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Welcome to the June 2011 edition of the RCS Haven E-Bulletin. This month the summer festival season kicks off in style with the West End Festival in Glasgow, and the world-famous Edinburgh International Film Festival. We have previewed selected Russian-themed events at both of these festivals in the events listings section below, along with some of the most exciting Russian plays, concerts, exhibitions and lectures taking place across Scotland and the rest of the UK in June. As usual, the rest of the E-Bulletin contains a round-up of important Russian stories in the news this month and some of the latest job vacancies from our website, www.rcshaven.org.uk.
Here at RCS Haven in Glasgow, we are getting ready for our summer break, but our programme of language and cultural classes and other services for members (book/DVD library, translation/interpretation service, specialist legal/financial/employment advice) will continue into June. We would also like to remind you that you can still help to save the Slavonic languages departments at the University of Glasgow, which have been threatened with closure. The University Court will make its final judgment on the proposed cuts later this month, but there is still time for you to register your opposition by signing the following online petition (set up by department staff):
We will of course provide a full report on the University’s decision and the outcome of the ‘Save Slavonic Languages’ campaign in next month’s E-Bulletin.
Wishing you a happy and (hopefully!) sunny June,
All the staff and volunteers at RCS Haven
P.S. And don’t forget to keep up to date with all the latest news from our centre by following us on Facebook and Twitter!
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Announcment
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Jobs
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:
Jobs in Scotland:
Mobile Mechanic
SHB Hire Ltd, the premier 4x4 hire company operating across 12 branches nationwide, is looking for a Mobile Mechanic tojoin their busy Service Team. The successful candidate will cover the Perth area of Scotland, and would ideally bequalified in more...
SHB Hire Ltd, the premier 4x4 hire company operating across 12 branches nationwide, is looking for a Mobile Mechanic tojoin their busy Service Team. The successful candidate will cover the Perth area of Scotland, and would ideally bequalified in more...
5x Mechancial Designers Rosyth near Dunfermlin
Mechanical Design Draughtsman capable of developing basic system design to detail design for production and installation utilising 2D 3D CAD packages for global engineering company to be based in Rosyth near Dunfermline Fife Scotland for a 6 month more...
Deputy Nurse Manager
Deputy Nursing Home Manager Needed for a Nursing Home in Dundee, Scotland - Beautiful Home with Beautiful Gardens. Our client is a private healthcare provider searching for an excellent Deputy Home Manager to help run a medium sized Care Home in more...
Graduate Engineer
Our clients are currently looking to recruit a Graduate Engineer for work in Perth, Scotland.Main Responsibilities: Respond to enquries for the application of Globar products and convert these into schematic proposals to support thesales team. more...
Relationship Exec
You will manage and build relations with existing customers throughout Scotland within the following sectors. - Local authority contacts - Scottish Play & preschool Association - National Day Nursery association - Scottish Farmers Union You more...
Russian-speaking Jobs:
Russian Translator
Russian Translator This is a superb opportunity to join one of the market leaders in their field and a fast growing organisation. Applicants must have a native standard of Russian as well as English, and Excellent e-mail, telephone and more...
Russian Translator This is a superb opportunity to join one of the market leaders in their field and a fast growing organisation. Applicants must have a native standard of Russian as well as English, and Excellent e-mail, telephone and more...
Russian Speaking Export Sales Executive
FRENCH SELECTION UK Russian Speaking Export Sales Executive Sales Coordination, Administration, Export coordination, track record sales, Customer service, Sales, Fluent in Russian Salary: Up to £21.5K pa basic + Com £5K + Bens Location: Exeter, more...
Site Manager - FLUENT RUSSIAN SPEAKING -Power Plant, Kazakhstan
Site Manager - FLUENT RUSSIAN SPEAKING - Power Plant - Kazakhstan Requirement for Site Manager to act as consultant representative on Coal Fired Power Plant site and supervise a strong team of engineers in a new unit construction project on the more...
Legal Secretary - Russian Speaker
Legal secretary - There is the possibility for a lot of overtime in this role. Large city law firm with major reputation, a serious world player, seeks a top rated legal secretary to work for a senior partner with many Russian clients. Description more...
Legal Secretary - Russian Speaker
Legal secretary - There is the possibility for a lot of overtime in this role. Large city law firm with major reputation, a serious world player, seeks a top rated legal secretary to work for a senior partner with many Russian clients. Description more...
