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The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean: Gorbachev's decision
Was there any hint that the was going to fall when Rory Maclean was there in the spring of 1989? How important was Moscow and the decision that Gorbachev made? The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean, Part 2
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean: Putin's Russia
Does Putin feel like he is in a position of strength or is his troublemaking a profound weakness? Does Rory MacLean think we might be looking back at our failure of underestimating the Putin regime? The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory...
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean: Optimism of days past
What became of Rory Macleans optimism of those days when the wall fell? What are his thoughts on what went wrong in Russia? The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean, Part 3
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean: Revisiting West Berlin
What was West Berlin like just before the wall fell? When in West Berlin, how obvious was the wall at the time? The Fall of the Berlin Wall with Rory Maclean, Part 1
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Life In Soviet Gulags
The gut-wrenching system of forced labor camps was first established following the Russian Civil War. By the 1950s, the Gulags would stretch across the entirety of the Soviet Union's territory. It was arguably one of the darkest periods...
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INTERVIEW: Colin Farrell on the significance of the tattoos on the men in the Gulag at the The Way Back Press Conference at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
INTERVIEW: Colin Farrell on the significance of the tattoos on the men in the Gulag at the The Way Back Press Conference at London England. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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VOICED : Una anciana de 98 años, memoria viva de la resistencia ucraniana, pide a Putin que retroceda
A sus 98 años, Rozalia Choba lleva dentro de sí misma una parte de la historia de Ucrania: resistencia antinazi, gulag soviético y exilio (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Russia opens major gulag museum
Russia has opened a major new museum on the horrors of the Soviet gulag labour camp system (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE of prominent Russian Gulag historian Yury Dmitriyev
A Russian court on Monday increased a jail sentence for prominent Gulag historian Yury Dmitriyev to a total of 15 years on charges his supporters say are punishment for his work (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Russia Soviet packaging on display
CLEAN : Russia Soviet packaging on display