| The Annual General Meeting of the Society will take place on Wednesday 4thSeptember from 18:00-19:00 in room F14 at the Friend’s Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS. Members and friends/non-members are welcome to attend.
PLEASE COME ALONG, we need your support and ideas for the future. PLEASE BE AWARE – there are roadworks currently in operation which means Mount St is closed to all traffic (including blue-badge holders) from the junction with Peter St up to Lloyd St/Albert Sq. There is pedestrian access however. The AGM will be followed by a meal at the Armenian Taverna in Albert Square at 7pm – everyone who joins us for the AGM is welcome to come (we will be paying for ourselves individually). Please contact us in advance if you would like to attend so that we can book the restaurant for the appropriate number of people. |
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Victory Day 2019, Monday, May 6th 2019
This commemoration is organised by representatives of the Russian community in Manchester – the Anglo Russian and Eastern European Society.
The programme for the day is as follows:
12.00 – 12.45 Assembly on Albert Square, Manchester
13.00 – 14.00 Commemorative Service at Cenothaph
Mr Jim Charnock will be representing MSPFS and laying a wreath on our behalf
14.00 – 15.45 Civic reception at Central Library
Total’ny Diktant, Manchester (supported by MSPFS) April 13th 2019
This was a great success with over 100 participants!
Totalny Diktant is an annual educational event: a text, written specifically for this event by a famous contemporary Russian writer, is read out to the participants. In Manchester the reader this year was the journalist Masha Slonim. The goal of this event is to demonstrate the importance of literacy, and to unite everyone who wants to write and speak in Russian.
The first Totalny Diktant took place in 2004 and the event is organised by the Department of Humanities of Novosibirsk University, Siberia. Participation is free and marked papers are returned to participants with appropriate comments. Total Dictation takes place simultaneously in cities and countries around the globe, adjusted for time zones.
KinemaCat Sunday 28th April 4pm, Altrincham Little Theatre
Tangerines (2013) Cert 15 Director: Zaza Urushadze
A Georgian-Estonian film set during the Abkhaz-Georgian war of 1992-93. An Estonian farmer who stays back in a war-torn separatist region to harvest his tangerine crop finds and shelters two wounded soldiers from opposed sides.
Released to critical acclaim and nominated for best foreign language film at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, this film is a passionate plea for peace and reconciliation.
Russian, with English subtitles .
KinoManchester at Altrincham Little Theatre, Oxford Rd, WA14 2ED
Leviathan
Sunday 17th February 4:00pm
Directed by: Andrei Zvyagintsev
Released: 2014
Certificate: 15
Run time: 138 minutes
Tickets available at www.eventbrite.co.uk
Commemoration for the end of the Siege of Leningrad
On Sunday January 27th,12:30 pm – there will be a commemoration meeting for the end of the Siege of Leningrad during the Second World War. This will be held in the Russian Orthodox Church (64 Clarence Road, Longsight, M13 0YE) after the church service. All are welcome for a simple shared lunch to recall the sad (and joyful) events of that time. Come and bring a contribution of simple food, no frills or delicacies. This is organised by members of the Russian community at the Church.
Kalinka Charity Concert on Friday 7th December 2018, RNCM Manchester
Please share – not to be missed!
Manchester’s Kalinka Balalaika Orchestra are continuing to raise funds to help vulnerable children in Manchester’s twin city, this year through St. Gregory’s Foundation (reg. Chаrity № 1002469).
In St. Petersburg the charity supports the Sunflower Centre for orphanage-leavers and families whose parents grew up in children’s homes. Last year the centre
trained 41 young parents who had grown up in orphanages to become better
parents
helped 65 teenagers – graduates from orphanages to learn practical life skills
trained 100 specialists: teachers, social workers, local authorities who work
with graduates from children’s homes
