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Russia in Five Babushka Dolls

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Vanora Bennett looks at five influential women in Russia's history.

Russia in Five Babushka Dolls: Series 1

Russia in Five Babushka Dolls: Series 1: Nadezhda Alliluyeva

10/10/2017

Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Russia in Five Babushka Dolls, Series 1, Nadezhda Alliluyeva

Vanora Bennett profiles Stalin's wife, born in 1901 in the Tsarist Russian south.

Vanora Bennett explores the life of Stalin's wife, born in 1901 to provincial revolutionaries in the Tsarist Russian south.

The Russian doll, that iconic, and rather kitsch, piece of classic folk art, expresses a profound vision of Russian life. The political ones, offering a sly joke about the continuity of a country that also prides itself on revolutionary change, are almost all men, yet women have played their part in Russian history too. 

In the second in the series, Vanora Bennett profiles the life of Stalin's wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva, born in 1901 to provincial revolutionaries in the Tsarist Russian south.

Producer Mark Rickards.

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