@Pushkin_House

An independent cultural centre and Bookshop in London. Sign up to our newsletter: https://xitter.cf/t.co/MG1j9jmQNE

 5a Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2TA
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Joined November 2009
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Together with @Klassiki_Online, we are delighted to present a film programme inspired by the science fiction of Strugatsky Brothers. Learn more: pushkinhouse.org/pages/after…
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Our bookshop is featured in yesterday’s issue of @ObserverUK ! Thank you to Rowan Moore @RowanMoore for visiting us and for writing about it so thoughtfully
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Charles Hecker@Charles_HeckerOct 1
Starting soon: a book talk with the @GB_Russia at the fabulous new @Pushkin_House bookstore. Catch the updated paperback edition here and everywhere.
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.@Pushkin_House has unveiled a new bookshop designed by renowned architect Alexander Brodsky. It comes amid the center's wider reassessment of its role and identity since 2022. themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/0…

Navigating Identity: A New Bookshop Reflects a Changing Pushkin House

Pushkin House in London has opened a new bookshop designed by Alexander Brodsky, the renowned Russian architect known for projects including the Joseph Brodsky museum in St.

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The Pushkin House Bookshop is back! We're delighted to welcome you to our new permanent home, designed by artist-architect Alexander Brodsky. shop.pushkinhouse.org/
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Andrew Jack@AJackSep 27
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Very well deserved — it’s a clever and lovely book!
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We are delighted to announce that Sophie Pinkham has just won the annual Pushkin House Book Prize for “The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires”! Our big congratulations to Sophie, and here's to many more books to come!
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We are delighted to announce that Sophie Pinkham has just won the annual Pushkin House Book Prize for “The Oak and the Larch: A Forest History of Russia and Its Empires”! Our big congratulations to Sophie, and here's to many more books to come!
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The @Pushkin_House Book Prize nominee discusses Russia’s recurring political cycles, the informal networks that sustain its system and the prospects for change after Putin. themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/2…

‘The Pendulum Is Unpredictable’: Alena Ledeneva on Russia’s Informal Rules of Power

Informal networks and unwritten rules have long shaped how power operates in Russia.

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.@lanaestemirova speaks to @Pushkin_House about her memoir “Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother and Me.” themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/1…

‘Writing Was Reclaiming That Power’: Lana Estemirova on Her Mother and the Chechen Wars

For Lana Estemirova, the history of Russia’s wars on Chechnya is inseparable from the story of her mother, Natalia Estemirova, a prominent human rights defender who documented abuses in the North...

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Kolesnikov’s book “The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin’s Ideology Took the Nation Hostage” has been shortlisted for the @Pushkin_House Book Prize. themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/2…

‘He’s a Person With a Mission’: Andrei Kolesnikov on Putin’s Ideology and Russia’s Future

Over more than two decades in power, President Vladimir Putin has built an ideology around Russia’s imperial history, confrontation with the West and his own role as the country’s indispensable...

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.@Pushkin_House Book Prize Festival 26 September: A panel exploring the neglect & censorship of the AIDS crisis in the Soviet Union & Russia Discussing Rustam Alexander’s shortlisted work “AIDS in Soviet Russia: A Story of Deception, Despair & Hope” INFO: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…

Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

Talk: Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

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“AIDS in Soviet Russia: A Story of Deception, Despair and Hope” has been shortlisted for the @Pushkin_House Book Prize, which will be announced in London on Sept. 26. themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/1…

‘Ignorance, Complacency and Lies Can Be Deadly’: Rustam Alexander on AIDS in Soviet Russia

As the global AIDS epidemic unfolded in the 1980s, Soviet authorities played down the threat and promoted the false claim that the U.S. had created the disease as a biological weapon.

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A rare occasion! The Price of Truth: Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov in Conversation with Patrick Forbes Hear the former editor of Novaya Gazeta in this event, organised by by @Pushkin_House on Tue 13 October 2026. Tickets available from: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…

The Price of Truth: Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov in Conversation with Patrick Forbes

Talk: The Price of Truth: Nobel Laureate Dmitry Muratov in Conversation with Patrick Forbes

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Join @Pushkin_House on September 26 for a discussion of AIDS in Soviet Russia with author Rustam Alexander & Prof. Dan Healey Examining state disinformation, the AIDS epidemic during perestroika & the history of LGBT+ activism in the USSR & beyond. INFO: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…

Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

Talk: Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

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What does it mean for a language to be "troublesome"? Simon Franklin talks to Ekaterina Schulmann about his new book on the Russian language. 15 Oct, 7–8:30 pm. Learn more: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…
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The Price of Truth: Nobel laureate and journalist Dmitry Muratov in Conversation with filmmaker Patrick Forbes. 13 October, 7:30–9 pm. Learn more: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…
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.@Pushkin_House Book Prize Festival 26 September: A panel exploring the neglect & censorship of the AIDS crisis in the Soviet Union & Russia Discussing Rustam Alexander’s shortlisted work “AIDS in Soviet Russia: A Story of Deception, Despair & Hope” INFO: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…

Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

Talk: Hidden Histories: AIDS, Activism, and Hope in Soviet Russia

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Who will take home the 2026 Pushkin House Book Prize this year? Join us as Sir Laurie Bristow @laurie_bristow announces this year's winner, plus a keynote from last year's winner @BenjaminNathans , book signings, and a closing reception. Tickets: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…
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Women, Conflict, Justice: The fight for human rights in Chechnya and beyond. @lanaestemirova, Philip Leach & @Sacha_Koula on memory, justice, and the legacy of the Chechen Wars. Moderated by Vera Tolz. 26 Sept, 1:15–2:30 pm Tickets: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/ev…
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