Tag Archives: Russian history
Prof Anthony Cross’s Collection of Travel Books on Russia at Cheffins Library Sale
A substantial collection of English-language travel books on Russia from the library of Professor Anthony Cross will be included in Cheffins’ Library Sale on Thursday, 8 October 2026. The collection contains a large number of fascinating and often unusual books, … Continue reading
The Ambassador, the Grand Duke, his Wife and her Lover, a Talk by Sir Tony Brenton, OBE
This 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. At a time of political instability and personal danger, Catherine navigated the … Continue reading
Know You Her Secret – a book launch by Dr Merrilyn Thomas in conversation with Prof Anthony Cross
an Englishwoman’s fight for survival during the Russian Revolution Dr Merrilyn Thomas will be in conversation with Professor Anthony Cross who was one of her Russian history lecturers at the University of East Anglia many years ago. They will be … Continue reading
A Cultural History of the Russian Language – talk by Prof Simon Franklin marking the 25th anniversary of CamRuSS
This 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
