Never visited the SCRSS? Britain's first friendship
society with the USSR, set up by Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf and other
leading intellectuals in 1924. The Society is still in existence in its own
refurbished premises, with an archive going back to its foundation. There
is still no official history or study of the Society, as far as I know. This is
a chance for a no-strings visit which may open up an unexplored subject of
study.
Saturday - 12
December 2009 11.00am –
4.0pm JOINT SCRSS AND
MORNING STAR BOOK SALE AND WINTER FAIR
Fiction, non-fiction,
classical literature, politics, economics, history, language teaching, the
arts, pamphlets (all in English, Russian and other languages), Russian and other
souvenirs all at reasonable prices.
Seasonal refreshments
available.
This is also
an SCRSS Library Open Day with guided tours of the library and archive
from 12 noon onwards.
Society for
Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies
(founded as: Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR:
SCR)
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
Tube: Victoria Line Brixton (closed Saturdays? please
check) 10 min walk; Northern Line Oval 15 min
walk
Buses 59, 159,
133
See: Muckle J, The Russian language in Britain, 2008
p.106
