For a period in the 1950s known as the Khruschev Thaw, the Soviet Republics enjoyed a brief moment of relative autonomy from the heavy handed leadership of …
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Episode 70: Slavery and Abolition in Iran
The untimely death of a black man causes a stir in the press, causing intellectuals and activists to point to a long history of slavery and institutionalized …
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Episode 69: The Amateur Photography Movement in the Soviet Union
In its early days, photography occupied an awkward middle ground between documentation and an art form, a debate which dragged on in the west for decades. The …
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