4 day week / flexible working more...
A leading Defence and Aerospace client in Scotland is looking for an additional 4 Electronic Design Engineers to support with Test Equipment design for a world leading airborne radar system. Please note that a 4 day week / flexible working more...
Trainee Marketing/Projects Co-ordinator
Discovery Flexibles Limited based in Dundee is Scotlands leading flexible packaging converter and is equipped with state of the art equipment and a team committed to serving the customers needs in full. Our marketing philosophy centres on supplying more...
Discovery Flexibles Limited based in Dundee is Scotlands leading flexible packaging converter and is equipped with state of the art equipment and a team committed to serving the customers needs in full. Our marketing philosophy centres on supplying more...
Russian-speaking jobs
We are a website design and development company based in Glasgow, UK looking for a Sales and Account Manager to work on a commission only basis. We require someone to sell hosting, website design and development services. Some technical knowledge would be of benefit. more…
Network - career management consultants: Russian Speaking Interior Designer/Architect, London to £45,000
GBP 40000-45000 per annum: Network - Career Management Consultants: Russian Speaking Interior Designer/Architect, London to...
GBP 40000-45000 per annum: Network - Career Management Consultants: Russian Speaking Interior Designer/Architect, London to...
French and Russian Marketing Assistant
Company background: Consultancy purpose of role: My client is looking for a permanent Marketing Assistant with fluent French AND Russian. The role will involve travelling abroad for events, coordinating events and all logistical administration more...
Company background: Consultancy purpose of role: My client is looking for a permanent Marketing Assistant with fluent French AND Russian. The role will involve travelling abroad for events, coordinating events and all logistical administration more...
Russian Speaking Supply Chain Manager
Eden Scotts client based near Glasgow, are a leading manufacturing business, recent plant expansion and continued success means they are now looking to recruit an experienced Supply Chain Manager. Key responsibilities (non exhaustive) - Develop more...
Eden Scotts client based near Glasgow, are a leading manufacturing business, recent plant expansion and continued success means they are now looking to recruit an experienced Supply Chain Manager. Key responsibilities (non exhaustive) - Develop more...
Account Manager - Russian/ German speaking
One our clients has a fantastic opportunity for a new role as a Client Development Associate. Our client delivers research and analysis solutions to investment management firms, private equity funds, investment banks, advisory firms, corporations, more...
One our clients has a fantastic opportunity for a new role as a Client Development Associate. Our client delivers research and analysis solutions to investment management firms, private equity funds, investment banks, advisory firms, corporations, more...
RCS Haven is looking for volunteers and qualified IT staff to work at the Centre.
If interested, please email your CV to [email protected]
Regular events in Scotland
Orthodox Church Services:
The following Scottish churches hold regular/semi-regular Orthodox services (all welcome):
Glasgow: The Parish of St. Kentigern (Russian Orthodox). Services held in Govan Old Church, 866 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 3UU.
Edinburgh: Orthodox Community of St. Andrew (a mixture of Orthodox faiths). Services held in the Chapel of St. Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NR.
Art studio for Children.
Art lessons for children are undergoing in RCS Haven. Under supervision of experienced teachers, a professional artist and a specialist in early development, children study the basics of drawing and painting, language development and drama. All children are welcome on Wednesdays from 5 till 7 pm.
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL
Тел. 0141 5522144
Russian Haven – studying of Russian Language and culture.
Classes for those who want to study Russian language.
Lessons on Mondays 17.30 to 19.30
Russian Centre RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL
Тел. 0141 5522144 [email protected]
Live Music on Sunday nights at Café Cossachok
Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
Restaurant opens: 6.00pm. Concert begins: 9.00pm
Tickets: £6.00 per person.
Bookings: 0141 553 0733
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group. Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit. Booking essential.
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
Bookings: 0141 552 7080
Events in Glasgow
12 January 2012 - 31 January 2012
An exhibition of oil, pastel and watercolours by Russian and Scottish artists
Opening Times: Tuesday - Saturday 12 noon – late, Sunday 1pm - late
Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
Admission: Free
13 January, 7pm | Friday
Pelmeni, Manty, Khinkaly…
Russian salad-bar with Olivie, Kholodetz, Shuba…
Glass of Champagne
Concert of popular music, raffles and prizes
Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
All of it for just £15.00
21 January, 10am – 4pm |Saturday
Dr Christina Guillaumier
Music short courses at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This study day is dedicated to the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. A radical innovator who nonetheless played with tradition, his style, language and idiom continue to captivate and entertain us. The day will give an overview of the composer’s output drawing on the latest research and most updated biographies of the composer.
