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Welcome to Episode 10 of Cold War Conversations.
Today we’re moving away from the GDR and Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union.
Jeremy Poynton was a 16 year old school boy in 1968 when he embarked on a memorable trip by road from Leningrad to Odessa.
He vividly describes a Soviet Union still struggling with poverty and a diverse range of peoples from city dwellers to remote Chechen villagers.
It’s a unique story as Jeremy details his experiences and the sights of a 1960s Soviet Union just as the Prague Spring was being suppressed
I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I did, we welcome Jeremy Poynton.
Films
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy BBC version
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb – Trailer
Battleship Potemkin – The Odessa steps sequence
Music
If you could invite three personalities from the cold war period to have a few pints with, who would they be?
Alexander Kerensky – Leader of the Provisional Government after the Russian Revolution
Mikhail Gorbachev – Last leader of the Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan – President of the United States