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Welcome the December 2010 edition of the RCS Haven E-Bulletin. This month, alongside our usual news and jobs features we have also included a bumper crop of events listings for Scotland and the rest of the UK so that wherever you are, you will be able to celebrate the festive season Russian-style!
2010 has been a great year for RCS Haven, in which we have gained many new members and greatly expanded our range of services. We don’t intend to stop there, however, and are already making plans for 2011, including an exciting new collaboration with the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. You can read more about this story on our website, and also via our NEW Facebook and Twitter pages. Click on the links below to follow us, and be the first to hear about all the latest developments here at the centre!
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you that there are still a few places left on our evening English language course, which will start on Wednesday evenings between 6.00-7.30pm from 12 December 2011. Those interested in attending should contact 0141 552 2144 or email [email protected] for more information.
Finally, please note that our centre will be closed between 22nd December 2010 and 5th January 2011. All that remains is for us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you again in 2011!
Contents:
- Jobs
- News
- Events in the rest of Scotland
- Events in the rest of the UK
The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from Scottish, British and Russian employers, and makes them searchable by keyword. It can be accessed by clicking here, but below is a selection of some of the wide range of jobs currently being advertised through the website:
Project Engineer
Project Engineer Job Title. Project Engineer (Mechanical)Commencement. ASAPMinimum Qualifications HNC / HND in Mechanical Engineering or equivalentPreferred Qualifications B Eng in Mechanical Engineering or equivalentExperience.- Significant more...
Deputy Manager
Deputy Manager Deputy Manager We currently have a vacancy for a Deputy Manager in the Dundee region. This home offers specialist healthcare to adults who have neurodisabilities and aquired brain injury. The ideal candidate needs to be a fully more...
Branch Manager - Distance: 0 miles
The Role: Retail Branch Manager – Travel Trade Location: Glasgow Package: c. £ negotiable depending upon experience + excellent performance bonus Ellis Mack Recruitment is working with an award winning Travel business looking to recruit more...
Urgent request Consultant in Anaesthetics - ASAP for 2 weeks in Scotla
Consultant in Anaesthetics based in Scotland required to start immediately for 2 weeks initially. As we are part of the PASA framework agreement we receive hundreds of new positions daily. We have an enormous amount of Associate Specialist posts, more...
Senior Java Analyst Programmer, 5-6 years exp, United Kingdom (U.K)
MSys UK Ltd. - We are looking for Senior Java Analyst Programmers for our on-site assignments in the United Kingdom.The candidates must have a minimum of 5-6 years of experience in Java/J2EE development more...
Please also note that RCS Haven is always looking for volunteers to work at the centre and qualified staff to run language and cultural courses for children and adults. If interested, please email your CV to [email protected].
The Iron Curtain opens to reveal a new Russia
Since its days in the Soviet Union, Russia has never opened its arms to the world like this before. It has never had huge surges of foreigners arrive in its towns, and certainly never with painted faces, flags and an unusual appetite for beer.
Where England's bid went wrong?
So, after all the hype and all the expectation, it is Russia who will host the 2018 World Cup.
And England's team who once more taste World Cup failure.
It is something with which England are not unfamiliar. Not on the field, especially after the shambolic performance in South Africa last summer.
Moscow Region, Switzerland to cooperate in culture, education
Switzerland’s ambassador and the Moscow Region governor agreed Thursday that the confederation and Russia’s largest region should expand their cooperation past purely economic matters to include culture and education.
Britain's ISIS to help Siberian innovators to enter European market
The Russian Siberian region of Tomsk has closed a 12 billion ruble deal ($384.8 million) with Britain's Isis Innovation, a technology transfer company for Oxford University, to help Tomsk innovators enter the European market, Vladislav Zinchenko, deputy governor for research, innovation policy and education, said on Friday.
PepsiCo buys 66 percent Russia's Wimm-Bill-Dann for $3.8 bln (Update 1)
U.S. PepsiCo has signed a $3.8 billion deal to buy 66 percent of Wimm-Bill-Dann, one of Russia's leading dairy producers, sending Wimm-Bill-Dann shares soaring 20%, Wimm-Bill-Dann's co-owner and board member David Yakobashvili said on Thursday.
