RCS Haven E-Bulletin - November 2012

 

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.

 

 

The advice surgeries are open to everyone seeking advice or assistance and provide the following services:

Knowledge of social security, its regulations, experience in negotiations, finding solutions to complicated problems.

Consultations are held every Thursday from 12.00-18.00.

Please call to make your appointment 01415522144 or email [email protected]

 

 

Dear friends 

 

 

 

Seminar Presentation: ‘Accessing the voluntary sector: the experiences of Russian-speakers in Scotland

This project developed from collaborative research between the University of Glasgow and RCS Haven, who wanted to investigate the benefits of volunteering and to explore some of the problems associated with finding voluntary work. The project involved speaking to both Russian-speakers who had volunteered, as well as staff from charitable organisations and public sector bodies who engage volunteers.More info

If you have any questions about the presentation, or would like more information about the project, please email [email protected] 17th November 2012 (1pm), Adelphi Centre.

 

CONTENTS
 
Vacancies
November Events Calendar
    Regular events in Scotland
    Events in Glasgow
    Events in Edinburgh
    Events in the rest of Scotland
    Events in the rest of the UK
Contact us 
 
VACANCIES

 

 

The job search facility on the RCS Haven website collects vacancies from 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:

 

 

1. Russian Speaking Business analyst
Russian Speaking Business analyst - £35,000-£55,000 - Manchester A Manchester based client is seeking to hire an exceptional Russian speaking Business Analyst to support their existing team in bridging the gap between their offshore operation and more...

2. Partner Manager - Cloud Computing Sales Vacancy - Fluent in Russian
Partner Manager - Cloud Computing Sales Vacancy - Fluent in Russian SaaS Solutions into Retail Russia - Gulf States - Africa - UK Based 50% Travel Innovative SaaS Solution with Unique Sales Model Basic £70K OTE £130k BUPA Opportunity As the more...

3. Russian speaking Architect
Are you an Architectural Assistant or Architect who is a fluent Russian speaker? If so this may be the ideal opportunity for you to work with a large Architectural practice in London on Hospitality schemes and on a permanent basis. After you have more...

4. Web Designer / WebMaster - Russian speaking
Russian speaking web designer / webmaster . (xhtml, html, css, w3c, seo). Location: Harrogate. Commutable from Harrogate, Knaresborough, York, Leeds skills / experience needed: *Russian language skills - essential *knowledge of xhtml and css more...

5. Corporate Coordinator Russian Language (Night Shift)
This customer focussed role is required to provide emergency medical and/or travel assistance to Corporate & Leisure clients at night. You will be using Russian and English to offer pre-travel advice and concierge; responsible for managing the case more...

 

 

NOVEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR
 

 

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 5pm till 7pm. 
RCS Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, Т. 0141 5522144
 
Live Music on Sunday nights at Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok
Live folk, jazz and world music played by outstanding musicians.
Restaurant opens: 6pm. All concerts from 9pm - Tickets £6.00
Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Glasgow, G1 5QP. t: 0141 553 0733
 
Russian and English language courses for adults 
Classes for those who want to study Russian and English language.
Russian lessons on Mondays 5:30pm. English lessons on Saturdays 1pm.
Russian Centre Haven, 11 Duke Street, Glasgow, G4 0UL, [email protected]
 
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.
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, 103 Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD, Bookings: 0141 552 7080
 
Cinema Club 
Films in Russian with English subtitles. No booking required.
Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
T. 0131 668 3635

 

 

 

Sun 4 Nov 9pm

Glasgow's master of the Russian violin, Lev Atlas, (violin) plays a selection of Russian and Klezmer folk music.

Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 5QP.  t: 0141 553 0733

 

Sun 11 Nov 9pm

Accordionist Gajjic performs famous Russian folk and Eastern European melodies

Russian Café-Gallery Cossachok, 10 King Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, G1 5QP.  t: 0141 553 0733

 

Thu 15 Nov 5:30pm

A talk about Russian history from Professor Mikhail Maslovski.

Lilybank House, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8RT

 

Sun 18 Nov 3.00pm

Following on from her triumph at the 2010 Scottish International Piano Competition, Oxana Shevchenko returns to Glasgow with a delicious programme taking you from pellucid Bach to Stravinsky’s balletic tour de force, by way of Chopin’s masterpiece of a sonata.

City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ.  t: 0141 353 8000

 

Sat 24 Nov 7.30pm

The music world has watched in astonishment as Daniil Trifonov took top prize after top prize at the prestigious competitions around the world, climaxing in the Grand Prix, First Prize and a Gold Medal at the 2011 Tchaikovsky competition. He is a phenomenon, a staggering artist whose power, insight and sheer maturity belie his youth. He comes with a Romantic programme, full on in the Russian tradition.

