Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal.

When Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, sister of Alexandra, last Tsarina of Russia, lost her husband Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich to assassination in 1905, she renounced her wealth and privilege and turned to good works. In 1907 she founded the Marfo-Mariinsky (Martha-Mary) Convent of Mercy in Moscow, as a recovery home for wounded soldiers, and to provide shelter for the sick and poor.

Later this month Sotheby’s is set to offer works by some of the most pre-eminent creators of Russian art in dedicated online sales of Russian Pictures and Works of Art, Fabergé and Icons, open for bidding from 26 May – 2 June and 9 – 17 June respectively.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama, together with the St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music, the Mariinsky Opera, and the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire, celebrate the UK-Russia Year of Music with a series of events, concerts and masterclasses in both countries.

A unique and exclusive annual star-studded ballet event in London, firmly established as one of the highlights of London’s cultural and social calendar. 

The Awards ceremony took place on Saturday 30th November in the stunning art deco ballroom of the Sheraton Grand Park Lane Hotel on Piccadilly in London’s Mayfair.

Kazakhstan's oldest theatre, the Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, makes its UK debut at the London Coliseum on Sunday, November 17^th with performances of the classic one-act ballets Chopiniana (left) and Scheherazade.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 19TH –  SATURDAY JUNE 29TH

PORTRAIT OF A DANCE SUPERSTAR

Russian Film Week opened on Sunday, 25th November with a screening of the drama ‘The Story of An Appointment’ by Avdotya Smirnova at Empire IMAX Leicester Square.

In an epic 28-part project, David Urban will travel across the length and breadth of the world’s biggest country, Russia, to film every UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Russian Federation.

LONDON, 12 April 2016: The London Book Fair opened its doors to publishing professionals from over 124 countries, top authors and aspiring writers today as the 45^th Fair commenced.