8th December 2015
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I visited Arkhangelsk in late November as part of our annual visits to the cemeteries in North West Russia where British and Allied servicemen died during World War One, World War Two and the Allied Intervention period of 1918-19. Please see my recent blog about the visit to Murmansk by the Ambassadors of the UK, Australia, […]
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30th November 2015
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St Andrew’s Day will be celebrated in St Petersburg, Moscow and other cities across Russia on 30 November. Both Moscow and St Petersburg have hosted annual St Andrew’s Day balls for many years and will do so again this year. The Scotland and Russia relationship is full of rich history and culture dating back over […]
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27th November 2015
History is all around us. From the buildings that adorn our towns and cities to the relics of past civilisations. These objects make up our cultural heritage – providing an insight into what went before us and linking us back to our past. But work is needed to ensure the preservation of historical icons, for […]
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23rd November 2015
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As an important part of our annual Remembrance events in Russia every November, the British Embassy Moscow and the Consulate General in St Petersburg always visits the cemeteries in North West Russia where British and allied servicemen died during World War One, World War Two and the Allied Intervention period of 1918-19. To mark the […]
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11th November 2015
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We held our annual Remembrance Sunday service in St Petersburg on Sunday 8 November. This is always an important event which brings together the British community as well as church members from Russia and other countries to honour and remember those who were killed in World War One and Two, as well as later conflicts. […]
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9th November 2015
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The city of Pskov, which lies some 300kms south of St Petersburg, lost nine of its citizens when the Russian aircraft crashed in Egypt on 31 October. The flight had taken off from Sharm el-Sheikh earlier that morning en route to St Petersburg. All 224 passengers and crew on board the flight were killed. This […]
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21st October 2015
I was delighted to have been invited to participate in a seminar on the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta at the British Consulate General in St Petersburg on 13-14 October. It was an honour to join the distinguished British Professor David Carpenter to discuss the history of Magna Carta and its impact on legal […]
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4th September 2015
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My latest regional visit took me to the historical city of Arkhangelsk, which lies on the banks of the Northern Dvina River in north west Russia. Arkhangelsk is a fascinating city which is full of rich British/Russian history and indeed is where the British/Russian relationship began following the arrival of the explorer and navigator Richard […]
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28th August 2015
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One of the really interesting parts of my job as Consul General in the North West Federal District of Russia is that I get to visit many fascinating places filled with rich history. It’s a very large and diverse geographical area with a population of around 13.6 million. St Petersburg is the largest city and […]
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3rd June 2015
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Guest post by Keith Allan, Consul General in St. Petersburg The Russian ice-breaker, the Krasin, was built in Newcastle in 1916-17 and went on to play an important role in the Arctic Convoys of World War II. In this blog, Consul General Keith Allan talks about his recent visit to Newcastle University where a model […]
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