Listings of Scottish events from or about Russia and her neighbours, including churches in Scotland and a small selection of events outside Scotland.  Additional events may be listed on our Facebook page below.
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film, theatre and dance

exhibitions

music

social events

talks and conferences

business events

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events in Scotland

17 May-4 August: Soyuz spacecraft on display at the National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh
from June 2018: Tsar Nicholas and the Royal Scots Greys. Edinburgh
5 July: Chai n Chat. Edinburgh SRF event
3-27 August: Russian (+ other) events at the Edinburgh International, Fringe and Book Festivals. Edinburgh
22 August: Moscow Diary - Book Launch. Edinburgh SRF event
4 October: Chai n Chat. Edinburgh SRF event

church services: Orthodox and Ukrainian services in Scotland.

Community of St Nicholas, Dunblane.  Services May-June 2018.

Community of St. Gabriel, an English-speaking Russian Orthodox Christian community in University Avenue, Glasgow.

Orthodox Community of St Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh EH8 9NR.

Diocese of Sourozh. Services all over Scotland. Glasgow: Russian Orthodox Parish of St Kentigern.  Edinburgh: Greenside Parish Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AB.

Our Lady of Pochaev and St Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Edinburgh (weekly mass).Other Ukrainian services: First Sunday of every month in the POW Chapel in Lockerbie at 4:00pm (currently on hold); Second Sunday in St Simon’s Catholic Church, 33 Patrick Street, Glasgow, G11 6PQ at 3:00pm; Third Sunday in Our Lady and St Andrew’s Church in Galashiels at 3.00pm; Fourth Sunday in St Andrew’s Cathedral in Dundee at 4.00pm.  Contact AUGB for more information.
EASTER 2018:  Easter mass celebrated by Fr Vasyl Krenj at Our Lady of Pochayev and Saint Andrew, Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh.
Good Friday at 6pm on Friday 6th April 
Blessing of Easter Baskets at 8pm on Saturday 7th April
Easter Mass celebrated at 11am on Sunday 8th April
Lunch at the Ukrainian Community Centre will be served at 2pm on Easter Sunday 8th April. If you haven't already booked your place and would like to attend, please let us know. There are a few places still available.

Georgian Orthodox Parish of St Andrew the Apostle in Glasgow. The Georgian Orthodox parish is located in the historic city of Glasgow near Kelvingrove Park.  They welcome you to visit and worship with them and become part of the Georgian Orthodox Christian community.  More information: www.georgianglasgow.org.uk; enquiries; services and events.

Romanian Orthodox Church, Glasgow and Mull

outside Scotland

Regular events:
ARCC (Anglo Russian culture club), Arbuzz, CamRuSS (Cambridge), Dash Arts, GB-Russia Society lectures, Open Russia Club, Pryamaya Rech, Pushkin House, RBCC business networking events (London and Russia), SCRSS,  Stonehill House Russian Days (Abingdon), Ukrainian events in London,  UCL SSEES.

Events all over the UK:
Many art and cultural events are listed by Russian Art and Culture.
20-27 June: Soviet Era paintings from Artists' Union studios in St Petersburg and Kiev, principally dated between 1960 and the 1980s.  John Barkes, Stand 31, Art & Antiques Fair, Olympia, London. Download photos of the stand: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
28-30 June: Scottish Opera - Eugene Onegin.  Belfast
29 June-6 January: Yamal: The Stream of Life. Photographs by Scottish photographer, Bryan Alexander, focusing on the life or Nenets reindeer herding families in the Yamal region of Northwest Siberia. The photographs in this exhibition span a period of 25 years, from 1993 to 2018. Horniman Museum, London.
14 July: Robert Chandler - Full Day Translation Workshop. London
9-12 August: Workshop of Georgian Singing with Nana
Mzhavanadze. Finland
27-31 August:  Cambridge Russian Summer School – 2018:
5-day residential Russian course for adults & teens, all levels.
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
4-23 September: The Arctic Circle of Life. An exhibition of photographs by Bryan Alexander featuring photographs of traditional life of indigenous peoples from around the Circumpolar North. The photographs were taken over the 47 years that Bryan has worked in the Arctic, from 1971 to 2018. The State Museum of Oriental Art, 12-A, Nikitsky Bulvar, Moscow
1 Nov: Annual 31st Georgian Studies Day “GEORGIAN INDEPENDENCE 1918; THEN AND NOW". University of Westminster, London
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