# Event Details - **Event Name**: Eyewitness Аccount of the Russian War in Chechnya - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm - **Event Description**: A SSEES Culture and Society in Modern Russia seminar with Irena Brežná. This event will be delivered in Russian.About this EventIn 1996, Swiss journalist Irena Brežná travelled to Chechnya to meet and write a report on the work and activities of Chechen women under Russian bombs and missiles. She lived with them in the ruins under shelling and befriended courageous anti-war activists. Irena returned to the North Caucasus four times to meet her friends. Upon returning to Switzerland, she organised aid packages for Chechen women and other humanitarian projects. In her speech, Irena Brežná will talk about her experience in this forgotten war without rules.(in Russian)В 1996 году швейцарская журналистка Ирена Брежна поехала в Чечню, чтобы познакомится и написать репортаж о жизни и деятельности чеченских женщин под российскими бомбами и ракетами. Она жила в руинах под обстрелами и подружилась с мужественными антивоенными активистками. Ирэна четыре раза возвращалась на Северный Кавказ, чтобы встретиться со своими подругами. Возвращаясь в Швейцарию, она организовывала посылки помощи и другие гуманитарные проекты для чеченских женщин.В своем выступлении Ирена Брежна расскажет о своем опыте в этой забытой войне без правил.Bio in EnglishIrena Brežná is a Slovak-born Swiss writer and journalist. Following the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, she emigrated to Switzerland. Irena read Slavonic studies, philosophy, and psychology at the University of Basle. In addition to being a writer and journalist, she worked as a psychologist and an interpreter for refugees. An Amnesty International activist and she also served as a war correspondent in Chechnya. She writes mostly in German and has received numerous prizes in Switzerland, Germany and Slovakia for her journalism and literary work, including, in 2002, and the Theodor Wolff Prize for her war reportage from Chechnya. In 2021 the German PEN Centre awarded her the prestigious Hermann Kesten Prize for her writing and commitment to human rights. She has published several collections of essays, short stories and reportages, as well as the novels Schuppenhaut (1989) and Die beste aller Welten (2008). Her third novel, The Thankless Foreigner, published in German in 2012, received the Swiss Literature Prize and has been translated into nine languages.Bio in RussianИрена Брежна — швейцарская писательница и журналистка словацкого происхождения. После вторжения советских войск в Чехословакию в 1968 году она эмигрировала в Швейцарию. Ирена изучала славистику, философию и психологию в Базельском университете. Помимо писательской и журналистской деятельности, она работала психологом и переводчиком для беженцев. Aктивистка Amnesty International, она также работала военным корреспондентом в Чечне. Ирена пишет преимущественно на немецком языке. Она получила множество наград в Швейцарии, Германии и Словакии за свою журналистскую и литературную деятельность, в том числе в 2002 году — премию Теодора Вольфа з военные репортажи из Чечни. В 2021 году Немецкий ПЕН-центр наградил ее престижной премией Германа Кестена за ее творчество и приверженность делу защиты прав человека. Она опубликовала несколько сборников эссе, рассказов и репортажей, а также романы «Schuppenhaut» («Шелушащаяся кожа») (1989) и «Die beste aller Welten» (Лучший из миров» (2008). Ее третий роман «The Thankless Foreigner» («Неблагодарная иностранка»), опубликованный на немецком в 2012 году, получил Швейцарскую литературную премию и был переведен на девять языков.Image credit: Brežná in Chechnya 1996, Valery Shchekoldin - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/eyewitness-Аccount-of-the-russian-war-in-chechnya/100001976580352041 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Feyewitness-ccount-of-the-russian-war-in-chechnya-tickets-1976580352041 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Bloomsbury Campus (exact location TBC) - **lat**: 51.5072178 - **long**: -0.1275862 - **full address**: Bloomsbury Campus (exact location TBC), TBC, London, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: UCL SSEES (https://allevents.in/org/ucl-ssees/22498653) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/cec95e170364755cf4631e5f6bd81e49f7488556df14dc895dcf57e08b7e30aa-rimg-w1200-h848-dcf7f6ee-gmir.jpg?v=1767362165 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/1b5473d4c39388d71d09994b895ef704624d02dceb873a327fd5e5b6e1b6b934-rimg-w400-h400-dcf7f5ed-gmir.jpg?v=1767362165 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Bloomsbury Campus (exact location TBC), TBC, London, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** UCL SSEES - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, literary-art, workshops - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Eyewitness Аccount of the Russian War in Chechnya ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Eyewitness Аccount of the Russian War in Chechnya", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/cec95e170364755cf4631e5f6bd81e49f7488556df14dc895dcf57e08b7e30aa-rimg-w1200-h848-dcf7f6ee-gmir.jpg?v=1767362165", "startDate": "2026-02-04", "endDate": "2026-02-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/eyewitness-Аccount-of-the-russian-war-in-chechnya/100001976580352041", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Bloomsbury Campus (exact location TBC)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "TBC", "postalCode": "TBC", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.5072178", "longitude": "-0.1275862" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A SSEES Culture and Society in Modern Russia seminar with Irena Brežná. 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