| The Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet
Studies (SCRSS) is a library and cultural centre in London that
promotes knowledge of the culture, language and history of Russia
and the former Soviet Union (FSU). The Society is a Registered
Charity No 1104012 and celebrated its centenary in 2024. Find
out about the benefits of SCRSS membership.
The SCRSS Soviet Collections are a library and archive of the
arts, humanities and social sciences of the Soviet Union (1917-91).
See Library & Archive and Photo
Library for more information on the individual collections
and research, and search our online
catalogue. We also have a loan library for members' use. We
organise events and promote Russian
language learning. We are a founder member of the Soviet
War Memorial in London. We facilitate cultural contacts between
the UK, Russia and the FSU. And we publish a journal, the SCRSS
Digest.
Latest SCRSS Digest
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The SCRSS
Digest, Summer 2025 issue (pdf, 2.9MB) is now available
online with features by Susan Taylor, Librarian, Special Collections
Department of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow on "Your Fight
Is Our Fight": The 'Scottish' and 'Leningrad' Albums,
Simon Gooch on Armenia, Autumn 1989, and Diana Turner
on Philip Matthews: Retiring SCRSS Chair. Plus SCRSS
and Soviet War Memorial Trust news, and book reviews.
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Next Events 2025
Saturday 6 September 2025, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening For SCRSS members - all other visitors, please make an
appointment by email.
Saturday 20 September 2025, 10.30 - 16.00
In-person Event at MML: Alan
Bush (1900-95): An Introduction to a Radical Composer Joint
SCRSS - Marx Memorial Library and Workers' School (MML) event,
held at the MML premises in London, to mark the 125th anniversary
of the birth of British composer and pedagogue Alan Bush (former
Vice-President and longtime member of the SCRSS). Ben Lunn hosts
a discussion on Alan Bush's polemical works, considering their
implications and influence today. The event includes a small exhibition
from the MML Archive and concludes with an archival radio production
of Bush's opera The Sugar Reapers. Free entry but
prior booking on Eventbrite essential.
Saturday 4 October 2025, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening For SCRSS members - all other visitors, please make an
appointment by email.
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