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Imperium

by Ryszard Kapuściński, Klara Glowczewska

An account of travels across the collapsing Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991, covering over 40,000 miles from Siberia to the Afghan border. It analyses the daily lives of ordinary citizens amidst the political turmoil of the empire's demise.

Accession 26366 ISBN 0140140697 Publisher Granta
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