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Red Moon Rising is Available on Google Video
05/09/2008
Russian Studies students complete the mockumentary about Soviet space trip to the Moon, "Red Moon Rising."

Kurt Carlson (Russian Studies Student) receives 2008 Dobro Slovo Scholarship
04/19/2008
Dobro Slovo Scholarship Advisory Committee is happy to announce that Kurt Carlson received the 2008 Dobro Slovo Scholarship award.

Dobro Slovo Induction in Russian Studies
04/17/2008
This year, ten members of the Russian program will be inducted into the Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society.

Folk Music Group ZOLOTOY PLYOS Performs on Campus
02/06/2008
RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC GROUP Zolotoi Plyos (Alexander Solovov, Elena Sadina, and Serguei Gratchev) will give a concert-demonstration of Russian folk music for W&M students and faculty.

Eugene Onegin: From Page to Stage
02/01/2008
Russian and Post-Soviet Studies present a Public Lecture. "Musical Metamorphosis: Eugene Onegin from Page to Stage" Our guest speaker is Helena Goscilo, UCIS Research Professor and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Pittsburgh.

First Winner of Dobro Slovo Scholarship
4/10/2006
Rachel Olchesky wins the first annual Dobro Slovo Scholarship to study at St. Petersburg State University in the summer of 2006.

Public Lecture: "Russian Imperial Porcelain"
10/5/2006
Karen Kettering, Ph.D. (Curator of Russian Art, Hillwood Museum and Gardens) talks about the tradition of Russian imperial porcelain. The lecture will be held on October 5th, at 5:30 pm., in Muscarelle Museum of Art.

Russian artist and art historian Nickolai Dubavik. Lecture: The Paintings of Russian Artist, Zabelin. Sep 28, 5:30 pm. in Muscarelle Museum of Art
09/28/2006
Sept 28, 5:30 pm. in Muscarelle Museum of Art Russian artist and art historian NICKOLAI DUBAVIK Lecture: The Paintings of Russian Artist, Zabelin Nickolai Dubavik talks about the tradition of Russian realist painting and one of the major representatives of this tradition in the twentieth century Vyacheslav Zabelin (1935-2002).

Professor of Russian Studies Tony Anemone Presents a Public Lecture: "The Historical and Religious Context of Russian Icons of the Golden Age."
09/21/2006
Tony Anemone will duscuss the conventions and role of icons in Medieval Russian culture. Andrews Hall 101 September 21, 5:30 pm.

    Lecture "Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs"
    09/07/2006
    On September 7th, at 5:30 pm. in Andrews Hall 101, Wendy Salmond will give a talk "TRADITIONS IN TRANSITION Russian Icons in the Age of the Romanovs." Wendy Salmond is the curator of the Exhibition RUSSIAN ICONS IN THE AGE OF THE ROMANOVS open currently in the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Her talk explores the place of religious visual tradition in secular culture. Sasha Prokhorov

      The Muscarelle Museum of Art Russian Exhibits
      08/20/2006
      Don't Miss Russian Exhibits on Campus! August 26-october 8, 2006: Russian Icons in the Age of Romanovs, Russian Porcelain, Russian Realist Paintings.

      Russian Students at Middlebury
      02/14/2006
      Three Russian students have been accepted to the Middlebury Summer 2006 Russian School.

      Podcasting Comes to MLL!
      12/04/2005
      Associate Professor of Russian, Tony Anemone receives Technology Grant to podcast Advanced Russian Conversation in the spring of 2006.

      Anemone becomes president of SCSS
      04/18/2005
      Associate Professor of Russian and Chair of Modern Languages & Literatures Tony Anemone was elected President of the Southern Regional Association of Slavic Scholars at the recent conference of the organization in Nashville, TN.

      Russian Student wins fellowship to UC Berkeley
      04/13/2005
      Matt Kiser, Russian Studies '04, accepts fellowship from Slavic Department at UC Berkeley