Soviet Union
Witness History. The founding of Nato. Audio, 9 minutes
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion
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- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted17 March
Witness History. Crimea's Soviet holiday camp. Audio, 9 minutes
The hugely popular Soviet holiday camp, Artek
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Drama on 3. Bacon in Moscow. Audio, 89 minutes
Francis Bacon’s ground-breaking 1988 exhibition in the USSR. With Timothy Spall
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Witness History. Anna Akhmatova: The poet who defied a regime. Audio, 9 minutes
How the great poet kept writing even through the darkest days of Soviet history
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- Posted12 September 2023
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- Posted18 August 2023
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- Posted6 August 2023
Witness History. The US singer who became the Soviet Union’s Red Elvis. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1966, American Dean Reed was the first western rock star to tour the Soviet Union
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- Posted2 July 2023
Witness History. Uprising in East Germany. Audio, 9 minutes
On 16 June 1953 East German workers went on strike in protest at Soviet rule
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- Posted11 June 2023
Opening Lines. Kira Georgievna. Audio, 15 minutes
John Yorke explores Victor Nekrasov’s 1961 novel Kira Georgievna.
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- Posted21 March 2023
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- Posted12 March 2023
The Compass. The Invention Of Russia, Catherine the Great and the question of Europe. Audio, 27 minutes
How Catherine the Great extended Russian influence south and west
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The Compass. The Invention Of Russia, The Invention of Russia: The empire strikes back. Audio, 27 minutes
Misha Glenny looks at the development of Russia.
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The Documentary Podcast. The Night Witches of World War Two. Audio, 27 minutes
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
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Sunday Feature. Yiddish Glory. Audio, 44 minutes
Songs confiscated by the KGB, and thought lost.
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The Documentary Podcast. The Black Book. Audio, 50 minutes
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?
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- Available for over a year
