Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking:  A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya Von Bremzen Led by Deborah McKnight, TMORA Docent Registration opens October 23rd, 2017 at 9:00am - This is a free event.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. REGISTER HERE Born in 1963, in an era of bread shortages, Anya grew up in a communal Moscow apartment where eighteen families shared one kitchen. She sang odes to Lenin, black-marketeered Juicy Fruit gum at school, watched her father brew moonshine, and, like most Soviet citizens, longed…

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Led by Pat Spaulding, TMORA Docent         RSVP This is a free event.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. A Gentleman in Moscow is the utterly entertaining second novel from the author of Rules of Civility. Amor Towles skillfully transports us to The Metropol, the famed Moscow hotel where movie stars and Russian royalty hobnob, where Bolsheviks plot revolutions and intellectuals discuss the merits of contemporary Russian writers, where spies spy, thieves thieve and…

  Saturday, February 10, 2018 | 10:30am |  The Museum of Russian Art Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale Led by Ruth Ann Benson, TMORA Docent Registration opens January 13, 2018.   REGISTER HERE This is a free event.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. In April 1917, as the Russian Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication sent shockwaves across war-torn Europe, the future leader of the Bolshevik revolution Vladimir Lenin was far away, exiled in Zurich. When the news reached him, Lenin immediately…

The Romanov Bride by Robert Alexander Led by Wendi Sott, TMORA Docent This is a free event.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. CLICK TO REGISTER Book groups and historical fiction buffs have made Robert Alexander's two previous novels word-of-mouth favorites and national bestsellers. Set against a backdrop of Imperial Russia's twilight, The Romanov Bride has the same enduring appeal. The Grand Duchess Elisavyeta's story begins like a fairy tale-a German princess renowned for her beauty and kind heart marries the…

Exclusive to Members of The Museum of Russian Art, a small group book discussion group led by a different docent each month. All books are available in TMORA Museum Store at The Museum of Russian Art. ***Space is limited.  Advanced registration is recommended.*** TMORA MEMBER RSVP February's discussion will be led by TMORA docent, Deborah McKnight The Ransom of Russian Art by John McPhee In the 1960's and 1970's, American professor Norton Dodge forayed on his own in the Soviet Union,…