E29 Soviet New Year & Sympathy Seeker
Gladio Free Europe
English - December 29, 2021 06:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsSociety & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week, we popped open a bottle of Soviet Champagne to talk about Russian New Year and the 1997 film Sympathy Seeker. Why is New Year’s Eve such a big deal in the former Soviet Union? Why are there so many paintings of Lenin around a Christmas tree? Is the Soviet version of Santa really an evil spirit from Slavic myth?
All this and more as we dive into the history of holidays in the former USSR and the long history of wars against Christmas.
Hosted by Liam, Russian Sam, and Halal Sam.
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