Stephan Roman’s talk explores the complex historical relationship between Imperial Russia and Britain

Relations between Russia and Britain are now at their lowest point since the Cold War. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has put the Anglo-Russian relationship under enormous strain. Putin sees himself as the inheritor and protector of a Russian imperial tradition which stretches back to Peter the Great, the first Tsar to visit Britain in 1698

Stephan Roman’s talk explores the complex historical relationship between Imperial Russia and Britain during three hundred years of Romanov rule and demonstrates that the events of the past continue to echo today in powerful and disturbing ways.

Stephan Roman is the author of ‘Isle and Empires: Romanov Russia, Britain and the Isle of Wight’.