International Sales Executive (French, Russian) - Advertisin
International Sales Executive (French, Russian) - Advertising Sales East Grinstead RH19 (with international travel) 30k Base, 50k OTE + Excellent Benefits Our client, a FTSE 100 listed company has grown to become a global leader in business to 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].
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation to speak about establishment of an international financial center in Russia at the annual forum “Russia Calling. London session” organized by a leading Russian investment bank, VTB Capital.
People who study the life and work of great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin often say that he brought the world to Russia. The traditional festival named Pushkin in Britain is a testament to that. It began in London on the 2nd of June and will last until the 6th of June, the poet’s birthday which Russia annually marks as Pushkin Day.
The Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin has been awarded 100 thousand dollars for his novel ‘Sin’, named by a Moscow jury Russia’s best book of the past decade.
Whitehall officials have revealed to the Guardian that work has begun on a range of offensive cyber weapons to add to its defensive capability. It is understood that the Cabinet Office and the Cyber Security Operations Centre at GCHQ have taken the lead on the issue, and that in time there will be some input from the Ministry of Defence.
Russian Prime Minister promised his country’s gross domestic product per head would double in a decade, allowing Russia a place in the top five of the world’s largest economies.
"RBC" and Quote.ru represent a new product — Russian Economy Forecasts. This monthly survey contains the latest forecasts of Russian economy indicators including GDP, industrial production, capital expenditures, consumer spending, inflation and many others. You can also find the latest Russian economy statistical data in each release.
MOSCOW—DME Limited, the holding company for Moscow's Domodedovo airport, said it won't seek an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange as it is unsatisfied with the company's valuation.
Russia’s tycoons are weighing a recent push by Dmitry Medvedev to reform corporate governance rules in a shake-up that could tip the balance in several of the country’s big corporate battles.
Russia is one of the largest and fastest growing Internet markets in Europe, but remains dominated by local players. As such, it represents a unique opportunity for expansion but a challenging market, according to recent research.
THE discovery of the remains of an aristocratic Scottish "Amazon", killed in battle during the Wars of Independence, is set to rewrite the history books.
She could have stood with Robert Bruce in the historic victory over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 or with William Wallace at the Scottish triumph at Stirling Bridge in 1297.
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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.
Every Sunday night Cafe Cossachok hosts a live concert featuring a mixture of Russian and Eastern European folk-songs and works by Russian classical composers. Booking essential.
05/06 Sun 9.00pm £6.00
Master of Russian violin, Lev Atlas, presents a selection of popular folk tunes
from Sviridov's Romance to Monti's Chardash.
12/06 Sun 9.00pm £6.00
Music from the American Songbook along with jazz and folk favourites performed
by Lev Atlas and guest musicians.
19/06 Sun 9.00pm £6.00
Russian virtuoso violinist, Lev Atlas joins forces with Scottish jazz guitarist
and composer, Nigel Clark for an evening of Russian, Hungarian, Gypsy and Jazz potpourri.
26/06 Sun 9.00pm £6.00
Evening of all-time favourites from Viennese music to Eastern European tunes
with buttons and strings featuring the violin of Lev Atlas and the accordion of Georgie Gajjic.
- Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
- Restaurant opens: 6.00pm. Concert begins: 9.00pm
- Bookings: 0141 553 0733
· 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
- Bookings: 0141 552 7080
Events in Glasgow:
· Thursday 2nd June 2011 - Tuesday 30th June 2011: Art exhibition “The Real Red Shoe”, Cossachok Gallery
An exhibition of recent paintings by Glasgow artist Zenobia Mumford. The series documents a personal biography - living and hunting red shoes as a vice. An exploration of the issues which are held within the archetypal folk tale and cultural interpretations of the story. “I aim to reclaim my own authentic red shoes by creating this work.”
