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 [...]
Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy An online lecture by Douglas Smith The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution. Join author and historian Douglas Smith for this month's Second Saturday lecture, framed around his acclaimed book Former People. Building on Smith's [...]
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. [...]
Stalin’s Singing Spy: The Life and Exile of Nadezhda Plevitskaya An online lecture by Dr. Pamela A. Jordan In this program, Dr. Jordan will discuss the remarkable life of Nadezhda Plevitskaya (c. 1879-1940), a Russian peasant girl who achieved fame as one of Tsar Nicholas [...]
