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Robert Hornsby, associate professor in modern European history at the University of Leeds, tells the remarkable story of the ‘Soviet sixties’, an era of reform, controversy, optimism and Cold War confrontation in the Soviet Union. Hear how ideological romanticism of the revolutionary years was revived, mass terror was reined in, Stalinist cultural dogmas were challenged, and young people rebelled. Hornsby paints a colourful picture of the tumultuous years that transformed the lives of Soviet citizens and reshaped the wider world.