UCLA Russian Flagship Program

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An online event at the Wende Museum with Sasha Razor!

The Political Mandate of the Arts with Sasha Razor Lecturer in Germanic and Slavic Studies and Film and Media Studies at UCSB discusses art and politics.

https://wendemuseum.org/program/chatterjee/
Sunday, Sept 17, Wende Museum in Culver City: RSVP required (see link)

Russia: Pariah Nation or Emerging World Order? Professor Choi Chatterjee of Cal State LA will explore perspectives on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.salastina.org/concerts/2023/9/29-shostakovich-cycle-continues

Friday, September 29, 20238:00 PM
Sunday, October 1, 20237:00 PM
see link above for details

Main Series No. 1: The Shostakovich Cycle Continues — Salastina Our multi-year cycle of the complete works of Dmitri Shostakovich – otherwise known as the BFF of Mieczysław Weinberg – continues with his first and ninth string quartets and his Sonata for Viola and Piano. Wine and munchies reception to follow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbWb5Qt45Y
about the August 1991 coup or путч по-русски

Августовский путч 1991 года. Главное | Би-би-си объясняет Финальной точкой в истории Советского Союза стал августовский путч 1991 года. Что привело к заговору? Где был Горбачев? Кем тогда был Ельцин? И что это за сл...

https://www.rferl.org/a/august-1991-soviet-coup/31412829.html
on August 18, 1991, an attempt to overthrow Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and his leadership began. The attempted coup ended on August 21 after massive street protests and several deaths.

The Coup That Killed The U.S.S.R. In August 1991, a group of Soviet hard-liners locked Mikhail Gorbachev up in his Crimean dacha and tried to keep the U.S.S.R. together by force. Facing massive protests, they gave up just three days after taking power, when the first civilian blood was spilled in Moscow.

On this date 36 years ago Виктор Цой, singer, lyricist, co-founder of the band Кино, died in a car accident at the age of 28. If you don’t know his music, google Цой/Tsoi and Кино and you can find most if not all of it. His song Перeмен [we’re waiting for] Changes] became an anthem for perestroika but also was sung during the protests of 2011 when Putin announced he was going to run once again for president after Medvedev, his 2nd in comman (think of Pence) served a 4-year term. Everyone who went to those protests knew the words. Tsoi also sings this song at the end of the film Асса [Assa] but in this video he’s singing in concert. Quite a presence. The chorus is below:
Перемен – требуют наши сердца [our hearts demand changes]
Перемен – требуют наши глаза [our eyes demand change]
в нашем смехе и наших слезах и пульсации вен [in our laughter and tears and the beat of our veins]
перемен – мы ждём перемен! [change – we’re waiting for change!]
(forgive my pedestrian translation)

Кино - Перемен Группа КИНО ♫https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX2Zz28HLCAO5NCSd5Y-Dgw/featuredФрагменты с концертов:Последний концерт "Лужники" 1990гКонцерт в СКК "Олимпийск...

https://international.ucla.edu/russianflagship/event/16161

May 3, 6-7, see info at link

From Soviet Hell to the Putin Nightmare: A Talk by Victor Erofeiev From Soviet Hell to the Putin Nightmare: A Talk by Victor Erofeiev

https://www.international.ucla.edu/euro/event/16152
Note: Sunday, April 23, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) for info see post below

Film Screening: 'Infinity According to Florian' Screening followed by a conversation with filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski

Witness History - The first dog in space - BBC Sounds Laika orbited Earth in 1957