<description>&lt;p&gt;Alexander McConnell talks with Olga Medvedkova, a Soviet antiwar activist whose arrest garnered worldwide attention in 1983. In light of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what can we learn from Medvedkova and the Soviet peace movement?&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Reverb Effect

University of Michigan Department of History

Season 5, Episode 3: “Peace to the World”: Lessons from the Soviet Antiwar Underground

FEB 20, 202435 MIN
Reverb Effect

Season 5, Episode 3: “Peace to the World”: Lessons from the Soviet Antiwar Underground

FEB 20, 202435 MIN

Description

Alexander McConnell talks with Olga Medvedkova, a Soviet antiwar activist whose arrest garnered worldwide attention in 1983. In light of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what can we learn from Medvedkova and the Soviet peace movement?