SRI Shop
Scotland-Russia Institute, 9 South College St,Edinburgh EH8 9AA. Tel. 0131 668 3635. Open Tues-Fri 11am to 4pm, Saturdays 1.30 to 4pm. We can post goods to UK addresses.
Russian Gifts
A small selection of interesting, unusual and mostly inexpensive Russian gifts - Khokhloma egg cups and pickle spoons, juniperwood teapot mats, tiny matryoshkas to hang from your mobile phone ...Designer knitwear from Hoziaykina Designs
Beautiful original hand knitted and crocheted hats and scarves for
sale. These are real works of art – some gossamer thin, others chunky, in a variety of different wools and colours. All designed and knitted by Ukrainian born designer Elena Hoziaykina. Cards
We stock greeting cards (no message) sold in aid of UK charities ChildAid, Ecologia, St Gregory's and HALE.
Other charities working in Russia and neighbouring countries are
invited to contact us concerning sale of their gifts and cards.We also have beautiful photographic cards of Moscow, Novgorod and Turgenev's birthplace Spasskoye Lutovinovo by Sheila Sim.
Borjomi Women's Cooperative "Just By Hand"
Brightly coloured felt opera jewellery, knitwear, soft toys and other items.
Charming and unusual gifts made by women in the small Georgian town of Borjomi.
Full list on request.
More information - http://borjomijustbyhand.webs.com/
Russian learning materials
** Discounts on all learning materials for students enrolled on SRI language courses **
We have a wide selection of Ruslan's excellent textbooks and CD Roms for adult learners as well as other material. See www.ruslan.co.uk for details - and come in to look at them at the SRI.We are also a stockist for the Helsinki bookseller Ruslania and currently offer two language courses for business:
Berdichevski A. - "Pochemu eto proizoshlo?" Video course.
Berdichevski A. - "Lestnitsa Steps. Living Russian for businessmen travelling to Russia for the first time"
Keyboards and keyboard stickers
Black Cyrillic / Qwerty keyboards for Windows and Mac computers; USB connection. £15. Very smart and work brilliantly. Supplied by Portsmouth Russian Club.
Russian keyboard stickers, various colours and some bilingual. £5Music
Recordings by the Voskresenije Choir of St Petersburg: all CDs £12Silver CD: sacred songs
Gold and Green CDs: a mixture of sacred and folk music
Full details on request.
We also stock a variety of other music.
Books
We stock a small quantity of books about Russia published by Scottish publishers, authored by our members etc. Currently:
Steve Chadwick - "Loch Ewe during World War II". 1996. £2.50
William Clarke - "Hidden Treasures of the Romanovs". National Museums Scotland 2009, £15.99
Cherry Gilchrist - "The Soul of Russia". Floris Books 2008. £16.99
Tom Hubbard - "Marie B". Ravenscraig Press 2009. £12.95
Averil King - "Isaak Levitan: Lyrical Landscape". Philip Wilson Publishers 2004. £18.95
Dm. Morozov - "Kitezh. A community approach to raising children in Russia". 2008. £12.99