#176 Renaming of St. Petersburg

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As the communist system in the former Soviet Union was collapsing in 1991, the people of Leningrad voted to drop Vladimir Lenin's name abandoning the city's revolutionary heritage and returning to its historic name of St Petersburg. Dina Newman spoke to Ludmilla Narusova, wife of ...  Show more

Why be an illiterate Siberian peasant when you can be a sought after curiosity in St. Petersburg. sponsor: awaytravel.com/revolutions 

Listen to Lars' story about moving to Berlin from small-town Russia, all in German. Find the transcript to this episode here: https://bit.ly/3t3lwph We recommend that you listen to everything a few times in order to train your ear and get the most out of the story! We'd love to g ...  Show more

[Episode 1 of 4] Welcome to our new four part series on the latter years of the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to power. Today's episode focuses on Brezhnev, Putin's formative years, his early KGB career and Gorbachev's descent into chaos. W ...  Show more