| 2009 |
| Monday 12 October 2009 at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm NB: We are staying at our usual venue for the
moment, as the closure of The Grange for renovations has been postponed till 2010, and
meetings will continue to be on Mondays. |
With illustrations, Dr
Graham Whitham talks about
Art of the Russian Revolution
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The
1917 Revolution gave avant-garde and abstract artists the opportunity to create a new art
for a new society.
How and why did this come about, and what caused its demise in the 1920s? |
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Monday 9 November 2009
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Child Aid
Elizabeth Kennedy has been working with a charity setting out to transform
the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and
Belarus. |
Monday 14 December
2009
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Life in Russia
during the Gorbachev years
Robert Chase talks about the time when he was commercial attache at the
British Embassy in Moscow.
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Михаил Горбачёв
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union 1985 - 1991
Last President of the USSR
March 1990 - December 1991 |
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| 2010 |
Monday 11 January 2010
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Вечеринка
- celebrating Russian Christmas with a party
This meeting was
cancelled because of the snow situation. |
Monday 8 February 2010
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm
Малый
театр - the Maly Theatre |
James
Wright talks about
Russian drama 1781-1902
The literal translation is Small Theatre, used in contrast to the nearby
Bolshoi theatre. This drama theatre has been operating on its present site since 1824, but
traces its history back further - to the Moscow University drama company established in
1756. During the 19th century it was said to be "universally recognised as the
leading dramatic theatre of the entire century".
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Monday 8 March 2010
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Reminiscences
of Moscow in 1989-90
Ann Atterbury-Thomas talks about her time
there. |
Monday 12 April 2010
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Russian
people, customs and culture today
Peter Calladine has frequently visited Russia
over the past seven years as Accreditation Services Manager for the Association of Masters
in Business Administration (MBAs). He talks about the people, customs and culture, as
perceived by a regular, non-tourist visitor. |
Monday 10 May 2010
at Southover Grange, Lewes. 7.45 pm |
Check later
Topics in the pipeline will be listed as soon as they are
agreed. |
Monday 14 June 2010
venue to be confirmed. 7.45 pm |
Check later |
