The Scotland-Russia Forum

01/09/2026

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08/08/2026

See the photo for details of in-person Russian classes starting in Edinburgh in September. These have been running for many years and are very highly rated by past and present students

08/08/2026

Issue 50 of The Forum is now available as a print copy. £3.95 plus £!.90 postage for non-members. Contact info at scotlandrussiaforum.org if you want a copy. Available free of charge as a pdf.

15/04/2026

10/04/2026

The two most recent issues of our journal The Forum, issues 48 and 49

21/08/2024

Christina Robertson, an accomplished artist, forgotten in her homeland, who painted the Russian royal family.

Article by Elizaveta Renne and Jane Anderson, examining the extraordinary life and career of Christina Robertson, a highly successful 19th-century Scottish painter who became virtually forgotten in her homeland after she left to pursue her art career in

20/08/2024

Jen Stout, journalist and author of Night Train to Odessa, will introduce two famous Ukrainian authors, Olesya Khromeychuk & Andrey Kurkov in an event "We Need to Talk About Ukraine" as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

We would most warmly encourage members to attend this event, and if anyone would be so kind as to write a short impression of the discussion for our next issue of The Forum magazine, we would be most obliged!

https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/whats-on/olesya-khromeychuk-andrey-kurkov-we-need-to-talk-about-ukraine?

From Wed 21 Aug - Until recently, Andrey Kurkov (one of Ukraine’s finest novelists) was struggling to write fiction. Non-fiction felt more urgent and he wrote article upon article, trying to keep the war alive in…

19/05/2024

Russian is widely spoken on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia.

There is a Russian Cultural Centre in the centre of town with lots of lectures, concerts and other events. All events are free and open to the public.

https://venekeskus.ee/

09/05/2024

Well done British Ambassador

Обращение посла Великобритании в России Найджела Кейси ко Дню победы в Европе. Подписывайтесь на наши соцсети, чтобы не пропустить всё самое интересное о Вел...

09/05/2024

A cheerful cultural update, the brilliant RSNO perform Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 in Edinburgh (Usher Hall, 17 May) and Glasgow (Royal Concert Hall, 18 May). The concert in Glasgow can also be streamed online, with all details available on the RSNO website:

Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn returns to Scotland.