Greetings, and welcome to our bulletin full of information on exciting Russian events.
RCS Haven is welcoming anyone who is interested in studying Russian language, literature and culture. We have English and Russian language lessons. There are a library, Art studio for children and Web-design Studio.
Also, the Centre provides consultations in law, finance and other aspects of work and business in Russia and Britain.
NEWS
The deadline for the registration of summer exams for GCSE and GCE A level, is 19Th February.
In the new academic year all pupils will take the exams in line with the new requirements.
On 17Th February a preliminary exam will be held at RCS Haven by the teachers of Russian school, who have experience in preparing pupils to take this exams.
If you would like to be registered for the main exam, or to take part in trial testing, we look forward to receiving your email. Please address it to: [email protected] or call us on 01415522144.
Application for registration after 19Th February will not be accepted.
The Russian club at the Scottish schools
RCS Haven, together with the Scotland Russian Forum, with the support of Glasgow City Council, continues the project with the involvement of Scottish schoolchildren in studying Russian culture and language.
After the Festive season, the Russian clubs have begun to work in Shawlands Academy (the full block), All Saints RC Secondary (the full block) and Milngavie Primary (the reduced block).
During the classes the students get acquainted with the history and culture of Russia, learn the basics of the language.
Students who have completed the first block will start the second stage of training, where we plan to conduct the training program in accordance with the standards of SQA Russian for Life and for Work.
If you want the school where your child study to join this project, please talk to the teachers. Having received the invitation from Scottish school, we will be glad to conduct trial lessons and make circle of Russian clubs in Glasgow bigger.
In January, the Russian Centre in Scotland Haven participated in an annual meeting of Scottish school children with the representatives of organizations and enterprises interested in maintaining foreign language teaching.
Business Brunchces: Language skills in the World of Work’ in Glasgow is carried out by the Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT) for the purpose of enhancing the motivation of school pupils to study various languages.
The pupils eagerly approached the RCS Haven stand, asked questions and attended two trial lessons which were conducted by Natalya Krisanova, a teacher of Russian school at RCS Haven.
VACANCIES
Police Scotland continues to encourage members of ethnic minorities to apply for the job and once again refers to the Russian-speaking community.
RCS Haven is looking for Russian and Chess teachers for the Saturday school.
Also, we are looking for volunteers.
The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from British and Russian employers. It can be accessed by clicking here,
EDUCATION
The School of Russian Centre in Scotland Haven
Classes for children are based on Russian teaching methods for primary school level native and non-native speakers.
In the current school year, lessons for all classes except the youngest take place between 11.00 and 2.00pm on Saturdays at - Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
Classes for children are based on Russian teaching methods for primary school level native and non-native speakers.
In the current school year, lessons for all classes except the youngest take place between 11.00 and 2.00pm on Saturdays at - Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
Russian classes for tests and exams
RCS Haven prepares students for taking tests and exams in the Russian language, and also conducts / organizes tests and exams: Russian for Life and Work Level 3 and level 4 (reg. No: SQA 3014177), and GCSE и GCE A Level in Russian (reg. No: EDEXCEL - 70233). Classes take place on Saturdays from 12.00. to 13.30 at Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
RCS Haven prepares students for taking tests and exams in the Russian language, and also conducts / organizes tests and exams: Russian for Life and Work Level 3 and level 4 (reg. No: SQA 3014177), and GCSE и GCE A Level in Russian (reg. No: EDEXCEL - 70233). Classes take place on Saturdays from 12.00. to 13.30 at Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgow G5 0PQ. [email protected]
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 Fridays from 5:30pm till 7:30pm.
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
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 Fridays from 5:30pm till 7:30pm.
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
Russian and English language courses for adults
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays at Beginners from 17.30 to 19.00; Advanced from 19.00 to 20.00, Intensive Beginners group on Wednesdays from 18.00. to 19.30 (11 Duke Street) and Saturdays at 11.00 (Adelphi Centre).
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays at Beginners from 17.30 to 19.00; Advanced from 19.00 to 20.00, Intensive Beginners group on Wednesdays from 18.00. to 19.30 (11 Duke Street) and Saturdays at 11.00 (Adelphi Centre).
