Remembering 1989 and its aftermaths in the depths of Russia
in Focaal
Author:
Caroline Humphrey
Caroline Humphrey
University of Cambridge ch10001@cam.ac.uk
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From a distance—I was glued to television and newspapers in Cambridge—nothing dramatic seemed to be happening in the Siberian provinces of Russia in 1989. All attention was focused on the amazing events in Germany, Czechoslova- kia, Romania, and Bulgaria; yet I remember not only my astonishment at the tumbling of regimes but also constant twinges of regret and impatience that I could not be there.