| 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,
Autumn 2025 issue (pdf) is now available online with features by Assiya Issemberdiyeva on The Song of the Giant (1942):
Negotiating Kazakh Identity in Wartime Soviet Cinema; Margarita
Mudrak and Elizaveta Stupanskaya on Russia's Centenary of
Foreign Cultural Relations, 1925-2025; and Claire Weiss on
Summer Reflections on Cataloguing the SCRSS Art Collection.
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Next Events 2025-2026
From Thursday 11 December 2025 for 10 Weeks, 18.00-20.00
Zoom Online Evening Class: Russian Language for Upper Intermediate
Level Rolling 10-week class, suitable for more advanced-level speakers who would
like to practise their conversational skills. Led by an experienced teacher of Russian,
this is a small, informal and strictly non-competitive group. One hour free conversation,
one hour reading (currently: 'Devochka iz Stalingrada'), with a short
break in between. For more information or to request a free one-session trial, email Christine Barnard direct on rtstrans1@gmail.com. Fee for 10 weeks:
£60.00 (SCRSS members £40.00).
Please note there is no library opening in January 2026.
Saturday 7 February 2026, 11.00-16.00
Event: SCRSS Library
Opening For SCRSS members - other visitors, please make an
appointment by email.
Monday 23 February 2026, 19.00-20.00
Zoom Online Talk: Exploring
Socialist Realism in Soviet Music Through Three Composers
Ben Lunn introduces the nature of the theory of Socialist Realism
in music, shows how Boris Asafiev laid the foundations for Soviet
composers to understand the theory, and reflects on how three
different Soviet composers (Boris Lyatoshinsky, Alexander Mosolov
and Julius Juzeliunas) incorporated Socialist Realism into their
work.
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