On Saturday, March 19th this talk by Helen Rappaport was presented as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture series. This Zoom program examined figures like Princess Olga Paley and her husband Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, the Yusupovs, and stars from [...]
Watch as Dr. Jakob Seerup, curator at the Museum of Bornholm in Denmark, explores the fascinating story of a rare military collection! On Saturday, February 12th "The Russian Collection at the Danish Arsenal Museum" was presented as a part of our Second Saturday online lecture [...]
Catch up on our first lecture recording release of the new year! On Saturday, January 15th Dr. Margaret Samu presented "A Russian Masterpiece in Paris: Karl Briullov's Last Day of Pompeii at the 1834 Salon." This presentation was a part of the Russian History [...]
On Saturday, December 11th Professor Lee A. Farrow presented a compelling talk on Grand Duke Alexis Romanov's 19th Century North American tour. This talk, "Alexis in America: A Russian Grand Duke's Tour," provided step-by-step overview of Alexis's travels and adventures and was presented as a [...]
On November 13th, University of Toronto Professor Kate Holland presented a compelling talk on one of Russia's most infamous authors. "Dostoyevsky at 200: The Russian Novel Between Tradition and Modernity" coincided with the literary legend's bicentenary month. This free online program was presented as [...]
On October 9th, cultural historian Anna Winestein led us on an exploration of the "gorgeous calamity" that was Bakst's last production for the Ballets Russes. "Leon Bakst's Grand Finale: The Ballets Russes' Sleeping Princess Production of 1921" was presented as a part of the Russian [...]
On September 18th, Dr. Nancy Kovaleff-Baker presented “Elite Education in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: The Imperial Educational Society of Noble Maidens" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. In this presentation, Dr. Baker outlined different eras of and experiences within The [...]
On Saturday, August 14th Professor Brian J. Boeck presented "From Border Guards to Body Guards: The Cossacks in Imperial Russia" as a part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. Throughout the event, Brian Boeck discussed Cossacks as a population [...]
On July 10th, author and historian Douglas Smith presented "Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy." This presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's larger Second Saturday lecture series. Douglas Smith's lecture examined the lives and stories of two [...]
On June 12th, Dr. Pamela A. Jordan presented "Stalin’s Singing Spy: The Life and Exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya." This lecture presentation was part of the Russian History Museum's Second Saturday lecture series. Dr. Jordan's presentation explores the remarkable life of Nadezhda Plevitskaya (c. [...]
