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Bestsellers of Moscow
Post-Soviet Russia's first bestseller lists, compiled by the weekly industry newspaper Knizhnoe obozrenie and published from late 1993 through 1998.
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Pro Eto - The Sexual Lives of the Disabled
Clip from Pro Eto hosted by Elena Khanga that brings together 1990s interest in sex with the increasing visibility of disabilities and the disintegration of state institutions previously entrusted with their care.
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Ekho Moskvy - 20 August 1991
Live coverage of the GKChP putsch in August 1991 from the Echo of Moscow radio station. Demonstrates the chaos of the moment, the putschists' failure to control their message, and the power of the newly independent media.
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Kino’s last concert (Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow)
Footage of a live Kino concert at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on June 24, 1990, roughly a month and half prior to frontman Viktor Tsoi's death in a car accident in rural Latvia. The footage shows the band at the very height of its popularity, as well as offering an unencumbered look at a country in transition: a heavy and conspicuous Soviet police detail is assigned to the event, while audience members wave both the Soviet flag and the Russian tricolor banner.
View ArtifactFront page of Komsomol'skaia pravda in new format
Front page of KP when the format of the printed version changed to adjust to 1990s print media reading habits and financial constraints
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The Non-governmental Control Committee, Barricade, Bolshaia Nikitinskaia street, 1998
Photograph of artists barricading Bolshaia Nikitinskaia street
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