£30
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB
Telephone: +44 (0) 141 332 4101
22 January, 8.15pm | Sunday
The Russian art/philosophy group Chto Delat? is named after Lenin's controversial 1902 book What Is To Be Done?; they fuse art, theory and activism into one practice, making funny and timely films, exhibitions and plays. Part of Arika12: Episode 1
CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD
Ticket Prices - £4-6
29 January, 4.30pm | Sunday
Unusual project for Kurosawa, who went to Russia due to lack of work in his native country. The film is beautifully shot, especially the eerie Siberian landscapes, but the plot -- concerning the meeting between a 'civilised' Russian military captain and a 'primitive' Oriental trapper -- smacks of simplistic Mosfilm party line.
Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Events in Edinburgh
11 January, 8.00pm | Wednesday
Cinema Club. Kin-Dza-Dza!
In Russian with English subtitles.
Welcome to the world of Georgi Daneliya's indisputably strange satire from the end of the Soviet era and a decided cult favourite of Russian cinema.
Programme begins at 8:00pm (with an introduction and a discussion to follow)
Only £1 entry (includes snacks!). Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
Contact Marc David [email protected] or phone the Institute on 0131 668 3635
Welcome to the world of Georgi Daneliya's indisputably strange satire from the end of the Soviet era and a decided cult favourite of Russian cinema.
Programme begins at 8:00pm (with an introduction and a discussion to follow)
Only £1 entry (includes snacks!). Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
Contact Marc David [email protected] or phone the Institute on 0131 668 3635
14 January, 7.00pm | Saturday
SRF presents Theatrical Mini Entourage inspired by Ken Reynolds photo exhibition “Russian Theatre in Performance” (currently on display in the Institute).
A professional magician and actors will recreate the atmosphere of Russian theatre. Meet bizarre characters, witness mind-blowing magical effects and listen to readings from famous Russian authors.
Come to engage in conversations about the theatre and experience a Theatrical Mini Entourage that will culminate in a ‘malenkiy’ Russian feast and Old New Year celebration!
A professional magician and actors will recreate the atmosphere of Russian theatre. Meet bizarre characters, witness mind-blowing magical effects and listen to readings from famous Russian authors.
Come to engage in conversations about the theatre and experience a Theatrical Mini Entourage that will culminate in a ‘malenkiy’ Russian feast and Old New Year celebration!
Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. Donations £2 (SRF members), £5 (non-members), payable at the door. Booking essential.
17 January, 7.30pm | Tuesday
Indulge in a decadent evening of delicious food at drink at Edinburgh’s first ever Russian Winter Ball. Celebrate the arrival of 2012 with this glamorous tradition of Imperial Russia in the atmospheric venues of the Caves, located beneath the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Begin the evening with a champagne and vodka reception before feasting on a delicious four-course meal. Afterwards, swish around a stunning ballroom before continuing the festivities into the early hours at an exclusive after party.
The Caves, 12 Niddry St South, Edinburgh, EH1 1NS, Tel: 0131 5578989
Full price: £70.00 - 650.00 (£650.00 for a table of 10.)
20 January, 6.30pm | Friday
Vladimir Nabokov: Sirin to V.N. A talk by Michael Rodgers
The talk aims to elucidate significant factors in Nabokov’s life and explore his claim that moving ‘from my palatial Russian to the narrow quarters of my English was like moving from one darkened house to another on a starless night during a strike of candlemakers and torchbearers’.
, Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. Donations £2 (SRF members), £5 (non-members), payable at the door. Booking essential.
25 January, 8.00pm | Wednesday
Cinema Club. Mirror
In Russian with English subtitle
A beautiful evocation of memory, life and loss, and an undisputed masterpiece by its legendary master director Andrei Tarkovsky. Featuring some of the greatest artistry in all of cinema - particularly in its mesmerising interplay between beautifully poetic imagery; the spoken poetry of the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky; and the music of Artemiev, Bach, Pergolesi and Henry Purcell - he creates a work both intensely personal yet still immediately accessible: as much a dream as it is a film.
Programme begins at 8:00pm (with an introduction and a discussion to follow)
Only £1 entry (includes snacks!). Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
Contact Marc David [email protected] or phone the Institute on 0131 668 3635
A beautiful evocation of memory, life and loss, and an undisputed masterpiece by its legendary master director Andrei Tarkovsky. Featuring some of the greatest artistry in all of cinema - particularly in its mesmerising interplay between beautifully poetic imagery; the spoken poetry of the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky; and the music of Artemiev, Bach, Pergolesi and Henry Purcell - he creates a work both intensely personal yet still immediately accessible: as much a dream as it is a film.
Programme begins at 8:00pm (with an introduction and a discussion to follow)
Only £1 entry (includes snacks!). Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
Contact Marc David [email protected] or phone the Institute on 0131 668 3635
26 January, 11.00am | Thursday
Чай н Чат
All welcome to join us for sparkling conversation in Russian and English and delicious cakes. No charge but contributions of cakes and help with washing up appreciated.
Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
Tel. 0131 668 3635
Tel. 0131 668 3635
26 January, 5.15pm | Thursday
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre - Research Seminar
Dr Petre Petrov (Princeton University): The generic present in Stalinist discourse.