City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ.  t: 0141 353 8000

 

Sun 25 Nov 7:30pm

After Beethoven changed the piano sonata forever, few composers have dared to try and emulate him, which is partly why so few sonatas have been written since. Only one composer has matched Beethoven's achievement in the form, and the main reason for that particular composer's confidence was that, as he once burst out in an uncharacteristic moment of drunken bad temper, 'I'm Franz Schubert! Who are you?' Russian virtuoso Elisabeth Leonskaja plays three of Schubert's magnificent final sonatas, D958, D959 and D9602.

City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow, G1 1NQ.  t: 0141 353 8000

 

Wed 14 Nov 7pm

Mass in St Andrew’s Cathedral, in honour of the presence there of the icon of the Mother of God of CzÄ™stochowa

St Andrew’s Cathedral, 196 Clyde Street, Glasgow G1 4JY

 

  

 

Tue 23 Oct – Sat 24 Nov

Exhibition of Rock Against Racism and Anti-Nazi League posters from the last few decades, including one from the infamous 1978 concert at Craigmillar Park at which the Clash failed to show up, provoking a certain degree of audience displeasure.

Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL.  t: 0845 874 3001

 

Sun 4 Nov 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Film Unknown Putin (2000) followed by a discussion moderated by Dr Luke March (University of Edinburgh, Politics) and led by Edinburgh University students

Anywhere in the world, it is a special event when political leaders allow a camera behind the scenes. In the Kremlin, such openness is quite unique. Director Sergei Miroshnichenko follows Vladimir Putin just after his appointment as acting president. Miroshnichenko has a refreshingly loose style of interviewing, managing to peel a few layers from the unknown president. It turns out that the former KGB officer Putin, who has the appearance of a surly bureaucrat, easily makes jokes and has no objections against personal questions. He is polite and does not devote any time to trivial matters. But what is most striking is that he gave his permission for this documentary and for the camera to follow him, even in his own home.

Russian with English subtitles.

 

Mon 5 Nov 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Film ‘Winter Go Away!’ (Zima ukhodi!), with a talk by leading Russian film critic and journalist Andrey Plakhov and Q&A session.

Winter, Go Away! was filmed by the graduates of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s Documentary Filmmaking and Theater School, on the initiative of Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Ten young directors did not part from their cameras for two months. The result was a chronicle of Russia’s winter protests – a chronicle of those who make the political climate and those who are dissatisfied with the makers. We see people, their faces, their conversations, rallies, victories and defeats ahead of the presidential election. A living camera interacts with living heroes.

 

Mon 5 Nov 5:30pm–7:30pm

Two talks looking at the Russian economy and its relationship with the rest of the world.

University of Edinburgh, Bristol Square and George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9AL

 

Tue 6 Nov 8:15pm - 10:45pm

Film ‘Living’ (Zhit’), accompanied by a discussion with director Vasily Sigarev and actor Yana Troyanova.

Life is more than the mode of existence of protein bodies. A person can feel, suffer, love, and live out his/her destiny, even when this means losing that which is most precious: those one loves. Following the lives of the film’s characters, we watch as Fate takes their loved ones swiftly and brutally, removing any reason to live, even the desire to stay alive; snatching up their entire world. The film’s characters do not surrender: they stand up in defiance, declare war on Fate, struggling to the limits of human endurance—and beyond. They reach their own victories

First prize, Festival of Central and Eastern Film, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2012.

Best directing, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Russia, 2012

Edinburgh Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ

 

Fri 9 Nov 6:10pm - 7:30pm

Alexei Mizgirev’s Convoy, set in an apocalyptic Russia, is the story of an army captain commissioned to escort two deserters back to their unit. After the suicide of one the deserters, the remaining soldier and the commander spend the day in Moscow, where they are confronted with the realities of life in the metropolis. As their friendship blossoms, the cynical Captain's attitude to life is changed forever.

Winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the 8th Eurasia International Film Festival

Russian with English subtitles

Edinburgh Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ

 

Fri 16 Nov 6pm

Putin has returned to the Kremlin, but is it his mausoleum? Since December 2011 spontaneous protests in Moscow against rigged elections have turned into new opposition movement intent on ending Putin's rule. A few years ago the Russian opposition was a tiny world of grey-haired Soviet dissidents, ousted ministers and extremists students. Last winter over 100,000 took to the streets to call new elections, with as many as 20,000 turning out every month since. In November over 125,000 registered to vote online for a new opposition leadership and committee - one of Russia's biggest free election since Yeltsin. This new movement is led by a new kind of internet politician, Alexey Navalny. A liberal and a nationalist, he has used crowd sourcing to save $1billion from corruption, has over 1.5m reading is blog and seen by some as a future president. As a crackdown begins in Moscow, will this movement follow Khodorkovsky to Siberian prison camps or bring about the end of a Tsar-like regime?

Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, University of Edinburgh (opposite Blackwells on Nicolson St).

Light refreshments after the talk at the Scotland-Russia Institute,

9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA. 

 

Sun 18 Nov   5:15pm - 8:30pm

Film with a lecture and Q&A with Andrei Konchalovsky.

This film will be preceded by a lecture by Dr Seth Graham of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, entitled ‘The Films of Andrei Konchalovsky’. Dr Graham will offer an interpretive overview of the director’s work from his early collaborations with Tarkovsky, to his eclectic oeuvre as a Soviet (and post-Soviet) filmmaker, to his big-budget Hollywood productions.

Edinburgh Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, EH3 9BZ

 

Thu 22 Nov 11am

All welcome to join SRF for sparkling conversation in Russian and English and delicious cakes. No charge but small contributions of cakes and help with washing up appreciated.

Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St, Edinburgh EH8 9AA.  t. 0131 668 3635

 

Sat 24 Nov 7:30pm

Edinburgh University Music Society Sinfonia. Michael Graham · conductor

Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila. Overture

Khachaturian: Masquerade. Suite

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor  

‘Little Russian’

Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1EY.  t: 0131 651 3212

 

 

 

Sat 3 Nov 7:30pm

Tchaikovsky's magical score accompanies this tale of mystery and romance with spellbinding ballet dancing from the Russian State Ballet and Opera Theatre of Komi.

Rothes Halls

Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 5NX,  t: 01592 611101

 

 

 

Mon 5 November 7.30pm

There is little doubt that Peter the Great’s stay in England for a 100 days in early 1698 is one of the most famous and colourful events in the long 460-year history of Anglo-Russian relations. It is to the exploration of the known, the little known, and the unknown that the lecture is devoted.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA, t: 020 7269 9770

 

Mon 5 – Wed 7 Nov

Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko will speak to the participants of the Russian Law Week (London, 5-7 November), important forum which bring together Russian and British lawyers and civil servants to promote legal cooperation and business links between the two countries. RLW takes place every year, alternately in Moscow and London. 

The organizers of the RLW are the Law Society, the Bar Council, the Federal Chamber of Advocates, the Moscow City Bar Association, the British-Russian Law Association and the Anglo-Russian Law Association. 

The Russian legal community will be represented by a high-ranking delegation of the Moscow City Court, senior representatives from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, practitioners and experts in Russian law.

The agenda of the RLW include a broad number of issues: corporate governance and share holder rights under Russian law, Russian court practice - current trends, Investment climate in Russia and Russia's Membership in the WTO.

Law Society of England and Wales, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
View/download the programme for timings and register online.

Contact [email protected] with any queries

 

Tue 6 Nov 8.30am – 1pm

This presentation of Investment opportunities and projects of Lipetsk Region is supported by Embassy of the Russian Federation and Trade Delegation of the Russian Federation in the United Kingdom. 

Presentation will be made by the head of delegation Mr. Andrey Kozoderov, the Vice Governor of Lipetsk Region and the leaders of Lipetsk Region business.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, One Exchange Square, London, EC2A 2JN

 

Wed 7 Nov 7.00pm

Language: In English

Join us on this fascinating talk about a true gem of Ukraine – Crimean Peninsula. It is nothing like the rest of Ukraine – with Mediterranean coast, turquoise sea, forested stony mountains, deep canyons, lush greenery, lavish Tsar’s and Tatar Khan’s palaces, world famous wines and wineries, delicious local cuisine.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA, t: 01273 692552

 

Thu 8 Nov 10pm

Although celebrating her silver jubilee, the Russian prima ballerina is still coming to terms with the modern world. Humorous show from Iestyn Edwards.

Guildford, Leicester, London, Tunbridge Wells  t: 0844 873 3433

 

Fri 9 Nov – Fri 21 Dec

Large scale photographs of pupils from the Nakhimov Naval Academy, a Russian military school, addressing the tradition of classic, black and white portraiture, raising questions about identity and coming of age and exploring the notion of the photograph as memory.

 

Sat 10 Nov 7:30pm

The world famous Russian State Ballet and Opera Theatre dates back to 1958. After its foundation the theatre rapidly developed its broad repertoire which now includes world’s famous masterpieces in field of opera and ballet.

