Дары вождям/Gifts to Soviet Leaders, 24 January

Dr Nikolai Ssorin-Chaikov, Fellow in Social Anthropology, Sidney Sussex College, curated an internationally acclaimed exhibition “Дары вождям/Gifts to Soviet Leaders” in the Kremlin Museum in 2006. He will speak on the ideas and exhibits of this project, as well as the response it provoked.

• WHEN: 24 January, Wednesday, 5pm
• WHERE: Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College

The photo below is from the exhibition catalogue: Ssorin-Chaikov, Nikolai (ed) 2006. Дары вождям/Gifts to Soviet leaders. Moscow: Pinakotheke.: Gift to Joseph Stalin from the workers of the Lodz aircraft workshop, Poland, 1949. This is a telephone set in the form of the globe with a receiver in the form of hammer and sickle.

CamRuSS Old New Year, 13 January

A most popular & uplifting entertainment for children and adults. In the programme:

• the real Ded Moroz and Snegurochka,
• games and competitions,
• dancing and singing,
• a raffle with a mystery first prize,
• and a lively Russian disco!

Please bring party food to share, any drinks you like, and a merry spirit!

• WHEN: Saturday, 13th January 2007, from 5pm
• WHERE: St.Paul’s Church Hall, Hills Rd, Cambridge