Tom Parfitt (@parfitt

Tom Parfitt

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Tom Parfitt

@parfitt_tom

Non-fiction writer about people, places, belonging. Author of the memoir High Caucasus, geni.us/highcaucasus. Journalism @thetimes on Russia etc.

Joined August 2011

Tom Parfitt
@parfitt_tom
May 17
Please note, this is on Thursday June 4 (info via the link), not June 6:
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Tom Parfitt
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May 15
Two fine new, on-the-ground books help parse Russian attitudes towards the war on Ukraine, from business execs to Wagner mercenaries, a caviar producer, weed-puffing hippies, a tennis mum and a sausage oligarch. My review, in @TheTLS: the-tls.com/history/twenti…
Tom Parfitt
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May 15
Place of spirits, hunting ground, sanctuary, muse, timber source for conquering ships - come and hear Sophie Pinkham talk to me about her wondrous environmental history of Russia's forests. June 4, London, ticket details below.
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Tom Parfitt
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May 14
Memorial has written a touching tribute to Nina Litvinova, and her quiet, determined work to help political prisoners: t.me/memorialsociet…
Tom Parfitt
@parfitt_tom
May 13
The death, possibly suicide, in Moscow yesterday of Nina Litvinova, a zoologist, is a reminder of a fascinating, complex family. She was sister to a prominent Soviet dissident + granddaughter of Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maksim Litvinov and his British wife, Ivy, pictured here
Tom Parfitt
@parfitt_tom
May 13
The death, possibly suicide, in Moscow yesterday of Nina Litvinova, a zoologist, is a reminder of a fascinating, complex family. She was sister to a prominent Soviet dissident + granddaughter of Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maksim Litvinov and his British wife, Ivy, pictured here

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