Further Reading

The Illustrious Legacy of Alexander Pushkin

The Illustrious Legacy of Alexander Pushkin

Described in Russia as simply ‘nash vse’ (our everything), the legacy that Pushkin left on Russian society and literature is monumental. Celebrate the 227th anniversary of his birth with this...

Eastern European

The Illustrious Legacy of Alexander Pushkin

By Eleanor Moore

Described in Russia as simply ‘nash vse’ (our everything), the legacy that Pushkin left on Russian society and literature is monumental. Celebrate the 227th anniversary of his birth with this...

Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

Eastern European

Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

By Eleanor Moore

Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

Ukrainian Modernism

Ukrainian Modernism

The Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s , is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of...

Eastern European

Ukrainian Modernism

A visit to the Royal Academy in London by Eleanor Moore

The Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s , is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of...

Banned, Censored, Exiled Shapero Rare Books

Banned, Censored, Exiled

Discover the world of Soviet Era Literature. A time when Russian writers defied totalitarian control to create art out of hardship.

Eastern European

Banned, Censored, Exiled

Censorship of Books in the Soviet Union

Discover the world of Soviet Era Literature. A time when Russian writers defied totalitarian control to create art out of hardship.

Russian Art & Theatre - Latest Russian Catalogue Shapero Rare Books

Russian Art & Theatre: Latest Russian Catalogue

Our story begins at the end of the nineteenth century with the fairytale illustrated by Sergey Malyutin which was revolutionary in terms of book illustration as it incorporated design into...

Arts & Architecture

Russian Art & Theatre: Latest Russian Catalogue

Our story begins at the end of the nineteenth century with the fairytale illustrated by Sergey Malyutin which was revolutionary in terms of book illustration as it incorporated design into...

St Petersburg Shapero Rare Books

St Petersburg: Books from the Russian Imperial Era

On the boggy delta of the Neva, Peter the Great founded his ‘window to the West’ in 1703. Through sheer determination and at the cost of thousands of lives, European...

Eastern European

St Petersburg: Books from the Russian Imperial Era

On the boggy delta of the Neva, Peter the Great founded his ‘window to the West’ in 1703. Through sheer determination and at the cost of thousands of lives, European...