‘Migration is always a plus’ says Russian visa boss
Dmitry Medvedev’s much-hyped pet project of Skolkovo – the ‘Silicon Valley’ of Russia needs to attract not just foreign investors but foreign brainpower.
Konstantin Romodanovsky head of the Federal Migration Service explained why more foreigners are important for Russia.
Patriach Kirill reaches for the stars
After centuries of conflict between religion and science, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is willing to forgive the likes of Galileo and Copernicus and take a trip into space.
But his interest in the Dec. 15 Soyuz spaceflight is unlikely to see him jetting off to get closer to the heavens later this month.
'Second Chernobyl' uncovered in Ukraine - paper
A group of independent environmentalists has uncovered a zone in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region where the radiation level is higher than that in Chernobyl, the Ukrainian paper Segodnya said on Friday.
A festival of Father Christmas (and Ded Moroz and friends)
The 10th Ded Moroz festival starts in the Karelian town of Olonets on Wednesday. Over 20 characters, including Russia’s festive main man Ded Moroz from Veliky Ustyug, the master of the cold Chyskhaan from Yakutiya, Karelia’s traditional Pakkayne and a clutch of Santa Clauses from all over Finland are due to visit local schools and orphanages, give public performances and participate in a fun sports competition.
'Invisibility cloak' researchers achieve a breakthrough by making piece of gold 'disappear'
Harry Potter's 'invisibility cloak' is moving closer to reality thanks to breakthrough research started at London's Imperial College and backed by a £1.2 million research grant from Brussels.
It is not the first scientific development in making things vanishes, but this time the boffins have achieved a first - making an object vanish in all three dimensions.
December Events Calendar
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5 Book Launch, John Coutts ‘Lines of a Lifetime’ Concert, Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow Theatre, ‘Cinderella’ (Russian language) |
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8 Talk, ‘Acknowledgement of the Secret Protocol...’ Talk, ‘Russia without Yeltsin’ Talk, ‘Trans-Siberian Railroad: Epic Journey’ |
9 Concert, RSNO Naked Classics – Mussorgsky (Glasgow) |
10 Concert, RSNO Naked Classics – Mussorgsky (Edinburgh) |
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24 Christmas Eve |
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31 New Year’s Eve |
15th Jan – Old Russian New Year’s Ball, BOOK TICKETS NOW |
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.
· Live Music on Sunday nights at Cafe Cossachok
Every Sunday night Glasgow’s Russian cafe/restaurant hosts a live concert featuring a mixture of Russian and Eastern European folk-songs and works by Russian classical composers. Booking essential for all events.
- Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
- Restaurant opens: 6.00pm. Concert begins: 9.00pm
· Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group whose performances are ‘acted’ by carved wooden figures and ingenious moving mechanical contraptions. Booking essential.
- Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
- * NEW* Show times: (performances last approx. 35mins, unless marked otherwise)
- Wednesday: 3.00pm
- Thursday: 3.00pm/7.00pm (60mins)
- Friday: 3.00pm
- Saturday:1.00pm/3.00pm
- Sunday: 1.00pm/3.00pm/7.00pm (60mins)
Events in Glasgow:
· Thursday 2nd – Friday 31st December: Exhibition, The Cossachok Christmas Show and Gift Shop
Cafe Cossachok transforms itself into a one-stop winter wonderland! The main attraction will be an exhibition of prints from the gallery’s own archives depicting various St. Petersburg scenes, some of which have even been made using their own custom-built press. Also on display and for sale will be a fine selection of handmade jewellery and crafts – perfect for some last-minute Christmas shopping!
- Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
- Open 11.00am till late everyday during December
One of the prints on display at Cossachok in December
· Wednesday 8th December: Talk, ‘Acknowledgement of the Secret Protocol of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact and the Declaration of State Sovereignty by the Union Republics of the USSR’ Dr Keiji Sato, University of Hokkaido (Visiting Fellow, University of Glasgow)
Part of the Centre for Russian, Central and Eastern European Studies ‘West Coast Series’ of informal talks and seminars (see above.)
