North Russian Association collection of theatre and concert programmes

A sizeable collection of theatre/concert programmes from the North Russian Association (1928-1940). Founded in 1926, the North Russian Association grew out of a group set up by emigrants from Arkhangelsk living in London after the Revolution. Its interests were cultural, and it organised five events a year such as lectures, concerts, and other performances. The events documented here include a family Pushkin evening at London's Institut Français in June 1928; a performance of Aleksei Faiko's The Man with the Portfolio in 1930; an evening of ballet in memory of Pavlova, 1933; a meeting to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Tolstoy's death, 1935, with speeches by Aylmer Maude and Gleb Struve; and 'The Day of the Russian Child in Exile', 1937.

Founded in 1926, the North Russian Association grew out of a group set up by emigrants from Arkhangelsk living in London after the Revolution. By 1 January 1928 it had 109 members. Its interests were cultural, and it organised five events a year such as lectures, concerts, and other performances. It also ran a Hospital Fund for those in need.

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Purchased in September 2017. Accession no SC-Acc-2018-0071.

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in May 2018.

Bought with a leaflet from the Anglo-Russian Literary Society (1894), now Coll-1848/18-0071.

For more on the Association, see O. A. Kaznina, Russkie v Anglii (Moscow, 1997), pp. 52–59.