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1960s School Road Trip across the Soviet Union

Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Google PodcastsBecome a Patron! 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. … Read more

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