- 8-9 Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ
- 5.30pm (Tea and coffee served from 5.00pm)
- FREE, all welcome.
- For more information about the West Coast Series: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/centralandeasteuropeanstudies/seminars/westcoastseries/
· Thursday 9th December: RSNO ‘Naked Classics’ – Mussorgsky, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s ‘Naked Classics’ series aims to introduce audiences to classical masterworks in a new and innovative way. At this concert presenter Paul Rissmann and conductor Danail Rachev explore the weird and wonderful ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky, one of the most popular pieces of classical music of all time, discussing in particular the work’s origin as a piece for solo piano. Then, after the interval, the RSNO will play the composition in its entirety. (This concert is also being performed in Edinburgh on Friday 10th December, see Edinburgh listings).
- Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3NY
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £10.00 (Under 26s: £5.00, Under 16s: FREE)
- To book, call 0141 353 8000 or click here:
- More information: http://www.glasgowconcerthalls.com/whatson/event/77991-RSNO-The-10:11-Season-Naked-Classics:-Pictures-at-an-Exhibition
Events in Edinburgh:
· Saturday 27th November – Thursday 23rd December: Exhibition, Matryoshki
Tatiana Andreeva is an artist from Sergiev-Posad who has been painting matryoshki (Russian dolls) for 21 years, and a large selection of her dolls will be exhibited at the Scotland Russia Institute until 23rd December. Furthermore, all the dolls on display will be available to buy, for that unique Christmas gift..!
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- Tuesday – Friday, 11.00am-4.00pm;
- Saturday, 1.30-4.00pm
- FREE
Tatiana Andreevna and one of her matryoshki.
· Sunday 5th December: Book Launch, John Coutts ‘Lines of a Lifetime’
John Coutts is a poet, performer and author, who during a thirty-year career has written extensively for BBC Radio Scotland and published several books. He is also an accomplished translator with a passion for Russian classical poetry. His latest collection, ‘Lines of a Lifetime’ includes translations of selected poems by Alexander Pushkin, which have been praised by Dr Mikhail Roshchin of the Russian Academy of Sciences. All are welcome at the launch event for this book, where John will be reading some of his work aloud. ‘Lines of a Lifetime’ will be available to buy at the event, for the price of £10.00.
- The Salvation Army, 431 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh, EH11 2RT
- 5.00pm
- FREE
- More information: call 01786 470930 or visit http://www.johncoutts.eu/index.html
· Thursday 9th December: Talk, Russian Scientists in Russia and Abroad
This event coincides with the visit to Edinburgh of the noted mathematician Professor Slava Shurikov (University of Baltimore, Russian Academy of Sciences), but also brings together prominent Russian scientists based in the UK and around the world in order to take part in a unique round-table discussion. The meeting will be chaired by Alexander Kagansky of the University of Edinburgh, and the topic under consideration will be the current situation of Russian science and its prospects for the future in the context of economic recession, and when so many of its brightest talents choose to work overseas.
- Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
- 7.30pm (with wine/whisky reception after the discussion)
- FREE (donations welcome), but booking is essential for this event as places are very limited.
- To book, contact the SRF on 0131 668 3635 or email [email protected]
· Friday 10th December: RSNO ‘Naked Classics’ – Mussorgsky, ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s ‘Naked Classics’ series aims to introduce audiences to classical masterworks in new and innovative ways. At this concert presenter Paul Rissmann and conductor Danail Rachev explore the weird and wonderful ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky, one of the most popular pieces of classical music of all time, discussing in particular the work’s origin as a piece for solo piano. Then, after the interval, the RSNO will play the composition in its entirety. (This concert is also being performed in Glasgow on Thursday 9th December, see Glasgow listings).
- Usher Hall, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2EA
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £10.00 (Under 26s: £5.00, Under 16s: FREE)
- To book, call 0131 228 1155 or click here
- More information: http://www.usherhall.co.uk/concerts/?id=4787&d=1291161600
· Sunday 19th December: Ballet, ‘The Nutcracker’, LIVE from Moscow
For the last few years the company CielEcran have brought the best of the world’s opera and ballet to French audiences by broadcasting live theatre performances in cinemas. Now it has collaborated with the Bolshoi Ballet to share the opening night of their 2010-11 Moscow season with viewers in more than 300 cinemas in 22 countries around the world, including Edinburgh’s very own Cameo Picturehouse. And what better way to do so than with that Christmas classic, ‘The Nutcracker’?
