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Michael Ignatieff discusses the important legacy of Nadjezjda Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova and Lydia Chukovskaya, and their refusal to accept Stalinist rule in Russia. Become a member of the Nexus Institute and check out the entire conference at https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/the-legacy-of-the-twentieth-century-2.

Excerpt from the Nexus Conference 1996, 'The Legacy of the Twentieth Century'.

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