EPISODE · Sep 13, 2016 · 49 MIN
DocArchive (1988): Days in Moscow, Nights in Leningrad
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
In Gorbachev’s Russia of 1988, perestroika was a political movement which reformed the Communist Party and the country as a whole. The development had impacts on culture, religion and society in Moscow and Leningrad at the time. Censorship was lifted on the playing of rock music and the Bolshoi and Kirov theatres expanded. (First Broadcast 1988)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In Gorbachev’s Russia of 1988, perestroika was a political movement which reformed the Communist Party and the country as a whole. The development had impacts on culture, religion and society in Moscow and Leningrad at the time. Censorship was lifted...
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