{"id":54572,"date":"2026-10-19T17:10:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/?p=54572"},"modified":"2026-10-19T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:10:36","slug":"%f0%9f%93%9a-the-samovar-society-an-english-language-book-club-at-the-russian-cultural-centre-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/en\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-samovar-society-an-english-language-book-club-at-the-russian-cultural-centre-in-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcda The Samovar Society: An English-Language Book Club at the Russian Cultural Centre in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2-766x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2-766x1024.png 766w, https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2-768x1026.png 768w, https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2-1149x1536.png 1149w, https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samovar2.png 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Share in the beauty of Russian literature\u2014no Russian required! Join us for the first meeting of the Samovar Society, a new book club bringing readers together over stories, conversation and good company. And of course, a samovar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All discussions will be in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Date: November 1, 2026<br>\ud83d\udd51 Time: 2:00 PM<br>\ud83d\udccd Venue: Russian Cultural Centre in Beijing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For our first meeting, we&#8217;ll explore three short stories by Anton Chekhov:<br>\u2022 The Lady with the Dog<br>\u2022 Anna on the Neck<br>\u2022 Gooseberries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please read the stories beforehand so we can spend our time sharing impressions, favourite moments and discussing the big questions. All three are readily available online in English translation.<br>\ud83d\udcac No previous experience with Russian literature is needed\u2014just curiosity and a willingness to share your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participation is free. Please scan the QR code to register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to welcoming you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share in the beauty of Russian literature\u2014no Russian required! Join us for the first meeting of the Samovar Society, a new book club bringing readers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":54570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[361],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54573,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54572\/revisions\/54573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/russianculture.cn\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}