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SUMMARY:Blok in Pictures: A lecture marking the 145th anniversary of the p
 oet by Kseniia Gondyreva (in Russian) - Kseniia Gondyreva
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:On 28 November\, we celebrate the 145th anniversary of the bir
 th of Alexander Blok\, one of the most prominent poets of Russia’s Silve
 r Age. We invite you to mark this occasion with an unusual lecture\, “Bl
 ok in Pictures” — a story about the poet told not only through words b
 ut also through images\, paintings\, and drawings.\n\nYou will see pages f
 rom his childhood handwritten magazines\, illustrations for his works\, po
 rtraits of Blok created by his contemporaries\, as well as postcards from 
 his travels\, and his own drawings and caricatures.\n\nThis will be a vivi
 d and engaging journey through the visual world of the poet.\n\nAfter the 
 lecture\, everyone will be welcome to read their favourite poems by Blok o
 r other poets of the Silver Age.\n\nWhen: Saturday\, 29 November\, 18:00-2
 0:00 (GMT)\n\nWhere: Audit Room\, King’s College\, King’s Parade\, Cam
 bridge\, CB2 1ST\n\nLanguage: Russian\n\nFormat: In-person\n\nTickets: Fre
 e\, donations at the event are welcome\n\nPlease book via AllEvents\, http
 s://shorturl.at/59IHV\n\n\nKseniia Gondyreva is a teacher of art and liter
 ature at the Cambridge Russian Academy. She previously worked as an educat
 ional programme curator at the A. A. Blok Memorial Apartment Museum (St Pe
 tersburg).\nShe is the author of museum publications and guidebooks\, as w
 ell as tours of Petersburg’s Kolomna district and the museums of Cambrid
 ge and London.
LOCATION:Audit Room\, King’s College\, King’s Parade\, Cambridge\, CB2
  1ST
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