Cafe Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP
Open from 11.00am
More information: http://www.cossachok.com
· Sunday 12th June: Concert, Russkaya Cappella ‘Russian Music, Sacred and Secular’
Part of the West End Festival. Russkaya Cappella are an amateur mixed-voice choir based in Glasgow. Formed in 2009 and led by Stuart Campbell and Svetlana Zverera, the choir contains both Russian and non-Russian members, united by their collective passion for Russian choral music. The programme for this concert ‘explores the rich sound-world’ of unaccompanied Russian singing, taking in both compositions for the church by well-known composers and the ‘sometimes energetic, sometimes soulful’ traditional songs of the countryside. - University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
- 6.00pm
- Tickets: £5.00/£4.00 (concessions)
- No prior booking – pay on the door. For further details, phone 0141 330 6920
· Saturday 7th May – Saturday 4th June: Exhibition, Janet Quintrell Treloar ‘Russia’s Cities: War and Poetry’
Janet Quintrell Treloar is a painter originally from West Cornwall in England, and who is currently vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society. The SRI is hosting an exhibition of some examples of her recent work, which can be grouped in to two broad themes – the wartime heroism of the Russian people and the life and work of the great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. The paintings were inspired by the artist’s visits to three Soviet ‘hero cities’ - Moscow, St. Petersburg and Volgograd, and they chart her attempts to record the lasting impressions left by the war on the cities’ landscapes and populations. Whilst in St. Petersburg she also sought out Anna Akhmatova’s former home and created a series of paintings of the building, its interiors, and of other significant locations from Akhmatova’s life and poetry throughout the city. Previously, the exhibition has been displayed at the Russian Embassy and Pushkin House in London, and at the Galitzin Library in St. Petersburg.
- Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
- Tuesday – Friday, 11.00am-4.00pm; Saturday, 1.30-4.00pm
- FREE
- More information:
· Saturday 11th June – Saturday 9th July: Exhibtion, ‘Andrei D Sakharov: Alarm & Hope’
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Andrei Sakharov was a leading physicist in the USSR of the 1940s and ‘50s, who was known as the ‘father of the hydrogen bomb’. However, in later life he became a champion of human rights and advocate of political freedom behind the Iron Curtain, and one of the most internationally-famous opponents of Soviet power. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975, and his principled messages contributed to the non-violent revolutions that swept Eastern Europe between 1898 and ’91. ‘Alarm & Hope’ is an itinerant exhibition put together in 2009 by the Council of Europe, the Andrei Sakharov Museum and the Russian human rights association Memorial to honour Sakharov and his legacy - it is composed of photos and quotations from Sakharov’s numerous letters and articles, which continue to inform and inspire campaigners for justice and freedom even today. - Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
- Tuesday – Friday, 11.00am-4.00pm; Saturday, 1.30-4.00pm
- FREE
- More information: http://www.scotlandrussiaforum.org/exhibitions.html
Friday 10th June: Exhibition Preview/Film Screenings
To celebrate the arrival of the ‘Andrei D Sakharov: Alarm & Hope’ exhibition in Edinburgh, the SRI extends an open invitation to this informal evening event. Guests will be able to preview the exhibition, and there will also be special screenings of two films about Sakharov – the award-winning documentary ‘My Husband Andrei Sakharov’, which asks how Sakharov changed from being one of the leading lights of the Soviet establishment to one of its deepest opponents, and which features contributions from his widow, Yelena Bonner, and Mikhail Gorbachev, and ‘Andrei Sakharov’, a film by the Council of Europe about Sakharov’s legacy and the commissioning of the ‘Alarm & Hope’ exhibition.
- Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
- 6.00pm
- FREE, but prior booking is essential for this event as places are very limited.
- To book, contact the SRF on 0131 668 3635 or email [email protected]
- More information:
· Thursday 30th June: Talk, Andrei Kalikh ‘The Future for Human Rights in Russia’
Andrei Kalikh is the Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Programme Director at the Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights, an independent Russian NGO based in Moscow. At this talk he will be discussing the current human rights situation in Russia and evaluating whether or not President Medvedev has delivered on the promises he made upon entering office in 2008 to modernise the economy, fight corruption and strengthen the judiciary, and furthermore, if these reforms (such as they are) have had any positive impact on Russia’s widely-criticised democratic institutions, law enforcement system and levels of poverty and social mobility.
- Scotland Russia Institute, 9 South College Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9AA
- 6.30pm
- Tickets: £2(SRF members)/£5.00(non-members). Admission payable on the door, but prior booking is essential for this event as places are very limited.
