Soviet Union
Reith Revisited. Series 1, Angela Stent on George Kennan. Audio, 14 minutes
A re-examination of George Kennan's 1957 Reith Lectures, 'Russia, the Atom and the West'.
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The Reunion. Solidarity. Audio, 45 minutes
Former leaders of Solidarity recall the bitter struggle for democracy in 1980s Poland.
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The Essay. Free Thinking 2017, Russia's Sacred Ruins. Audio, 15 minutes
Victoria Donovan explores the dilemmas of post-war reconstruction in Soviet Russia.
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The Essay. Free Thinking 2017, Alexander the Great's Lost City. Audio, 15 minutes
The story of Alexander the Great's lost city, buried beneath Bagram air base, Afghanistan.
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The Essay. Gun Culture, Sniper. Audio, 15 minutes
Nicholas Rankin explores the emergence of the deadly 'force reducer' that is the sniper.
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Sporting Witness. The "Phantom Game" in General Pinochet's Chile. Audio, 9 minutes
How a football international was played at a stadium being used as a torture centre.
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Sunday Feature. Not Suitable for Children. Audio, 45 minutes
Dr Sophie Coulombeau explores the limits of children's literature.
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The Essay. The Shopping News, Tirana. Audio, 15 minutes
Joanna Robertson on buying dreams of wealth in Tirana in the aftermath of communism.
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Sporting Witness. Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey Riots. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1969, a match between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia sparked unrest in Prague.
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Sunday Feature. Keeping in Steppe. Audio, 45 minutes
David Sneath looks at Mongolia, where culture is being transformed across the steppe.
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The Essay. Five Seismic Moments in New Music, Sara Mohr Pietsch on the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Audio, 15 minutes
Sara Mohr-Pietsch on the appetite in the west for eastern European music after 1989.
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Digitising Stalin. Audio, 28 minutes
For Stalin, privacy was key. So how would he feel about his secrets being revealed?
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Crossing Continents. Russia: Digging up the Dead. Audio, 28 minutes
Russia's volunteer diggers who continue to search for the remains of World War II soldiers
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The Reunion. The Courtauld Institute. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites five star pupils of the former spy Anthony Blunt.
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Sunday Feature. Great British Ideas, JA Hobson, Lenin and Anti-Imperialism. Audio, 45 minutes
Tristram Hunt discovers the decisive impact a liberal English journalist had on Lenin.
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MI6: A Century in the Shadows. Heroes and Villains. Audio, 30 minutes
What went on behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War?
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In Our Time. Lysenkoism. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg examines the destructive career of the Soviet geneticist Trofim Lysenko.
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The Speech that Shook the Kremlin. Audio, 23 minutes
On 25 February, 1956, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced Joseph Stalin
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The View From Moscow And Havana. Audio, 29 minutes
Documentary about the Cuban missile crisis and how nuclear war was averted
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Agenda. Russia – 10 Years after the End of the USSR. Audio, 26 minutes
Special report from Saint Petersburg on Russia's first decade after the Soviet Union
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Anthem. Soviet Union. Audio, 8 minutes
Irina Ratushinskaya reflects on the national anthem of the Soviet Union
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