SCRSS

Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies - library & cultural centre promoting knowledge of the culture, language & history of the Soviet Union.

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An Unpopular Cause: book launch w/ talk, signing, exhibition & fizz
Nov 2, 2pm

so thrilled to invite you to the launch of An Unpopular Cause - a history of the SCRSS written by trustee & archivist Jane Rosen

in-person event: £3/£5

https://t.co/c1RsIPOdwv..

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all our lovely members should have received the latest digest by now

a v special centenary issue spotlighting some standout contributions from the last 100 years
as well as a write up of our bday party in July & book reviews

e-version will be available on the website soon

[MarxMemorialLibrary @MarxLibrary]

This week ⁦@MarxLibrary⁩ staff team enjoyed a fascinating visit to ⁦@SCRSSLibrary with a chance to view their centenary exhibition 💯

⁩Our staff ‘Away Day’ meant reviewing our work, planning events, activities & looking to strategic development in 2025! 🗓️

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Assiya Issemberdiyeva on Imagining Central Asia on Film: The Soviet Folklorisation of Cultural Identity
Online 25th Sept 7pm
A discussion of 3 films portraying Central Asian nationalities through the lens of folklore and culture. £3-members/&5-nonmembers
https://t.co/AszSM8yYGr

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On Saturday @MarxLibrary trustee Jane Rosen, volunteer Claire Weiss & Director Meirian Jump - with around 100 others - attended the centenary celebrations of partner organisation @SCRSSLibrary 🎉

Photo credit Karl Weiss

[DrMLBanting @TheCommonViewer]

Art historian extraordinaire Christine Lindey @SCRSSLibrary today - what a treat!

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18 May 2-3pm
£3/5-on the door
IRL Lecture: Christine Lindey / Alexander Deineka 1899-1969, People’s Artist of the USSR 
Deineka honed his Marxist aspiration to create a new Soviet art at VKhUTEMAS Moscow, before co-founding the Association of Artists for Revolutionary Russia 1922

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Happy May Day all!

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с праздником!
workers of the world unite ✊

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one week left to buy tickets for @JeremyHicks22 zoom-hosted talk on Pudovkin's excellent & intriguing adaptation of Gorky's Mother

FYI - ticket holders get linked to the recorded event with access for 30 days, so even if you can't make it still book on!

https://t.co/EOgkoYaSmA

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not another twenties event to celebrate our 100th bday!?

Prof Jeremy Hicks @JeremyHicks22 will be on zoom with his talk: Oedipal and Incendiary: Revisiting Pudovkin's Film Adaptation of Gorky's "Mother" (1926)

24th April 7pm

get your tickets here 👇

https://t.co/bos28ZTVQ1

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digital version of our digest is now live - happy reading

all content for our digest is coproduced by our members (& compiled by the amazing diana)

so a huge thanks to our contributors, regular & otherwise, we couldn't do it without you!

https://t.co/6soa10rS7I

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fresh digest drop ✨️
members had some fun post this week & digi version will be up on the web soon
inside:
khlebnikov / forming the SCR / golden ring cities / news & reviews

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1920s event series to celebrate our centenary(!!) is looking pretty amazing ngl
still a handful of tickets left for Andrew George's talk on the Marxism in Platonov's life & works - don't miss out!
https://t.co/k4hNroWNZ6

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�� EVENT 📣

20/03 • 7pm

An online talk with Andrew George on how Soviet writer Platonov’s 1928 novel 'Chevengur' relates to Marxism in its historical cultural & political context

https://t.co/yNd4xH2JgG

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fresh digest drop ✨️
members had some fun post this week & digi version will be up on the web soon
inside:
khlebnikov / forming the SCR / golden ring cities / news & reviews

[SCRSS @SCRSSLibrary]

📣1st event of 2024📣

ONLINE talk with Bill Bowring on Lenin, Self-Determination of Nations & the 1924 Constitution of the USSR & its continued impact on Russia & President Putin today.

Tue 6/2 • 7pm

Tix via eventbrite

https://t.co/yMvaTigM95

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next week we have @JamesPearce_101 telling us all about 'Soviet Memories of Rus': Why the USSR Needed the Golden Ring Cities'

11/10 • 7pm

get your tickets here
https://t.co/uKX81rauay

[Dr James C. Pearce @JamesPearce_101]

https://t.co/DbYlVM3pws

Ten days to go. I'll be giving a talk at @SCRSSLibrary on the very important history of #Russia's Golden Ring Cities. Register below. Sharing is caring.

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join us online for a talk with Charlie Buxton live from Bishkek 'Civil Society in Central Asia at a Time of Conflict'

4/10 • 6pm

tickets on eventbrite
https://t.co/SxOAeatvM0

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our autumn digest is now available on our website
thanks to all those who contributed
enjoy!
https://t.co/iHN95rjuSt

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a few tickets left for russian zoom Digital Russia / Цифровая Россия

27/9 �� 6pm

did we mention it's FREE?!

https://t.co/tvUv2FtH3P