This inter-departmental committee, with broad membership across faculties, was established in 1987 with the following aims: i) in collaboration with the Faculty Boards concerned, to promote teaching and research in Russian and East European Studies; ii) to cooperate with outside bodies in the encouragement of research in these subjects; iii) to administer funds allocated for the purposes specified in i) and ii). The Committee organised regular seminars, presentations and discussions of interest to research students. It maintained a senior academic exchange link with St Petersburg and facilitated arrangements for scholars to visit Cambridge from the former USSR and Eastern Europe. Further details can be found on its website at http://www.camcrees.group.cam.ac.uk/.