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A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism

On the Media by WNYC Studios

May 27, 202600:29:20News & Politics

From apparatchik to samizdat, Russians have lots of words for describing life under an oppressive government.

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A Russian Phrasebook for Surviving Authoritarianism is an episode from On the Media by WNYC Studios. From apparatchik to samizdat, Russians have lots of words for describing life under an oppressive government. The episode was published on...

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Published May 27, 2026, 00:29:20 long, audio available.