Thu 18 June 2009 – 4.00pm
Exhibition
The House of Kulinich Exhibition
Private view 17 June 2009 18:00 to 20:00. Exhibition open 18 June – 7 July 2009 between 16:00 and 18:30.
Tickets: admission free
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Mon 6 July 2009 – 7.00pm
Lecture
I Was A Potato Oligarch: Travels and Travails In The New Russia
GB Russia Society
Language: In English
I Was A Potato Oligarch: Travels and Travails In The New Russia by John Mole. Scientists and Tolkienists, Eurocrats and bureaucrats, hopeful oligarchs, hopeless ‘biznismyen’, muggers, conmen, mafia and (extra-)ordinary Russians, struggling to survive in a world turned inside out. The Soviet Union has disappeared along with its people’s citizenship, currency, jobs, salaries, pensions and politics.
Tickets: admission free
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Fri 17 July 2009 – 6.00pm
Book Launch
The Silvery Smell of Coffee
The launch of George Kirillov´s book of poems “The Silvery Smell of Coffee” marks the publication of his first translation into English.
Tickets: admission free
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Mon 20 July 2009 – 7.00pm
Lecture
Arctic Convoy PQ16 And The Life Of A British Survivor In Russia
Language: In English
This talk deals not with the strategy or tactics employed supplying Russia with arms and equipment by way of the convoys through the Arctic during the Second World War, but with the life of a British survivor from the CAM Ship “Empire Lawrence”, his time in a Russian military hospital in Murmansk and in two Russian Army camps, and his return to Scapa Flow.
Tickets: admission free
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