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An independent cultural centre with a programme of events, exhibitions and community initiatives. https://linktr.ee/pushkinhouselondon

Pushkin House is a Registered Charity owned and run by the Pushkin House Trust. We support and promote the diversity of Russian culture in London and beyond. Pushkin House was established to serve as a home for Russian culture in all its forms. Providing a forum for Anglo-Russian cultural exchange, education and information about Russian art, film, literature, music and history, we offer a unique resource for individuals and institutions alike. In pursuit of these aims, Pushkin House has developed a lively and varied cultural programme of lectures, workshops, talks, exhibitions, films, musical concerts and readings. As of 2021, the House also has its own bookshop dedicated to Russian culture. Besides its own events, Pushkin House welcomes and encourages collaboration with other organisations and groups dedicated to Russian culture.

05/10/2026

A week left until our event with Dmitry Muratov at Logan Hall, UCL!

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov joins filmmaker Patrick Forbes, who documented his story in “The Price of Truth,” for a conversation on the legacy of Novaya Gazeta and the price of independent journalism in Russia today. The event is presented in partnership with Redkollegia.

The conversation will be held in Russian and English, with consecutive interpretation, followed by Q&A.

Tuesday 13 October, 7:30-9:00 pm
Logan Hall, UCL

🎟️ Tickets via the link in our bio.

05/10/2026

Who Gets Remembered? Informal Archives, Spatial Memory and Alternative Futures, with Space Black | 26 November, 7–9 pm

The colonial archive is often one of the few remaining references to histories that have been violently distorted and fragmented — and war and displacement disrupt this further, destroying archives and separating communities. In their absence, histories live on through what we carry with us: photographs, objects, stories, recipes, memories.

This workshop explores the informal archive as a living form of knowledge beyond institutions — considering what is preserved, what is lost, and how personal archives can become a palette for imagining alternative futures.

This workshop is part of the series “Under Construction: Reopening”, curated by artist and PhD researcher Alisa Oleva.

🎟️ Tickets via the link in our bio.

05/10/2026

We would like to thank everyone who joined us for the Pushkin House Book Prize Festival last week, and warmly congratulate Sophie Pinkham Sophie Pinkham on winning this year’s prize for “The Oak and the Larch”!

Our sincere thanks go to all the speakers, authors, moderators and judges who took part, and to every guest who came to listen, ask questions and join the conversation. It was a pleasure to welcome so many of you, and we hope you enjoyed the festival as much as we did.

03/10/2026

Less than a week left! Join Pianka Pärna PIANKA for a workshop exploring post-Soviet identity, q***r belonging, kinship and survival — and how personal and collective histories continue to shape the bodies we inhabit.

The session opens with an embodied practice led by Pärna, drawing on the research behind her new performance, “CURTAIN CALL.” Through movement and guided exploration, participants will connect with the body as a site of memory, displacement and resilience — followed by a reflective dialogue with Pärna and emilyn claid.

“CURTAIN CALL” blends ballet and live art to explore post-Soviet displacement and q***r identity, deconstructing classical forms to ask how inherited histories are carried, resisted and transformed through the body.

🎟️ Tickets via the link in our bio.

01/10/2026

We’re open again! Come, browse and get inspired 📚

Our expanded bookshop was realised by architect and artist Alexander Brodsky, in collaboration with Fishdream Productions fishdream . This project was made possible through the generous support of our funders and community, including those who wish to remain anonymous — with essential seed funding from the U.S. Russia Foundation, a fitting-out grant from the Khodorkovsky Foundation, and support from 58 individual donors, whose contributions were matched by The Prince George Galitzine Memorial Fund.

As part of the works, we also uncovered an original 1740s stone floor in the vestibule, laid to Henry Flitcroft’s design and long hidden beneath layers of 20th-century cement. It has since been carefully restored by the DBR conservation team DBR Limited , revealing red, black and white tiles of marble, slate and limestone, laid in a bold geometric pattern over mortar, sand, timber boards and joists. This restoration was made possible through the generous support of the Heritage of London Trust Heritage of London Trust , the Lady Hind Trust and Clem Cecil Clementine Cecil , along with a number of other donors who wish to remain anonymous.

We’re so grateful to everyone who helped bring this to life — come see the results for yourself.

Images: 1-6. Photos by Anastasia Anastasia Belinskaya Anastasia Belinskaya . 7. Photo by Rocio Chanon Rocio Chacon.

01/10/2026

We’re pleased to share the full list of our upcoming October events! We have plenty of exciting events coming up this month, but don’t forget, you can also pop into the Bookshop anytime! We’re open Monday–Friday, 10am–9pm, and Saturday, 11am–5pm.

See you there soon!

30/09/2026

How far would someone go to defend the idea of a free press?

In 2021, Patrick Forbes began filming Dmitry Muratov shortly before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. His documentary, “The Price of Truth,” follows what came next: the outbreak of war, the auctioning of the Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to support displaced Ukrainian children, a serious incident aboard the Moscow–Samara train, and Muratov’s later designation as a “foreign agent.”

Forbes and Muratov meet again on 13 October, this time without a camera. Presented by Pushkin House in partnership with Redkollegia, a community of journalists from Russia’s independent media, the evening will reflect on the legacy of Novaya Gazeta, the six colleagues who lost their lives in the course of their work, and the challenges facing independent journalism in Russia today. The conversation will be held in Russian and English, with simultaneous interpretation, followed by Q&A.

🎟️ Tickets via the link in our bio.

Video: “The Price of Truth” (2023).

29/09/2026

The Pushkin House Bookshop is back!

We are delighted to welcome you back to the Pushkin House Bookshop, now in a new permanent home designed by artist-architect Alexander Brodsky. Decades of alterations have been stripped back to reveal the building’s original 18th-century floors, and the room is now filled with towering shelves assembled from found vintage furniture. Here you’ll find books in Russian and English, and literature, culture and history side by side: classics and new voices, books from publishers in exile, works in translation from Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Baltics, children’s treasures, enticing cookbooks, and beautiful art books. Every title is chosen with care by our Bookshop team, and we invite you to come in, browse and join the conversation.

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Pushkin House, 5A Bloomsbury Square
London
WC1A2TA

Website

http://www.pushkinhouse.org/

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