Today we are talking about the Cold War and the Iron Curtain that separated the Soviet Union and socialist countries from the Western world for almost 50 years. Socialism vs. capitalism, reds vs. blues, tradition vs. revolution - you all know how the Cold War and the Iron Curtain looked from the perspective of the Western world. But how did the people of the Soviet Union perceive it? How did they see the distant and outlandish foreign world? Did they enjoy life in the relative isolation of the communist bloc, or did they want at least one glimpse beyond that impenetrable barrier?

00:00 - Introduction
02:09 - Before the Cold War
06:45 - "We Don't Need You"
10:15 - Tourism as a Window to Europe
12:18 - The Idealized West

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Hey there. Somehow you found my video and decided to watch it. So let me introduce myself. I'm Sergei and I'm from Russia. My channel is about my native country. I want to tell English-speaking viewers about the real Russia, about its past and present. Unfortunately, you can find a lot of propaganda about Russia on the Internet, both from the Russian media and from the Western ones. I want to tell you about Russia, as it really is, the country in which I was born, grew up, and lived all my life.


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