{"title": "«Жизнь и судьба» Василия Гроссмана", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pushkin House", "address": "Bloomsbury Square 5a, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading group held in Russian, meeting in person at Pushkin House. It is dedicated to Vasily Grossman's «Жизнь и судьба». 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