The Khrushchev Thaw
In the 1950s Soviet citizens were allowed to buy tape recorders for the first time.
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
February 26, 20148m 59s
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Show Notes
In the late 1950s the Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, denounced his predecessor, Stalin. Russians were able to buy tape recorders and listen to rock music. Witness hears from one man who benefitted from the period by becoming a musician himself.
[Photo: Zinovy Zinik in 1975. Credit: Slava Tsukerman]