Chapter III: Beating the Soviet System

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Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Keeping the Flame

Dmitry Sitkovetsky

9 episodes

6 days ago

Soviet Russia. The 1970s. A young violinist from a renowned musical family flees his homeland in search of freedom. This is the story of Dmitry Sitkovetsky — a family memoir, a portrait of the Russian intelligentsia, and a journey through music and exile.

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Chapter III: Beating the Soviet System

Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Keeping the Flame

21 minutes

1 month ago

Chapter III: Beating the Soviet System

Dmitry paints a portrait of a Brezhnev-era child’s double life: acting the part of model pioneer in front of teachers and rebelling the moment authority’s back turned — seeking out forbidden writers, music, and ideas.

This episode asks: How do you navigate a society where authority controls every facet of life?

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Episode cover: a fragment of a photograph from the Central Music School in Moscow, 1961–1972.

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