English lessons on Thursdays at 19.00.(from next month).
Russian Centre in Scotland Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, [email protected]
FEBRUARY EVENTS CALENDAR
Events in Scotland
Wednesday - Sunday
Sharmanka are a unique and award-winning theatre group. Their beautifully carved figures perform an incredible dance to haunting music and synchronised light, telling the funny and tragic stories of the human life and spirit.
103 Trongate, Glasgow G1 5HD. T.: +44 (0)141 5527080
1 February, 11.00am
Café de la Poste. Sparkling Russian/English conversation over tea and cakes.The group meets on the first Thursday of the month. No charge apart from any drinks and cakes you choose to purchase. Open to all - no need to book. Just turn up and you will be warmly welcomed by the group. For more information please contact [email protected] Tel. 0131 560 1486. There won't be a January meeting but the group expects to meet on 1 February. This is not yet confirmed. Café de la Poste, 41 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9NZ.
4 February
As he arrives in Paris for the first time, the young and naive Armand is utterly captivated after meeting the ravishing and most desirable courtesan Marguerite Gautier. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate yet doomed love…
Alexandre Dumas fils’s novel comes to life on the Bolshoi stage, with prima Svetlana Zakharova as the ailing Marguerite seeking love and redemption from her life as a courtesan. The Bolshoi brings choreographer John Neumeier’s work of rare beauty and tragic depth to new emotional heights, accompanied by Chopin’s romantic piano score.
4, 9-13 February, 17.30
Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin) are going through a vicious divorce marked by resentment, frustration and recriminations. Embarking on new lives, each with a new partner, they are impatient to start again, to turn the page – even if it means threatening to abandon their 12-year-old son Alyosha (Matvey Novikov). Until, after witnessing one of their fights, Alyosha disappears, and these estranged parents must find common ground once again. Leviathan director Andrey Zvyagintsev returns with this subtly devastating drama, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes and Best Film at BFI London Film Festival.
Centre for the Moving Image, 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9BZ, / Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB.
8 February, 17.15
Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1853) was one of the creators of modern Russian poetry. He was an inspiration for Pushkin, and in the twentieth century. Peter France is a former professor at Edinburgh University and the translator of many Russian poets, most recently Baratynsky and Mandelstam, In his new book, Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, just published by Columbia University Press, he weaves together Batyushkov’s life with translations of his writings in verse and prose. To launch the book in the UK, Peter France will give a talk on Batyushkov, illustrated by readings in Russian and English and followed by an informal reception. Project Room, 1.06, 50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JU
Conversations on Contemporary Russia: Higher School of Economics, Moscow
19-23 February
From 19 to 23 February 2018, the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre hosts a series of lectures by scholars from the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. Their visit to the University of Edinburgh takes place under the auspices of the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Scheme. All lectures take place at the Dashkova Centre. Princess Dashkova Russian Centre 19 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh
22 February, 17.30
A talk by Ian Proud, Counsellor - Economic, Trade and Energy at the British Embassy Moscow.
6pm, Lecture Theatre Four, lower ground floor, Edinburgh University Business School, 29 Buccleuch Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9JS. Coffee and registration from 5.30. The event will be followed by a networking reception.
Lecture Theatre Four, lower ground floor,Business School, The University of Edinburgh. 29 Buccleuch Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9JS, UK
From Russia with love. Concert performance25 February
Curated by Music Director Stuart Stratford, The Sunday Series: Opera in Concert puts the spotlight on early and lesser-known works by opera’s biggest names. Join The Orchestra of Scottish Opera and some world-class guest singers for drama, emotion, romance, and, most importantly, great music. Scottish Opera 39 Elmbank Crescent Glasgow, G2 4PT
Events in the rest of the UK
Close Up: Andrey Zvyagintsev Film Retrospective1-22 February
A mini-season celebrating the work of the award-winning director Andrey Zvyagintsev, with the release of his new film Loveless (2017), which won the Best Film Award at 2017’s BFI London Film Festival. Zvyagintsev will appear onstage for an In Conversation event, as well as taking part in a Q&A following a preview of Loveless and introducing Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage (1973) which influenced his new film.
