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Svetlana alexandrovna alexievich born 31 may 1948 in ivanofrankivsk is a belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in russian. With her cycle svetlana alexievich has established herself as the first major postcolonial author of postcommunism. May 29, 2016 secondhand time the last of the soviets by svetlana alexievich translated by bela shayevich 470 pp. The last of the soviets secondhand time by svetlana alexievich these blinks give some revolutionary insights into an epochmaking time in russias history.
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