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The Big Book Prize

25 November
Moscow
Vladimir Makanin was awarded first prize for his novel 'Asan'. Liudmila Saraskina received second prize for her bibliography of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Rustam Rakhmatulin was presented with third prize for his collection of essays entitled 'Two Moscows, or the Metaphysics of the Capital'.
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2nd Russian Film Festival has come to an end

18-29 September 2008
Apollo West End Cinema, London
We would like to thank everyone who supported the festival and contributed to making it such a dynamic and memorable event. We are also grateful to our audience for their continual enthusiasm and support.
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Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970

25 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
£9 Victoria and Albert Museum
The first exhibition to examine contemporary design, architecture, film and popular culture on both sides of the Iron Curtain during the cold war era will bring together over 300 exhibits - from a Sputnik and an Apollo Mission space suit to films by Stanley Kubrick.
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Cut and Paste European Photomontage 1920-1945

Until 21 December
Estorik Collection
Curated by Lutz Becker, Cut & Paste provides a rediscovery of the sources of modern image making, exploring the work of the great predecessors and innovators who created photomontages by physical means with scissors, scalpel and retouching brush.
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Boris Godunov

10 November - 1 December
ENO
ENO Music Director Edward Gardner conducts this major new production of Musorgsky’s seven-scene version of Boris Godunov directed by Tim Albery. With its haunting music and highly expressive vocal lines, it is a spectacular account of murder and skulduggery among the ruling elite in 16th-century Russia.
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Russian Success at Cannes 2008

May 2008
Cannes, France
It seems that for Russian cinema, good things come in threes: the Russian film industry suitably showcased at the first ever Russian film pavilion; leading Russian production and distribution companies present their best creations at the International Marché du Film; and stunning triumphs for first-time feature film directors Sergei Dvortsevoy and Valeria Gai-Germanika!
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Russian Triumph at 65th Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival
Another success of a young Russian filmmaker at one of the most prestigious European film festivals. Alexey German's Jr.'s Silver Lion as best director with his recent film, 'Paper Soldier', once again confirms that Russian cinema is reappearing on the world cultural map.
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St Petersburg and the British

Published by Frances Lincoln Ltd.
£25, but 20% discount for AR visitors
Anthony Cross narrates the story of this vibrant and tragic city through the first-hand accounts of its British residents and visitors. A unique anthology of St Petersburg’s culture, politics, architecture, commerce, recreation and everyday life, this book includes extracts by, for instance, Daniel Defoe, Lewis Carroll, W. Somerset Maughan, H.G. Wells, Isaiah Berlin, J.B. Priestley, Alan Sillitoe and Colin Thubron.
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