- To book, contact the SRF on 0131 668 3635 or email [email protected]
- More information:
The Rest of Scotland:
· Wednesday 2nd February – Thursday 30th June: Exhibition, ‘Gomel: A Belarusian Town at War’, Aberdeen
In 2010, Aberdeen and the Belarusian town of Gomel celebrated two decades of being twinned. Today, Gomel is a thriving, bustling city, but during the Second World War the city was devastated, both by fighting and by a brutal Nazi occupation that lasted from 1941 to ’43. This exhibition commemorates these dark years in the city’s history and contains a selection of unique items on loan from the Gomel Museum of Military Glory, as well as contemporary Red Army uniforms, equipment and weapons. When viewing these objects visitors are forced to consider the great sacrifice of the Belarusian people in the war (one third of the country’s population died in WWII), alongside recurring themes of resistance, the Holocaust and the role of women during the conflict.
- The Gordon Highlanders Museum, St. Luke’s, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen, AB15 7XH
- Tues-Sat, 10.00am-4.00pm
- Tickets: £5.00/£3.00 (concessions)/£2.00 (children)
- More information:
· Monday 23rd May – Saturday 11th June: Theatre, ‘Anna Karenina’, Dundee
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The Dundee Repertory Ensemble presents Jo Clifford’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s epic novel ‘Anna Karenina’ – a tragic tale of love, duty, sex, marriage and moral regeneration, set against the background of a rapidly changing Imperial Russia. The plot centres around the lives and choices of two very different characters – Anna, a respectable and well-to-do wife and mother, but one who feels utterly trapped by the cold and passionless life she is forced to lead as a member of polite society; and Levin, who has turned his back on the aristocracy and moved to the countryside, to live among the peasants and search for simpler, kinder and more honest way of living. This production also features set- and costume-designs from the award-winning team of Jemima Levick and Alex Lowde, who have promised to create a visually-stunning backdrop that will be the equal of the rich drama occurring on stage. - Dundee Repertory Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB
- 7.30pm (Matinees: 2.30pm – 2nd/4th/11th June ONLY)
- Tickets: £12.00-19.00
- To book, call 01382 223530 or visit the theatre website
- More information:
· Thursday 2nd – Saturday 4th June: Theatre, ‘The King of Scotland’, Irvine/Greenock/Dunfermline
Glasgow playwright Iain Heggie’s ‘The King of Scotland’ is based on Nikolai Gogol’s short-story ‘Diary of a Madman’, a scathing satire of petty officialdom and political bureaucracy in Russia during the reign of Nicholas I, but with the action transplanted to modern Scotland. The plot centres on Tommy McMillan, unemployed for 28 years before being forced onto a government training scheme. As a result of the scheme, Tommy gets a job with the ‘Department for Upward Mobility’ and a chance to escape from his old life, but none of his new colleagues realise just how far up the ladder he intends to climb... ‘The King of Scotland’ was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000, where it won a ‘Fringe First’ award and was described by reviewers as ‘electrifyingly written’ and ‘brutally funny’, but it has been fully updated for this tour to reflect Scottish politics after a decade of devolution.
- Thursday 2nd June: Irvine
- Harbour Arts Centre, 114-116 Harbour Street, Irvine, KA12 8PZ
- 7.30pm
- Tickets: £10.00/£7.00 (concessions)
- To book, contact 01294 274059
- Friday 3rd June: Greenock
- Arts Guild Theatre, Campbell Street, Greenock, PA16 8AP
- 8.00pm
- £12.00/£5.00 (students)
- To book, contact 01475 723038 or book tickets online
- More information:
- Saturday 4th June: Dunfermline
- Carnegie Hall, East Port, Dunfermline, KY12 7JA
- 7.30pm
- £11.00/£9.00 (concessions)
- To book, contact 01383 602302 or book tickets online
· Tuesday 21st – Saturday 25th June: Musical, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, Aberdeen
The young stars of the Phoenix Youth Theatre, Aberdeen, present their version of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’,the classic musical story of the lives and loves of a Jewish family in Tsarist Russia. The story begins in 1905 and chronicles the attempts of father-of-five Terye to maintain both his family and his religious traditions in the face of internal and external challenges, including the controversial marriages of his three eldest daughters and the threat of religious persecution both official and unofficial.
