Post-Soviet Union: meet former Soviet dissidents Litvinov and Venclova
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THIS PROGRAM IS IN ENGLISH.
Pavel Litvinov and Tomas Venclova, two among the most prominent members of the Soviet dissident movement, analyze the impact of the movement on the development of the Russian state, its legacy as well as the current political climate in Russia.
Pavel Litvinov is a scientist and prominent human rights activist. He was one of seven protesters who demonstrated on the Red Square in Moscow when the Soviet tanks entered Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Tomas Venclova is the most important Lithuanian poet of our time. He was one of the founders of Lithuanian Helsinki Group.
They are joined by Irene Caesar, a photographer who presents her recent series of portraits of the Soviet dissidents.
THIS PROGRAM IS IN ENGLISH.