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First Impressions of Soviet Russia by J Howie
Comrade reporters recount a long journey from Australia to Moscow in 1921 to attend the New Trade Union International Congress. The writer describes travel hardships, the peasant economy, Moscow’s streets and trams, hotel life, and glimpses of church freedom under Bolshevik rule, noting language barriers and lingering doubts about Western depictions of Soviet Russia.
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