Tsares

This Wednesday, the film Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears will be screened as a part of the film club!🍿

When? Wednesday the 1st of April, at 18:00
Where? IRES library

About the movie: Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.

Looking forward to seeing you there!🤩

🇺🇦Unissued Diplomas exhibition🇺🇦

Unissued Diplomas is an international project aimed at commemorating the Ukrainian students whose lives were taken by the Russian full-scale invasion that started on February 24, 2022. Those students, supposed to get them, were killed by Russia before they could graduate, either as civilians or through taking up arms to defend their home country.

This exhibition aims to remind the world about the ongoing war and the price Ukrainians pay daily in their fight for freedom.

The exhibition will therefore show a number of these unissued diplomas, offering Uppsala students the opportunity to reflect and learn about the fates of some of those Ukrainian students killed by the war.

Speaker: Kateryna Boyko, IRES researcher specialising in activism within online communities in Ukraine

Speaker at 15:00

Free entry to the Exhibition

Where: IRES Library (Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies) Uppsala University

Entrance from Gamla Torget 3, 753 22, Uppsala

When: Thursday, 12 March

Open doors from 13:00 to 19:00

🍿This upcoming Wednesday, the film Brother (1997) will be screened at the Film Club!🍿

When? Wednesday the 25th of February, at 18:00
Where? IRES library

About the movie: An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Looking forward to seeing you there!🤩

🍿The four films that will be shown at the Film Club this spring are:

✨Blue Mountains, or Unbelievable Story, 1983 ✨
Original title: Tsisperi mtebi anu daujerebeli ambavi
“An author - a passive young man - enters the Soviet-controlled bureaucracy of Georgia attempting to get his novel published only to be neglected and compartmentalized at every turn.”

✨Brother, 1997 ✨
Original title: Brat
“An ex-soldier with a personal honor code enters the family crime business in St. Petersburg, Russia.”

✨Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, 1980 ✨
Original title: Moskva slezam ne verit
“Three young provincial women come to Moscow in search of what people in all the capitals of the world are looking for - love, happiness and prosperity. Their destinies develop exactly as the character of each of the girls suggests.”

✨Leviathan, 2014✨
“In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.”

🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS🎄

As this year comes to a close, TSARES would like to wish you Happy Holidays and extend our sincerest gratitude to all of you for contributing to making this semester so enjoyable and rewarding!

See you next year! ✨✨💫

This Wednesday, the film The Needle will be screened as the last part of the themed series focused on Kazakhstan!🍿

When? Wednesday the 3rd of December, at 18:00
Where? IRES library

About the movie: The Needle is a 1988 Soviet movie, directed by Rashid Nugmanov. The main character, Moro, is played by the famous Soviet rock musician Viktor Tsoi.

Moro returns to Alma Ata to collect money owed to him. While waiting out an unexpected delay, he visits his former girlfriend Dina, and discovers she has become a morphine addict. He decides to help her kick the habit and to fight the local drug mafia responsible for her condition. But Moro finds a deadly opponent in ”the doctor,” the mafia kingpin who is exploiting Dina.

Looking forward to seeing you there!🤩

Next Wednesday, the film Tulpan will be screened as part of the themed series focused on Kazakhstan!🍿

When? Wednesday the 19th of November, at 18:00
Where? IRES library

About the movie: Asa, a young and cheerful dreamer, returns from his Russian naval service to his sister’s nomadic family on the desolate Hunger Steppe of central Asia, so that he can begin his own life as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must first win the hand of the only eligible girl for miles - his mysterious neighbour, Tulpan.

Looking forward to seeing you there!🤩

Introducing the TSARES Board 2025-2026!

Our newly elected board is excited to continue building a community where everyone can learn more about Russia and the wider Eurasian region in a multitude of ways!

Throughout the year, we’ll host a range of events, from study visits and pub quizzes to film screenings and discussions, all aimed at bringing people together through curiosity and conversation.

We look forward to an inspiring year ahead!

✅ and that's a wrap on a fun spring semester! There were movies, there were pub nights, there was a trip to Gdańsk (!) and there was our beautiful Uppsala ❤️

🎬 aaaand that's a wrap! The TSARES Film Club has watched 16 movies during the 2024-2025 academic year and we loved each and every one of them! ok that's a lie but after spending so many hours discussing Tarkovsky you have to forgive our tenuous grasp of reality

We wish you & yours a Happy Easter,
Glad Påsk, Gleðilega Páska, Paște Fericit, Páscoa Feliz, Linksmų Velykų, Felices Pascuas, Христос Воскрес! 🩷🐇🌻