Aberdeen Arts Centre, 33 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5AA
- 7.30pm (Matinee: 2.30pm Saturday 25th June ONLY)
- Tickets: £13.00/£11.00 (concessions)
- To book, call 01224 641122 or visit the theatre website
- More information:
The Rest of the UK:
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uesday 10th May – Thursday 28th July: Theatre, ‘The Cherry Orchard’, London
uesday 10th May – Thursday 28th July: Theatre, ‘The Cherry Orchard’, London The latest production at London’s legendary National Theatre is Australian playwright Andrew Upton’s adaptation of ‘The Cherry Orchard’, Chekhov’s poignant, tragi-comic account of the decline of the Russian ruling classes at the turn of the twentieth-century. Zoe Wanamaker stars as the glamorous dowager Ranyevskaya, who returns from Paris to her family estate in the Russian provinces just as it, and her beloved cherry orchard, are about to meet the developer’s axe. Her daughters and the rest of her extended family living on the estate all seem more inclined to luxuriate in memories of the past than act to secure their future, but then peasant-entrepreneur Lopakhin appears and proposes a clever scheme to save the estate, but at a price... This play is part of the National Theatre ongoing ‘NT Live!’ initiative, meaning that certain performances will also be screened live in cinemas across the UK during June 2011.
- National Theatre (Olivier Theatre), South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
- Performance Dates: 10th-31st May, 17th-29th June, 8th-28th July
- Monday – Saturday: 7.30pm
- Matinees (certain dates only): 2.00pm/2.30pm
- Tickets: £12.00-30.00
- To book tickets, phone 020 7452 3000, or visit the theatre website
· Thursday 19th May – Thursday 30th June: Cinema, BFI presents ‘Kino: Russian Film Pioneers’, London
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cinemas across the UK at the end of April, the British Film Institute are screening a series of films by other pioneering Russian directors of the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s at their centre on London’s South Bank. Filmmakers such as Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, Abram Room and Alexander Dovzhenko not only created breathtaking new visual languages and styles of storytelling, their work also dealt with political, social and sexual themes in a bold, open way that contrasts deeply with the heavily-censored Western cinema of the same era. The films on show as part of the ‘Kino: Russian Film Pioneers’ season range from populist historical epics like ‘Chapaev’ and ‘Ivan the Terrible’ (the blockbusters of their day), to dizzying, experimental documentary works such as Vertov’s 1929 ‘Man with a Movie Camera’, but they all share a freshness, originality and creativity that can still be felt today.
cinemas across the UK at the end of April, the British Film Institute are screening a series of films by other pioneering Russian directors of the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s at their centre on London’s South Bank. Filmmakers such as Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, Abram Room and Alexander Dovzhenko not only created breathtaking new visual languages and styles of storytelling, their work also dealt with political, social and sexual themes in a bold, open way that contrasts deeply with the heavily-censored Western cinema of the same era. The films on show as part of the ‘Kino: Russian Film Pioneers’ season range from populist historical epics like ‘Chapaev’ and ‘Ivan the Terrible’ (the blockbusters of their day), to dizzying, experimental documentary works such as Vertov’s 1929 ‘Man with a Movie Camera’, but they all share a freshness, originality and creativity that can still be felt today.- BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT
- Tickets: £9.50/£6.75 (concessions)
- To book tickets, call 020 7928 3232 or visit the BFI website
· Thursday 2nd June: Business Event, RBCC ‘Breakfast Business Seminar with Russia Consulting’, London
Russia Consulting are a company that provide specialist services for businesses either working or looking to work in the Russian market – market analysis, business set-up, consulting and more. They also run a quarterly breakfast meeting for RBCC members and other interested parties, providing updates on the Russian business environment and sharing their expertise. The speakers at this seminar will be Mike Allan (Director-Partner, Russia Consulting) and Steve Landes (S.H. Landes LLC), and they will be giving presentations on the state of the Russian employment market, the current investment climate in Russia, and the effect of new UK tax regulations on Russian investors in the UK.
- RBCC London Office, 1 Belgrave Road, London, SW1V 1RB
- 8.30-11.00am.
- Fee: RBCC Members, £24.00; Non-members, £36.00
- To register a place, contact 020 7931 6455 or email [email protected]
· Thursday 2nd June: Business Event, RBCC – Just Networking,London
The Russo-British Chamber of Commerce are holding their latest ‘Just Networking’ event at the MacDougall Auction House in Central London on Thursday 2nd June. These events are designed to provide an opportunity for both Russian business representatives and UK companies working in Russia to meet and make new contacts in what is hopefully a relaxed and informal setting.
