Listening to WHERE THE JEWS AREN'T: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Autonomous Region (2016) - Masha Gessen (narrated by Christina Delaine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_Gessen#Bibliography
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Musician and anti-war activist #Pavel_Kushnir died in the #Birobidzhan pre-trial detention centre after a hunger strike. He was tried for criticizing #Putin.
The 39-year-old pianist died on July 27. He went on a hunger strike in the isolation centre and refused water in the last days. He was accused of calling for terrorism because of #YouTube videos criticizing #Putin in poetic form. Five people were subscribed to his channel.
An interesting lecture from a couple of years ago, about the Jewish Autonomous Region of the #USSR and some of the stories connected to it. https://youtu.be/jD44KCXJfXo?si=pxxrOM-AzM72VQmH Masha Gessen "Where the Jews Aren't: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia's Jewish Autonomous Region"
#History #Birobidzhan #Books #Authors #MashaGessen #Биробиджан #СССР #Yiddish
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