Assembly Hall Theatre, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 2LU.  t: 01892 530613

 

Fri 12 Oct – Sun 25 Nov

Immersive, site-specific installations by the avant-garde Russian architect, using everyday materials and techniques of construction to translate traditional, formal archetypes.

Calvert 22 Foundation, 22 Calvert Avenue, London, E2 7JP.  t: +44 (0)207 613 2141 

 

Mon 12 Nov 7pm

Rock from the Russian singer-songwriter, musician and member of The Untouchables.

HMV Forum, 9-17 Highgate Road, London, NW5 1JY.  t: 020 7428 4099

 

Mon 12 Nov 12:15 

This event will see 24 top-level RBCC Members and Partners gather to dine in the splendid surroundings of the House of Commons Terrace Dining Room, overlooking the River Thames. Guests will enjoy the opportunity to discuss the latest developments in Russo-British business over a three-course lunch with wine.

House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA, London

 

Tue 13 Nov 2pm

Trade Delegation of the Russian Federation in the United Kingdom, Administration of Ivanovo Region and Russia House would like to invite you to a presentation of Ivanovo Region. There will be a delegation of vip’s from Ivanovo and the keynote talk will be given by Larissa Dmitrieva – First Deputy Head of the Ivanovo Representation.

32-33 Highgate West Hill, London N6 6NL

 

Tue 13 Nov 7:30pm

The Russian band plays rock in support of the album Vladivostok.

The Haunt, 10 Pool Valley, Brighton, BN1 1NJ. [email protected]

 

Wed 14 Nov 7:30pm

The Russian touring company performs Tchaikovsky's classical ballet, as choreographed by Edwardian ballet master Marius Petipa.

Corn Exchange, Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1JW.  t: 01553 764864

 

Wed 14 Nov – Sat 17 Nov

The officials of a small Russian town are in a panic. There is to be a surprise visit from a government inspector. Will the courthouse be cleaned of wildfowl in time? Will the unsightly sick be vacated from the hospitals? Will the bribes be big enough? Unfortunately they've mistaken a penniless nobody for the Inspector and he's going to take them for everything they've got. The amateur company presents Gogol's comedy drama.

The Watermill, West Berkshire Playhouse, Bagnor, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8AE.  t: 01635 46044

 

15 Nov 2012–30 Mar 2013

Michael Boyd's final production as Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company is Adrian Mitchell's adaptation of the historical drama by Alexander Pushkin about the new Russian Tsar, who ascends the throne amidst scurrilous rumors that he murdered the rightful heir. Lloyd Hutchinson stars in the title role.

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Southern Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 6BB.  t: 0844 800 1110

 

Sat 17 - Sun 25 Nov

A signed children's show based on a Russian folk tale, which uses live performance, puppetry, storytelling and music to tell the story of a powerful witch who lives in a house with chicken's legs. Directed by Caroline Parker.

 

Sun 18 Nov 7:30pm

The Russian violinist and composer presents an illustrated talk with Gerald Kingsley about his life and music.

London Jewish Cultural Centre, Ivy House, 94-96 North End Road, London, NW11 7SX.  t: 020 8457 5000

 

Mon 19 Nov 7.00pm

Professor John Russell

Chechnya’s energetic young head of state cuts a controversial figure on both the domestic and international stage. While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s protege has presided over an impressive upturn in the fortunes of this formerly conflict-ridden region of the North Caucasus, questions linger over both his human rights record and his semi-authoritarian, semi-playboy style of rule.

To book for this talk please email [email protected]

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA, t: 020 7269 9770

 

Tue 20 Nov 6:30pm–8pm

American journalist and author Anne Applebaum talks about the history of the Soviet labour camps and they it affects Russian politics today.

Old Theatre, Old Building at London School Of Economics, London WC2A.  t: 020 7955 6043

 

Wed 21 Nov 18:30

As ever, the event is free to attend for two representatives of each RBCC member company, additional colleagues may attend for a fee of £10 + VAT per person.

Non-members are also welcome to attend for a fee of £30 + VAT per place.

Numbers at this event are strictly limited and reserved on a first-come first-served basis.

MacDougall Auction. 30A Charles II St. London, SW1Y 4AE. t: 0207 931 6455

 

Tue 27 Nov 7.30pm

Mary McAuley. Language: In English

What was it like to live in a closed city in the Soviet period? What does it mean today? And how did a nature reserve, half the size of England, become a place of refuge for law-abiding Soviet citizens? Using video material, and personal visits, Dr Mary McAuley will talk about both past and present in Krasnoyarsk-29 and the Stolbist movement.

Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2TA, t: 020 7269 9770

 

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.

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