The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. Free.
31 January 5.15pm | Tuesday
Film "Khodorkovsky" (2011)
The film tells the drama of Khodorkovsky's Odyssey, all the way from a socialist believer to a perfect capitalist and subsequently becoming the most known Russian prisoner. The film is preceded by a short introductory talk.
In Russian. Free. The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh
Events in the rest of the UK
6 January 2012 – 24 March 2012
Russia’s acclaimed ballet company returns to the UK following a sensational tour in 2011
Formed in 1981, the Russian State Ballet of Siberia has quickly established itself as one of Russia's leading ballet companies and has built an international reputation for delivering performances of outstanding quality and unusual depth. The soloists and corps de ballet never fail to delight audiences with their breathtaking physical ability and dazzling costumes.
Their repertoire included, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Fille Mal Gardee, and Giselle.
14 January, 7.30pm | Saturday
Language: In Russian
A rare and intimate audience with one of Russia’s greatest actors. Chulpan Khamatova reads her favourite poetry and answers your questions. Proceeds of this evening go IN ENTIRETY to the Charity Gift of Life.
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA, T: +44 (0) 20 7269 9770
Tickets: £40. Proceeds of this evening go IN ENTIRETY to the Gift of Life charity.
16 January 2012 – 25 March 2012
Ask most people to name a ballet, and Swan Lake will doubtless be near the top of the list. There's a reason it has endured-as well as boasting a score by Tchaikovsky, it also tells the timeless tale of Prince Siegfried, who falls in love with the beautiful Swan Queen, Odette.
Now, the Moscow City Ballet is bringing Britain its take on the classic.
16 January 2012– 30 January 2012
The Russian troupe takes to the stage for a UK tour, with a huge cast of acrobats, circus performers and entertainers. In a twist to normal circus performances, this tour combines with the Russian folklore figure Rasputin which results in a performance of classical and contemporary circus. Rasputin is a romantic character whose visions will be the focus of the performances.
17 January, 12 08.30 | Tuesday
This joint seminar in conjunction with Baker and McKenzie will advise delegates on key compliance and risk management issues arising under the UK Bribery Act 2010, specifically in the context of doing business in Russia - an emerging market with enormous opportunities for British business but also a high risk market from the standpoint of compliance.
Baker & McKenzie Office, 100 New Bridge Street , London, Phone 0207 931 6455
This event is free to attend, though pre-registration is essential and places are limited and allocated on a first-come first-served basis.
18 January, 4.00pm | Wednesday
The first ever exhibition in the UK by Viktor Pivovarov, one of the founders of Moscow Conceptualism, and entitled “Dictionary of an artist” opens on 17th January at Pushkin House in London. The opening of the exhibition will be followed by a conversation with the artist conducted by Professor Sarah Wilson from the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA, T: +44 (0) 20 7269 9770
Tickets: admission free
23 January, 7.30pm | Monday
Russia's other culture: science and technology in the 20th century in association with RBCC
Language: In English
Language: In English
The old boast ran that Russia governed an empire with more surface area than the visible moon. Still, 40 per cent of it lay under permafrost, and no Romanov before Alexander II so much as set foot in Siberia. Defying nature, the Bolsheviks forcibly industrialized the region, built factories and cities, and operated industries in some of the most forbidding places on the planet.
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA, T: +44 (0) 20 7269 9770
Tickets: £7, conc. £5 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs)
24 January, 7.30pm | Tuesday
In Association with London Philharmonic Orchestra
Language: In English
Sergei Prokofiev’s music is one of the miracles of Russian culture and January 2012 is his month in London.
Pushkin House brings together four musicians who will perform and discuss some of Prokofiev’s most intimate music.
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA, T: +44 (0) 20 7269 9770
Tickets: £20, conc. £18 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs)
24 January, 2.30pm & 7.30pm | Tuesday
The company which features performers from The Bolshoi will be accompanied by The RTE National Symphony Orchestra.
Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
26 January, 7.30pm | Thursday
by Simon Franklin
January master talks series
Language: In English
Language: In English
Simon Franklin explores the ways in which Russian culture has responded to – or has been shaped by – changes in information technologies in the past, and considers how these past encounters may help us better to understand the dynamic and sometimes confusing cultural and social processes of today.
Tickets: £7, conc. £5 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs)
27 January, 7.30pm | Friday
Language: In English with Russian translation
On the eve of the premiere at the Royal Festival Hall given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, international experts gather at Pushkin House to discuss the upcoming event: the new, unknown 1961 version of Sergei Prokofiev’s oratorio Ivan the Terrible by Levon Atovmyan, the discovery of its manuscript and the story behind its creation.
Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA, T: +44 (0) 20 7269 9770
Tickets: 7, conc. 5 (Friends of Pushkin House, students and OAPs)
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