The Scotland-Russia Institute library

The Scotland-Russia Institute’s lending library has been set up with donations of books from members of the Forum and others.

The Library has over 1000 books for loan as well as DVDs, language learning materials and reference books. The biggest section is devoted to Russian literature, and includes poetry, short stories, novels and plays, mainly in the original Russian although there are some English translations too. There are also a small number of works of literary criticism and a few English and Scots authors (including Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Ian Banks) translated into Russian. Other sections cover history and politics, biography, travel and geography (including guide books), art and architecture. There is also a collection of Russian children’s books, which is especially useful for the children of Russians being brought up in Scotland whose parents want them to retain their cultural links. Although most of the collection is available for loan, dictionaries, journals and some other works are only available for reference in the Institute. Reference access is free.

We receive a small number of journals regularly: RBCC Bulletin, Русская Мысль, Russian Life, East-West Review, Англия, Rusistika, Languages Today (publ ALL)

Access to the library is open to all.  Full members of the Scotland-Russia Forum can borrow books for free. Non-members can register as borrowers upon payment of a £10 annual fee. The library’s opening hours are the same as those of the Institute.