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Black October, Part 2

The Troika

John Ganz
Oct 10, 2023
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Soviet Union's Collapse Gets Revisionist View (Op-ed) - The Moscow Times
Yeltsin in Happier Times, Khasbulatov is partially visible on the right (TASS)

A reader had asked me to record a kind of mini-podcast of my first Black October piece, and I said I would give this a shot. I did, but I found it extremely awkward and time-consuming to read aloud. It required multiple takes as I stumbled over words and I just don’t feel like…

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