The Birth of the Russian Media (1985-1991)
30 years ago, Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the Soviet Union, ushering in a brief, but tumultuous period of reforms that included the 1990 law abolishing state censorship of media. Natalia Rostova discussed her project, "The Birth of the Russian Media: Epoch of Gorbachev (1985-1991)," which studies how a free press was developed in a previously closed society.
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