The Russia Season: Royal Fabergé1-11 February
Royal Fabergé explores the extraordinary production and glittering saga of Fabergé, the leading artist-jewellers during the decades preceding the First World War. A highlight will be the Sandringham animals illustrating the naturalistic genius of Fabergé which so appealed to Royal tastes both in Britain and in Russia.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
7 February, 6:45pm - 9:00pm
The BBC’s McMafia is an international thriller with Russian organised crime at its heart and London as its hub. But how realistic is the portrayal of Russian-managed drug and human trafficking rings all run from offices in the City? The Russian Embassy has hit out at what it calls the show’s cliches, while the author Misha Glenny has defended his portrayal of global crime rings run from the former Soviet space. This SSEES roundtable brings together experts on the place of Russia in both the perpetration and the prosecution of transnational crime to navigate these murky waters. We will look at the long history of stereotypes of the Russian international criminal, and the present-day efforts to suppress organised crime in the region. University College London, Darwin B40 Lecture Theatre Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London
EduChess Chess Tournament. Fun Family Sunday!11 February, 11:30am - 3:00pm
Fun and educational family Sunday morning. All levels of chess players are welcome! Kids have an opportunity to improve their chess skills playing with their peers under the supervision of our professional chess coaches. Parents are invited for a drink or a Sunday roast in a pub downstairs while watching the game. All the participants are awarded toys, diplomas and sweet trophies. Chess made fun even for the most active kids! The Crown and Anchor Pub, 374 Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London W4 5TA
12-18 February
Festival Maslenitsa/Russian Week in London is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Maslenitsa is a well-loved spring festival marking the end of the winter, and the concert is the culmination of a vibrant week of activities across the capital. A concert at Cadogan Hall on 16thFebruary will be a focal point of the Maslenitsa week. Festival Programme 2018
13 February, 6:30pm
Come and join us in the Presidential Suite of the Grange City Hotel, London.
This networking evening will allow you to meet RBCC members and guests in the beautiful surroundings of Grange City, right next to the Tower of London.
Grange City Hotel, 8-14 Cooper's Row, London, EC3N 2BQ
16-17, 23-24 February, 6:00pm
The Russian Business Week is RB&C’s most prominent event of the year. Run solely by students, this conference forms a unique platform where business, politics, culture and the economy are debated and analysed from every perspective.
London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE
22-25 February
Every happy family has a secret... Nora and Torvald's family seems to be very happy. They have three wonderful children, a beautiful house and a bright future ahead of them. But is their marriage as perfect as it appears if just a little secret can tear it apart? Performed in Russian with English surtitles. Produced and presented by Xameleon Theatre Hosted by The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London, NW8 8EH
Russian State Ballet of Siberia’s Romeo and Juliet23 February, 7:30pm
Shakespeare’s tale of primal passion and timeless tragedy is brought to life by Prokofiev’s soaring score, set in bustling Renaissance Verona and with an emotionally charged choreography that befits the world’s greatest love story.
From the grandeur of the masked ball to the intimacy of the lovers’ balcony, this star-crossed story of duels, bitter family feuds and love that cannot be, is unmissable.
New Wimbledon Theatre, The Broadway Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG
Russian Ballet Icons Gala25 February, 7:00pm
“An unbelievable eye-watering roster of world-class international dancers…” British Theatre Guide. The Russian Ballet Icons Gala 2018 will take place on Sunday 25 February 2018 at the London Coliseum. The Gala will celebrate the legacy of the legendary Russian Ballet School and pay tribute to its world-renowned dancers.
London Coliseum, St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4ES
Smile Upon Us, Lord. Vakhtangov Theatre28 February - 3 March
One of the most famous Russian theaters brings their widely acclaimed play to Barbican.
Efraim, an elderly stonecutter, journeys from his shtetl to Vilnius when he learns his son is awaiting trial for the attempted assassination of the governor-general there. Accompanied by his compatriots, they face calamitous setbacks on the way to their ‘promised land’.
Barbican, Barbican Centre Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS
CONTACT US
Thank you for reading this bulletin; we hope you have found it interesting, useful and enjoyable. If you have any news or events that you would like us to highlight in future editions, please contact us at the address below.
t. +44 (0)141 552 2144 e-mail - [email protected]
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