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SUMMARY:“Russian Language: Between the Past and the Future\,” a lectur
 e by Evgeny Vodolazkin (in Russian) – Friday\, 4 June at 19:00 (BST) - E
 vgeny Vodolazkin
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:Evgeny Vodolazkin will talk about changes occurring in the mod
 ern Russian language. What do they testify to? How should we treat them?\n
 \nWHEN: Friday\, 4 June at 19:00 (BST)\n\nWHERE: Zoom\n\nLANGUAGE: Russian
 \n\n\nFEE: Voluntary donation*\n\n\nPlease REGISTER in advance (with your 
 name and email address) here\, \n\n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist
 er/tZ0rcuCrrDotH9SaY4_GasyhGCQ7nC4wqwmH\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will 
 receive a confirmation email with a Zoom joining link.\n\n\n\nAbout the sp
 eaker\n\n\nEvgeny Germanovich Vodolazkin DPhil (b. 1964 in Kyiv) is a writ
 er and literary critic. In 1986 he graduated from the philological faculty
  of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv\, and in 1990 he comp
 leted his postgraduate studies at the Institute of Russian Literature (the
  Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg). In 200
 0 he defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “World history in the l
 iterature of Ancient Russia (based on chronographic and Paleya Chronicle m
 aterials of the 11th-15th centuries).”\n\n\nSince 1990 he has been worki
 ng in the Department of Ancient Russian Literature at Pushkin House\, and 
 since 2012 he has been the editor-in-chief of the almanac “Text and Trad
 ition.”\n\n\nEvgeny Vodolazkin’s novel Laurus was shortlisted by the G
 uardian newspaper among the 10 best novels that deal with the presence or 
 absence of God. The novel won several awards\, including the Yasnaya Polya
 na\, the Big Book awards and the Alexander Solzhenitsyn literature prize. 
 Archbishop of Canterbury\, Rowan Williams\, dedicated his 2016 TEDxOxBridg
 e talk entitled “A Curious Novel: Postmodernism and Holy Madness” (05.
 07.2016) to Vodolazkin’s Laurus.\n\n\n\nAccording to the Russia Beyond t
 he Headlines rating of the best Russian writers\, Evgeny Vodolazkin took t
 he 25th place (the highest among living authors).\n\nEvgeny lives in St Pe
 tersburg.\n\nSee this event on CamRuSS website\, \n\nhttp://www.camruss.co
 m/en/events/russian-language-between-the-past-and-future-with-eugene-vodol
 azkin/\n\n\n* While there is no charge for our online events\, CamRuSS wou
 ld welcome any donations towards the support of our volunteers’ efforts 
 in bringing more speakers and online events during the social distancing t
 ime.\n\nSuggested donation £5-£10. \n\nAll the money that CamRuSS raise 
 from membership fees & donations goes towards organising events\, supporti
 ng community projects\, and essential technical and administrative costs.\
 n\nYou can send your donations by:\n\n– a direct bank transfer (BACS) to
  the following account:\nThe Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society\nNATWEST B
 ank\, Sort code: 60-11-30 Account: 25395637\n\n– PayPal with CamRuSS’ 
 email address: camruss@camruss.com\n\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!\n
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