Our web site crashed in December 2014 and we have now updated our web presence to make it more accessible to ipads and mobile phones. It will take some time to recover our old material, but we hope that this can be done in a format that will be easier for members and friends of […]
Nadia Yevstigneyeva Nadia Yevstigneyeva was elected president of Russian Heritage for 2015 – 2017 at the annual meeting held on May 2 at Eckerd College. Also elected for two-year terms were Vladimir Malkin, vice president: Bill Parsons, secretary; and Vera Cimino, treasurer. The new board of directors met on Sunday, […]
For the first meeting of the season, Russian Heritage presents a concert of Russian music by “Bard” singer Valentin Vikhorev from St. Petersburg, Russia. The concert will begin at 7pm on September 3 at the Russian American Club (2920 Beach Boulevard) in Gulfport. Valentin is well known in St. Petersburg as a composer, performer, and […]
Sunday, April 10 at 3pm. Demonstration of Russian Easter Eggs and Learning How to Make Them Program by Mary Stenov at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (738 Pinellas Point Drive South) in St. Petersburg. Come to learn more about this important Russian Easter tradition. Friday, April 15. SPIFFS International Ball at the German American Club (8098 […]
Dear Members and Friends of Russian Heritage, If you have not signed up for the Old Russian New Year Gala, it is not too late. Come Celebrate the 15th Anniversary Old Russian New Year’s Celebration Gala on Friday, January 14, 2011 at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club (11 Central Avenue) in St. Petersburg, Florida, 33701. […]
Come Celebrate the 15th Anniversary Old Russian New Year’s Celebration Gala on Friday, January 14, 2011 at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club (11 Central Avenue) in St. Petersburg, Florida. Reception: 6pm – Welcome 6:45pm – Dinner 7pm Dance to the Music of Boris & Friends With Russian Father Frost and Snow Maiden! Black Tie Optional. […]
Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva will be the subject of a poetry discussion sponsored by Russian Heritage on Friday, October 29 at 4pm at the Russian American Club (2920 Beach Blvd.) in Gulfport. Free admission. Refreshments will be served. The presentation and discussion will be in English, led by Professors Bill Parsons of Eckerd College […]
“The Last Station” is a biographical film about the last year of the life of Leo Tolstoy, being shown at Eckerd College the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The film shows the difficulties he was having with his wife Sofia at the time in Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy’s country estate. The film is less about Tolstoy’s literature, and […]
On Saturday, September 25 Russian Heritage will present the engaging story of Gala, the Russian wife of Salvador Dali. Gala was born in 1894 in Russia and lived there until she went to Switzerland in 1913. In 1917 she married the Surrealist poet Paul Eluard. She met Salvador Dali in 1929, and they married in […]
ON AUGUST 11 AT 10:00 AM IN THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, MEET CATHERINE THE GREAT. Nan Colton represents Empress Catherine the Great and her plans to develop a great art collection at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nan does a great job representing Catherine, and if you have not […]