# SOCIETY FOR CO-OPERATION IN RUSSIAN AND SOVIET STUDIES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1104012
- **Other names:** SCRSS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 28, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1104012


## Contact

- **Address:** Society For Co-Operation in Russian, &amp;amp; Soviet Stu, 320 Brixton Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW9 6AB
- **Phone:** 020 7274 2282
- **Email:** ruslibrary@scrss.org.uk
- **Website:** www.scrss.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE OF, AND TO PROMOTE STUDIES IN THE LANGUAGES, CULTURE, HISTORY AND LIFE OF RUSSIA AND THE OTHER COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES FORMERLY CONSTITUTING THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS.

**Activities:** Reference library, photographic archive and SCRSS archive from 1924, when the society was founded, to present day. Loan library of classic and contemporary Russian fiction and a range of other subjects. Russian language seminars, regular lectures, films and other events. Members&#x27; information digest three times a year and events email mailing list of Russian related events.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ralph Gibson** | Chair | May 21, 2005 |
| Andrew Jameson |  | May 20, 2000 |
| Bethany Aylward |  | May 20, 2017 |
| Christine Barnard |  | Sept. 22, 2012 |
| Christine Lindey |  | May 21, 2016 |
| Claire Weiss |  | May 17, 2025 |
| Diana Elizabeth Turner |  | May 21, 2016 |
| Jane Rosen |  | May 30, 2020 |
| Kate Clark |  | May 16, 2009 |
| Meirian Jump |  | May 13, 2023 |
| Michael Costello |  | May 16, 2015 |
| PROF BILL BOWRING |  |  |
| Philip Roy Matthews |  |  |
| Professor Jeremy Hicks |  | May 30, 2020 |
| Wendy Jane Ansley |  | May 13, 2023 |