- MacDougall Auction, 30A Charles II Street, London, SW1Y 4AE
- 6.30-9.00pm
- Cost: FREE to RBCC Members, £36.00 for non-members
- This event is open to all but places are limited, so early booking is essential. Please contact the RBCC on 020 7931 6455, or by email at [email protected]. When registering participants are also asked to include a short note of their business interests, as this helps to make the evening more constructive and relevant.
· Friday 3rd June – Saturday 9th July: Theatre, ‘The Government Inspector’,London
From writer David Harrower and Olivier award-winning director Richard Jones comes a new and eagerly-awaited adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s ‘The Government Inspector.’ Gogol’s classic satire mercilessly exposes the pettiness and hypocrisy of the Tsarist political and bureaucratic system, as a group of corrupt provincial officials mistake the arrival of a mysterious newcomer in their town for that of a government inspector, and frantically try to impress him, whilst covering up their many misdeeds. Starring cutting-edge British comedians Julian Barrattand Doon MacKichan, this is an event not to be missed!
- Young Vic Theatre, 66 The Cut, London, SE1 8LZ
- Performance Times:
- Monday-Saturday: 7.30pm
- Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday ONLY, 2.30pm
- Tickets: £10.00-£29.50
- To book, call 020 7922 2922 or visit the theatre’s website
- More information:
· Monday 6th June: Lecture, Dr James Muckle ‘Who, When, Where and How? Teachers and Learners of Russian in Britain Past, Present and Future’, London
Part of the lecture programme of the GB-Russia Society. During his long career Dr James Muckle has taught the Russian language in schools, universities and as a teacher-trainer, and served for a long time as Chairman of the Association of Teachers of Russian. In this lecture he will be discussing the study of Russian in Britain, the history of which stretches back almost a thousand years, although it was not until the late-nineteenth century that the language became properly established in British society. Even then, the organisations that first brought Russian to a wider audience were not schools and universities as one might expect, but rather the military and leading business establishments. The last century has seen many ups and downs in the fortunes of Russian as a subject of study in the UK (not always as the result of the changing state of relations between the two countries) and Dr Muckle will consider these, as well as assessing the current situation and making some predictions about the future of Russian language learning and teaching on these shores.
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.00pm.
- Tickets: £5.00
- To book, phone 07884 464461 or visit the GB-Russia society website
- More information: http://www.gbrussia.org/lectures.php
· Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th June: Theatre, ‘Three Sisters’ (Russian-language), Nottingham
Part of the Chekhov International Festival. Cheek by Jowl Theatre Company was formed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod in 1981, and quickly became famous for its innovative interpretation of classic texts. In 1999, however, Donnellan and Ormerod were commissioned by the Chekhov International Theatre in Moscow to form a Russian-language ensemble, and in the ensuing decade this ‘sister-company’ has won many awards of its own and performed all over the world, usually to largely non-Russian-speaking audiences. In fact, the company’s artistic directors insist that watching a play that isn’t being performed in the audience’s native language can be an extremely liberating experience both for actors and spectators, who are free to become totally immersed in the world on stage. For their latest production, Cheek by Jowl (Russia) have taken on Chekhov’s sweeping love story ‘Three Sisters’, the tale of Olga, Irina and Masha, whose lives are turned upside-down by the arrival of glamorous officer Veshinin in their remote town. (In Russian, with English surtitles.)
- Theatre Royal, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND
- Performance Times:
- Wednesday-Saturday: 7.45pm
- Matinees: Saturday, 2.30pm
- Tickets: £13.00-£27.50 (discounts available for students, OAPs and the under-16s)
- To book, phone 0115 989 5555, or visit the theatre website
- More information:
· Friday 10th June: Concert, Bath Symphony Orchestra, Bradford-upon-Avon
At this concert the Bath Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Price, will be playing a selection of classic Russian pieces, the centrepiece of which will be Stravinsky’s iconic and revolutionary ‘Firebird Suite’. Also being performed will be Khachaturian’s ‘sparkling’ ‘Masquerade Suite’ and Tchaikovsky’s ‘2nd (Little Russian) Symphony’.
- Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1DZ
- 8.00pm (free talk for ticket-holders about the concert programme, 7.00pm)
- Tickets: £12.00 (students/under-18s: £5.00)
- To book, phone 01225 860100, or visit the Wiltshire Music Centre website
· Tuesday 14th June: Talk/Recital, ‘Who was Sergei Vasilenko? New Discoveries from the Russian Archives’, London
Elena Artamonova (viola) and Nicholas Walker (piano) will be talking about and playing a selection of both published and unpublished works by the celebrated Soviet composer Sergei Vasilenko. Among the pieces being performed will be some newly-discovered music written in the early-1950s, just before Vasilenko’s death, and the suite ‘Four Pieces on the Theme of Lute Players’ (1914).
- Deptford Town Hall (Council Chamber), New Cross Road, Lewisham, London, SE14 6AF
- 6.00pm
- FREE
- More information:
· Tuesday 14th June: Lecture, Anton Popov ‘Reinventing History: Becoming a Cossack in the 21st Century’, London
Part of the ‘Underground Russia: Art, Politics and Style’ lecture series. In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russians embarked upon the difficult task of revising their understanding of their country’s history and ridding it of Marxist-Leninist dogma. One result of this process has been the rise of the so-called ‘new nationalisms’ – the proud rediscovery by many of Russia’s ethnic and national minorities of their own unique history and identity. In this lecture Anton Popov of the University of Warwick will using the example of the Cossack peoples of southern Russia to discuss the social and political roots of the ‘new nationalisms’, and to question both the authenticity of these new ethnic and cultural identities and the role of political institutions in formulating them.
- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.30pm.
- Tickets: £7.00/£5.00 (concessions)/FREE for ‘Friends of Pushkin House’
- To book, phone 020 7269 9770, or email [email protected].
· Thursday 16th June: Concert, Polina Proutskova, London
Polina Proutskova is a Russian PhD student at Goldsmiths College (part of the University of London), who is also a very talented singer. At this special concert she will be talking about and performing pieces of traditional music from the Russian countryside.
- Deptford Town Hall (Council Chamber), New Cross Road, Lewisham, London, SE14 6AF
- 6.00pm
- FREE
- More information:
· Wednesday 22nd June: Lecture, Professor Sheila Fitzpatrick ‘Stalin and the World of Culture’, London
Part of the lecture programme of the GB-Russia Society. This talk focuses on the complex and multifaceted relationship that existed between Stalinist political leaders and the Soviet intelligentsia between the 1930s and ‘50s. On the one hand, Stalin and his acolytes both could and did wield great power over the lives and careers of Russian writers and artists; but, equally, many of them were from working-class backgrounds and felt intimidated by the intelligence and sophistication of the cultural elite. This duality led to many Bolshevik politicians of the 1930s to set up their own networks of patronage and influence among the cultural elite – such relationships were awkward, tense and often dangerous, but could also be hugely beneficial for both sides. Sheila Fitzpatrick is a Professor in Modern Russian History at the University of Chicago, and is a leading scholar on several subjects relating to Tsarist and Soviet Russia.- Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA
- 7.00pm.
- Tickets: £5.00
- To book, phone 07884 464461 or visit the GB-Russia society website
- More information: http://www.gbrussia.org/lectures.php
· Wednesday 22nd – Thursday 23rd June: Business Conference, RBCC Business Forum ‘Russia: A Wealth of Opportunities’, London
The Business Forum is the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce’s annual flagship event, and is designed to celebrate and help strengthen the important economic and business relationships linking the UK and Russia. The Forum takes place over two days: on Wednesday 22nd June there will be a gala drinks reception for all 250 delegates, whilst on Thursday 23rd the programme consists of a morning conference followed by a networking lunch. The topics that will be discussed by leading experts at the conference will include an overview of the current economic and political situation in Russia, the business opportunities created by forthcoming international sporting events being held in Russia (Winter Olympics, Formula 1, World Cup), and the challenges facing high-technology firms looking to break into the Russian market.
- Conference Locations:
- Gala Reception, Wednesday 22nd June, 6.30-8.30pm: RAC Club, 89 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HS
- Conference, Thursday 23rd June, 9.00am-3.00pm: Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ED
- Fee: RBCC Members, £180.00; Non-members, £360.00
- To register a place, contact 020 7931 6455 or email [email protected]
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