Here is a reminder of two SCRSS events in February at 320, Brixton Road,
SW9. Admission to both is £3 for SCRSS members and £5 for non-members.:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH 7.0PM: October Days: Lenfilm, 1958, 100 mins. B&W,
English subtitles, directed by Sergei Vasilyev. A stirring reconstruction of
the revolutionary events of 1917, many of which the director witnessed
himself, with a first rate portrayal of Lenin.
FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 7PM: CHRISTINE LINDEY ASPECTS OF POST-WAR ART IN BELARUS:
AN ILLUSTRATED TALK Christine Lindey is a freelance lecturer on Art History,
teaching in institutions such as the University of the Arts London and
Birkbeck College.
Among her published works are Keywords of Nineteenth-century Art (2005), Art
in the Cold War (1990), Superrealist painting and sculpture (1980).
Christine Lindey visited Belarus in October 2007 where she met with painters
of the socialist realist school, including Mikhail Savitsky (who celebrated
his 85th birthday last year) and Mai Dantsig.
The premises will be open from 6pm for light refreshments and to provide an
opportunity for visitors to inspect the extensive library.
How to get there:
The nearest tube station is Brixton on the Victoria Line.
Bus: 3, 159 (from Marble Arch, Oxford Circus and Trafalgar Square),
59 (from King’s Cross, Russell Square and Aldwych), 133 (from Liverpool
Street and the City)
Other events:
3 - 24 FEBRUARY Academia-Rossica presents a season of pre-Revolutionary and
early Soviet cinema, covering the years from 1908 - 1925, at the Curzon
Cinema, Mayfair, London. Go to www.academia-rossica.org for information. For
tickets and times go to www.curzoncinemas.com or ring 0871 703 3989.
26 JANUARY – 18 APRIL 2008 Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London FROM
RUSSIA French and Russian Master Paintings, 1870-1925, from Moscow and St.
Petersburg
ADMISSION
£11 full price; £9 Registered Disabled and 60 + years; £7.50 NUS / ISIC
cardholders; £4 12–18 years and Income Support; £3 8–11 years; 7 and under
free.
To book tickets in advance please tel: 0870 848 8484 or visit
www.royalacademy.org.uk.
Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies 320 Brixton Road
London SW9 6AB
Tel: 020 7274 2282
Fax: 020 7274 3230
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.scrss.org.uk
Registered Charity: 1104012
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