Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies (SCRSS)

Description

The Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies (SCRSS) is a UK-registered educational charity and membership organisation that aims to promote knowledge of the culture, language and history of Russia and the former Soviet Union through its activities and its library and archive. It was founded in 1924 as the Society for Cultural Relations between the Peoples of the British Commonwealth and the USSR, was later known as the Society for Cultural Relations with the USSR, and changed its name to its current title in 1992. The SCRSS Soviet Collections are a library and archive of the arts, humanities and social sciences of the Soviet Union (1917-91), with rare materials from the 1920s-40s, the Society's archive records and a number of personal collections; the society describes them as of interest to students, academics, historians and professional researchers, with key subject areas of art and architecture, literature, music and dance, social and political history, theatre and cinema. The society, which is run entirely by volunteers, publishes a journal, the SCRSS Digest, organises talks, exhibitions and seminars, promotes Russian language learning, and is a founder member of the Soviet War Memorial Trust.

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Founding year

1924

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Soviet War Memorial Trust; Interregional Association for International Cooperation (St Petersburg)