A Conversation with Boris Akunin “Russia: Its Past, Present and Future”

On 29 April CamRuSS hold a conversation with Boris Akunin, one of the most celebrated writers of post-Soviet Russia. For the last ten years, Grigorii Chkhartishvili has focused on his big project, “The History of the Russian State”, which, he claims, is “non-ideological”, based solely on facts. Each of the nine volumes is accompanied by a book of fiction set in the same period, where numerous allusions to modern Russia are easily recognisable. No wonder that the topic of our conversation with the author is “Russia: Its Past, Present and Future”.

Our conversation with Boris Akunin will be led by Dr Jana Howlett, Emerita Lecturer in Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge and Emerita Fellow of Jesus College. Jana is a historian specialising in medieval and modern Russian art and culture. All proceeds will be split between the fundraising campaign «Настоящая Россия» (“True Russia Against the War”) and CamRuSS charity’s new dedicated fund to provide targeted help for those fleeing the war in Ukraine and their host families.

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