History of the Russian presence in Britain is embodied in this book

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History of the Russian presence in Britain is embodied in a book

26/11/201002: 25

LONDON, 26 November - BBC News, Alexander Smotrov, Elena Pakhomov. Stories about famous people from Russia and related areas in the United Kingdom was the book "The Russian presence in Britain", presented on Thursday evening in London, reports RIA Novosti.

Work on the book took several years, during which were collected by a variety of topics, styles and epochs of history. Their authors were all sorts of people - from the British military historian and scholar Russists to Russian conductors, teachers and writers.

"The Russian presence in Britain" - is, among other things, history of the Pushkin House in London, the story of his arrival in the UK writer Korney Chukovsky cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Valery Bykov, biographical sketch of the legendary "flying prince" Alexander Obolensky, which received the nickname for swiftness on the field for the game of rugby and a career pilot.

One of the compilers of the book Natalia Makarova told at the presentation of Pushkin House, that this collection is the first step large eponymous project. In the near future to release an English version of the book, which is not so difficult because of the material has already been provided in English. Editors received more texts than expected, so not far off release the second volume and launch of the website project.

"The book is designed to raise awareness of the very Russian community of the role played by immigrants from Russia in the social, cultural and scientific life of this country, the overall role of Russian culture in the UK", - said Makarov.

The publication covers the past, but also reflects current trends, the similarity of the current wave of Russian immigrants and visitors from Britain those who came to the island 100 years ago.

"This is not dry facts of history, this is the real lives of real people. And the Russian businessmen, who came to Britain in the late XX century, like those who came here at the end of the XIX-th century," - said another compiler of Oksana Morgunova.

The book is published with the support of the Russian Embassy in the UK as part of a broader program of publication of such literature in different countries.

http://www.rian.ru/culture/20101126/300998050.html

[Мимопроходил]

Several of the other operas, but with regards to the Russian-British relations ... Yesterday gave an amusing fact. In England, on the border with Scotland, there is a fortress of Berwick, for which neighbors often fought. Fort passed from hand to hand until after it did not have consolidated a separate status. Hereinafter:
"In the beginning of the Crimean War, Britain declared war on Russia on behalf of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, Berwick-upon-Tweed and other British possessions. The war ended in 1856, but in the Paris peace agreements, the city of negligence was not made reference to officially remained at war with Russia over the next 110 years. In 1966, a representative of the Foreign Ministry paid a visit to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and proclaimed the world. The mayor replied: "Give the Russian people that they can finally sleep in peace" .
De jure, Russia, as successor to the USSR, is still at war with the English town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.