Rebel Generation
Sergei Grushko, who works at the Moscow office of Friends House Moscow, spends much of his time translating Quaker books into Russian and publishing them – both on our website and in print editions. This year he surprised us...
Ups and downs of virtual meetings
A reflection by Julie Harlow in the run-up to the FHM Board meeting in November 2020 I look forward to the meetings of the International Board of Friends House Moscow. They are once-a-year reunions of old friends mixed with...
Refugee tales
This interesting article is from Meduza, an international publication released in Russian and English. It tells the stories of twelve refugees who are seeking official refugee status in Russia. They talk about how and why they arrived in Russia, and...
Music in the lockdown
This charming music video is about life in the Moscow coronavirus lockdown. Starring the family of our Friend Sergei, who helps to run the service provider company that delivers charitable work for Friends House Moscow. Sergei’s wife Natalia is...
From Moscow Policemen to the Moscow Mayor:
“Sergei Semyonich! Get up!” ” We infected all of Moscow for you!” ” Honest! We did!” ” And traffic jams everywhere!” On April 15, Moscow’s new coronavirus control system of electronic passes went into effect. The design, unfortunately, did...
European Young Friends meet in Russia
Peter Doubtfire of Young Friends General Meeting (part of Britain Yearly Meeting) reports on the EMEYF Gathering in Russia in April 2019 25 young adult Quakers and 10 children gathered in the village of Peski near St Petersburg for...
Were there Quakers in Russia?
This article first appeared in The Friend on 15 February 2018 under the title “A Russian tale”. It is reproduced here by permission. The picture is a view of Buzuluk, painted by Richard Kilbey who was a member of...
The Chertkov Archives
In 2016 Friends House Moscow supported a project to preserve the archive of documents belonging to Vladimir Chertkov, who was Tolstoy’s literary executor and the organiser of the Russian pacifist movement in the early 20th Century. The following article...
Daniel Wheeler and the draining of the St Petersburg marshes
2018 is the 200th anniversary of when the marshes around St Petersburg began to be drained by the Quaker Daniel Wheeler. When Tsar Alexander wanted to undertake this project, he contacted the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain with...
Remembering Eleanor
Eleanor Barden, 24 February 1932 – 26 March 2018 A Memorial, by Sergei Nikitin Sad news has come from Northampton Quaker Meeting — Eleanor Barden is dead. I met Eleanor a very long time ago, 20 years ago. She...