- Cameo Picturehouse Cinema, 38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9CZ
- Doors open: 3.45pm, Curtain up: 4.00pm
- To book, call 0871 902 5723 or visit the Box office at the cinema
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http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/season/ballet/events/index.php?id26=1640
The Bolshoi Ballet performing 'The Nutcracker'
· ADVANCED WARNING: Saturday 15th January, The Old Russian New Year’s Ball
Once again, in 2011 the Balmoral Hotel will be hosting Edinburgh’s annual Russian New Year Ball. Included in the ticket price is a three-course meal and a disco open late into the night. Other entertainment and theme/dress code to be confirmed.
- To book, contact Anna or Oxana at: Ruvisa Ltd, 103 St. Leonard’s Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9QY; or email [email protected]
- Payment methods: cash, cheque (payable to ‘Ruvisa Ltd’) or credit card (subject to 2% surcharge)
- Ruvisa are also looking for local businesses to donate prizes for a raffle in aid of the ‘Russian Edinburgh’ language school.
· Sunday 5th December: Concert, The Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow, Aberdeen
The Russian Patriarchate Choir of Moscow is a traditional Orthodox church choir made up of 13 members and founded by Anatoly Grindenko in 1983. As well as enchanting audiences both in Russia and around the world with their beautiful singing, the group’s members are also dedicated musical scholars, who in the last years of the USSR were instrumental in the rediscovery and decoding of many pieces of long forgotten Orthodox hymns and other religious music, some of which they will be performing at this concert.
- Music Hall, Union Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1QS
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £12.50-25.00
- To book, call 01224 641122, or go online here
- More information: http://www.boxofficeaberdeen.com/prod-productions_details.asp?VenueID=88&pid=3032
The Rest of the UK:
· Saturday 25th September 2010 – Sunday 9th January 2011: Exhibition, Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballet Russes, London
In the early years of the twentieth century, the Ballet Russes, led by its artistic director Sergei Diaghilev, revolutionised the world of dance. Their bold, uncompromising performances shocked audiences, but also reflected the social and cultural turmoil that was pushing Russia and Europe ever closer to war and revolution. This exhibition showcases over 300 objects from the Ballet Russes archives, including original theatre cloths, props, costumes and posters, as well as items that reveal the lasting influence of their pioneering style on modern art, design and fashion.
- The Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
- 10.00am – 5.45pm, daily
- Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 (concessions)
- More information and advance booking: http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/theatre_performance/diaghilev-ballet-russes/exhibition/index.html
· Sunday 5th December: Theatre, ‘Cinderella’ (Russian language performance), London
This is a special Christmas play and event, put on by the Moscow State Screen Actors theatre group especially for Russian-speaking children aged 4-14. The Moscow State Screen Actors were formed in 1946, and since then more than 700 of Russia’s leading actors have taken part in its spectacular shows – they are particularly well-known for the quality and success of their performances for young people. The children will watch a funny and enchanting retelling of the classic fairy tale, and after the show they will each be given a Christmas present by Grandfather Frost and the Snowmaiden.
- Shaftesbury Theatre, 210 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8DP
- 3.00pm
- Tickets: £22.00-52.00
- To book, phone 020 7379 5399 or go online here
- More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/cinderella-at-shaftesbury-theatre
· Wednesday 8th December: Talk, ‘Russia without Yeltsin’, London
Dr Ekaterina Geieva, director of the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature, will use this talk to re-examine conflicting historical interpretations of Boris Yeltsin’s ideology, politics and legacy. Was his presidency a disaster for Russia, or were his policies the only option for a country in crisis? Dr Geieva will consider the difficult tasks Yeltsin faced – disbanding the Soviet Empire and building new, democratic Russia with a free-market economy, but also the unfortunate and often inevitable consequences of his policies – troubled relations with former Soviet countries, the rise of the oligarch class, and corruption throughout the political and legal system. (Part of the GB-Russia Society’s lecture programme.)
