Irina Kirillova MBE in conversation with Rachel Polonsky, followed by Q&A and Drinks Reception
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge CB3 0JG Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Rd, CambridgeJoin us for the latest instalment of our 'Russia in my Life' series. Irina Kirillova MBE is a Fellow Emerita of Newnham College, Dostoevsky scholar and translator to the royal family. She is also a member of the Board of … Continue reading
A Cultural History of the Russian Language – talk by Prof Simon Franklin marking the 25th anniversary of CamRuSS
Latimer Room, Clare College Old Court, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CambridgeshireThis talk is about a book that is near to completion, on a subject which, rather surprisingly, seems not to exist. There are lots of histories of Russian culture (culture in Russian), but there is no general history of the … Continue reading
In Search of True Beauty and Genuine Knowledge: The Life and Work of Nicholas Roerich by Dr Natalia Budanova (in Russian)
The Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, CB2 1RGRed Horses by Nicholas Roerich, 1925 General public knows Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) primarily as the author of numerous mountain landscapes, whose paintings are kept in the Russian Museum (St Petersburg), the Tretyakov Gallery and the Museum of Oriental Art (both … Continue reading
The Ambassador, the Grand Duke, his Wife and her Lover, a Talk by Sir Tony Brenton, OBE
Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TJ, UK, Cambridge Trinity Hall Cambridge, Trinity Ln, CambridgeThis talk explores a little-known episode in 18th-century diplomacy: the secret correspondence between the future Catherine the Great and the British ambassador to Russia, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, by John Giles Eccard, 1746 At a time … Continue reading
