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[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

@maintcraft @Bryan_S_K Hello! Our apologies, it was temporarily unavailable — the book is back in stock. Unfortunately, we sell only physical copies, but it is available as an e-copy on the NYRB website: https://t.co/6eRiMVtdeH

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

📚 Turgenev’s "Smoke": Donald Rayfield in Conversation with @Bryan_S_K . Join us to discuss a brilliant new translation of Turgenev's classic—a tale of doomed, reckless love that doubles as a sharp political snapshot of a world in transition.
Tickets: https://t.co/Vyen8CEuJ4

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

On 25 Aug 1968, poet Natalia Gorbanevskaya pushed a pram onto Red Square to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia. It cost her years of freedom. Join us for the screening of “I am not a hero”, followed by a Q&A with director Ksenia Sakharnova.

[Jason Corcoran @jason_corcoran]

Just about recovered from last Friday's UK launch of Leaving Russia at @Pushkin_House in London. It was a joy to celebrate with friends and colleagues and huge thank you to everyone who braved the dome of searing heat to make it to Bloomsbury Square.

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

We’re delighted to share our Book of the Month: “Alphabet Soup" by Eugene Ostashevsky. Get 15% off the book till the end of June: https://t.co/dz30UeMVPJ

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

We are very excited to welcome writer @zinovy_zinik, joined by Andrei Zorin, for the discussion about Zinik’s novel “The Mushroom Picker", which has finally been published in its original version, forty years after its first appearance in London. Tickets: https://t.co/1ttv1EMggt

[Andrei Kolesnikov @AndrKolesnikov]

The Closing of the Russian Mind is shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize.

[Rustam Alexander @rusxander]

I’m very excited that my recent book, AIDS in Soviet Russia: A Story of Deception, Despair and Hope has been shortlisted for the @Pushkin_House Book Prize 2026!

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

We are very excited to announce six books shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2026! Browse the collection: https://t.co/vgcFDVbPVP

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

❗Please note that the event will now take place on 19 June.

Join Sophie Pinkham for a conversation with @parfitt_tom about 'The Oak and the Larch', which explores how the forests have made – and resisted – Russia’s many empires.

Tickets: https://t.co/qfYrf3G0Mn

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

On 16 June, join us for a discussion with @cwexplore and @joelucbarnes about Walker’s new book, 'On Thin Ice', which documents his 600-mile journey through Siberia’s Sakha Republic in early 2022.

Tickets: https://t.co/sm6eFBah0u

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

How do ordinary people influence the course of history within an authoritarian system? Join us for a conversation with @zygaro as he discusses his latest book 'The Dark Side of the Earth' and the personal choices that shaped the collapse of the USSR. https://t.co/0ZzX30nJeG

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

Join us on 28 May for an evening with Miranda Seymour @mirandajseymour and Catherine Merridale. They will discuss the life of Vera Gedroits, the world's first female professor of surgery and writer whose pioneering legacy survived Stalin’s purges. https://t.co/QlJO2Eh5f2

[The Moscow Times @MoscowTimes]

In this interview with @Pushkin_House, author Sergei Lebedev discusses about reexamining Russian-language literature in today’s context, about reflections of history in writing and the power of a “lone man with a typewriter.”

https://t.co/CHZcFHO3Xt

[The Moscow Times @MoscowTimes]

In this interview with @Pushkin_House, author Sergei Lebedev discusses about reexamining Russian-language literature in today’s context, about reflections of history in writing and the power of a “lone man with a typewriter.” https://t.co/CHZcFHO3Xt

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

#Hungary: After 16 years in power, #ViktorOrbán has been defeated.

What does this mean for Hungary? And the future of illiberal democracy in Europe?

Join us tomorrow at @Pushkin_House for a post-election debrief.

Register ⬇️
https://t.co/nUZzoKfnTP

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

📚 Our Book of the Month is here! ‘Defiant Voices’, curated by Sergei Lebedev & published by @headofzeus. Discover 80 Russian-speaking authors across 3 centuries, united by their resistance against censorship and oppression.

🔗 Get 15% off this April: https://t.co/awZk1QodXB

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

📅EVENT: WHAT NEXT FOR EUROPE?

Join us & @Pushkin_House on Tue 14 April for a panel on Hungary, Russia & the rise of illiberal democracies, following Hungary’s general election. With @Victorsebby, @McCoolingtons, Colin Crouch & @SallyGimson.

Register: https://t.co/nUZzoKfnTP

[Pushkin House @Pushkin_House]

Did a barely literate Siberian peasant single-handedly alter the course of history?

Join historian Sir Antony Beevor & Vladimir Raevskiy as they strip away the legends of the "mad monk" Rasputin to uncover the truth.

📅 Mon 27 Apr, 7:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/b3Wb367L5w

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

What next for Europe?

Join us & @Pushkin_House on Tue 14 April, 7PM for a timely panel on Hungary, Russia & the rise of illiberal democracies, following Hungary’s general election. With @Victorsebby, @McCoolingtons, Colin Crouch & @SallyGimson.

Register: https://t.co/nUZzoKfnTP