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.00pm
- Tickets: £5.00
- Booking online, via the GB-Russia Society website here
- More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/russia-without-yeltsin
· Wednesday 8th December: Talk, ‘Trans-Siberian Railroad: Epic Journey’, London
Listen up, travel bugs! The experts at Go Russia are giving a one-off talk on how to get the most out of a journey on the Trans-Siberian, the longest railway in the world. They will pick out the cultural highlights and must-see places on the route, as well as giving essential tips on accommodation, tickets, itineraries and other practicalities. The talk will also be supported by video and photographic presentations.
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.00pm
- FREE, but booking for this event is essential as places are very limited.
- To book, call the box office on 020 7269 9770 or email [email protected]
- More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/gorussia101208ENG
· Monday 13th December: Concert, The Konevets Quartet, London
The Konnovets quartet were founded in 1992 by four young musicians, all from the St. Petersburg but who met whilst singing in a monastery choir on the island of Konevets on Lake Ladoga, Karelia. As such, church music both ancient and modern forms the heart of their repertoire, although they also perform folk songs and traditional marching songs from the days of the Imperial Army. The quartet will demonstrate their talents at this candlelit concert, where there will also be a complimentary glass of warming Georgian wine for the audience. Part of the proceeds of the concert will go towards funding the Konevets monastery reconstruction project.
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £10.00/£8.00 (concessions), FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’
- To book, call the box office on 020 7269 9770 or email [email protected]
- More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/Konevets-Quartet
· Tuesday 14th December: Business Event, Russia Business Clinic, London
For one day only, the London Chamber of Commerce, in association with Albion (Overseas) Ltd, are offering one-to-one meetings with experts in the Russian market. Businesses may use these confidential 30-minute consultations to seek advice, and to explore the opportunities and support available for British-based companies operating in Russia.
- London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London, EC4R 1AP
- 10.00am-5.00pm (scheduled 30 minute appointments within this time ONLY)
- Cost: £36.00
- To book, download the online application form here, or contact Emma Yeats on 020 7203 1826 or at [email protected]
- More information: http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/lcc_public/article.asp?aid=71
· Tuesday 14th December: Talk, ‘Soviet Infiltration of British Politics in the 1970s and ‘80s’, London
Historian Pavel Stroilov presents a talk based on an archive of secret Russian government documents from the Cold War years that he covertly copied and smuggled out of the country in the early 2000s. The bulk of his collection consists of minutes of CPSU Central Committee/Politburo meetings, in which Soviet leaders confirm the existence of widespread subversion occurring in the West in the 1970s and ‘80s. At this event he will focus on the infiltration of British politics during this time, particularly the Labour party – he will show documents proving that senior Labour politicians held meetings with representatives of the Kremlin, and that Soviet agents within the party were hugely instrumental in choosing and promoting its next generation of leaders, including Tony Blair and Gordon Brown...
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £7.00/£5.00 (concessions), FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’
- To book, call the box office on 020 7269 9770 or email [email protected]
- More information: http://www.pushkinhouse.org/en/events/soviet-infiltration-of-british-politics-in-the-1970-1980s
· Sunday 19th December: Musical, ‘By the Will of the Pike’ (Russian language production), London
A special Christmas treat for Russian-speaking families! RITS, the Russian International Theatre School, present an all-singing all-dancing musical extravaganza as they retell the traditional Russian fairy-tale of ‘Emelya and the Pike’, in which a lazy peasant meets a magical fish whose power allows him to take on the might of the tsar!
- St. George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2HR
- 2.00pm
- Tickets: £7.50
- Book online here, or by cheque (made payable to ‘RITS Theatre Centre’ and sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to 10 Langhorn Place, London, W4 2QL)
- More information: http://www.rits-theatre.co.uk/events.shtml#xmas
Thank you for taking the time to read this bulletin, we hope that you have found it interesting, useful and enjoyable. If you have any news or events that you would like us to mention, please let us know at the addresses below.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011,
From all the staff and volunteers at RCS Haven
- 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL
- 0141 552 2144
Events listings compiled by: Jenny Gazzard
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