Soviet Popular Culture How far has the new openness of the Gorbachev regime allowed the popular arts to flourish independent of state control?
Martin Walker of the Guardian reports from Moscow.
Fashion: SIava Tsaitsev is the Soviet Yves St Laurent and designs Raisa Gorbachev's wardrobe - but there is also a highly inventive avant-garde fashion movement.
Cars: Soviet automobiles are prized possessions, very limited in range, but amateur car clubs are busy customising the standard Ladas and Choikas to give them a distinctive identity. Theatre: The Mayakovsky
Theatre Company is bringing its production of Vassiliev's Tomorrow Was War to
Britain's National Theatre next week. It's about the youth of the 40s and their response to the War - and their hopes for the future. Plus an independent company of breakdancers,
Russian rock music and the Obshestvo Parmit
Preservation Society dedicated to conserving the Soviet Union's architectural past.
Production assistant CASSIE BRABAN Director DAISY GOODWIN Producer KEVIN LOADER Editor JOHN ARCHER