{"id":12411,"date":"2025-11-07T13:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camruss.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12411"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:44:15","slug":"blok-in-pictures-a-lecture-marking-the-145th-anniversary-of-the-poet-by-kseniia-gondyreva","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/events\/blok-in-pictures-a-lecture-marking-the-145th-anniversary-of-the-poet-by-kseniia-gondyreva\/","title":{"rendered":"Blok in Pictures: A lecture marking the 145th anniversary of the poet by Kseniia Gondyreva"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Portrait of Alexander Blok by Konstantin Somov (1907)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

On 28 November, we celebrate the 145th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Blok, one of the most prominent poets of Russia\u2019s Silver Age. We invite you to mark this occasion with an unusual lecture, \u201cBlok in Pictures\u201d \u2014 a story about the poet told not only through words but also through images, paintings, and drawings.<\/span><\/p>\n

You will see pages from his childhood handwritten magazines, illustrations for his works, portraits of Blok created by his contemporaries, as well as postcards from his travels, and his own drawings and caricatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

This will be a vivid and engaging journey through the visual world of the poet.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the lecture, everyone will be welcome to read their favourite poems by Blok or other poets of the Silver Age (Serebryanogo Veka).<\/strong><\/p>\n

When:\u00a0<\/b>Saturday, 29 November, 18:00-20:00\u00a0<\/span>(GMT)\"\u0411\u043b\u043e\u043a<\/span>
\n<\/span>Where:\u00a0<\/b>Audit Room, King\u2019s College, <\/span>King’s Parade, Cambridge, CB2 1ST<\/span>
\n<\/span>Language:<\/b>\u00a0Russian
\n<\/span>Format:<\/strong> In-person<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tickets:<\/b>\u00a0Free, donations at the event are welcome <\/span>
\n<\/span>Please\u00a0book\u00a0via\u00a0AllEvents<\/b><\/a> to reserve your place<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/b>\"KseniiaKseniia Gondyreva<\/b> is a teacher of art and literature at the Cambridge Russian Academy. She previously worked as an educational programme curator at the A. A. Blok Memorial Apartment Museum (St Petersburg).
\n<\/span>She is the author of museum publications and guidebooks, as well as tours of Petersburg\u2019s Kolomna district and the museums of Cambridge and London.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 28 November, we celebrate the 145th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Blok, one of the most prominent poets of Russia\u2019s Silver Age. We invite you to mark this occasion with an unusual lecture, \u201cBlok in Pictures\u201d \u2014 a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[411,92,65,358,412,410,246,413,415,414,416],"tribe_events_cat":[16,408],"class_list":["post-12411","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-alexander-blok","tag-literature","tag-russian-literature","tag-russian-poetry","tag-russiansymbolism","tag-silver-age-poetry","tag-talk","tag-413","tag-415","tag-414","tag-416","tribe_events_cat-literature","tribe_events_cat-poetry","cat_literature","cat_poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/12411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12411"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=12411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}