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1981. What killed gay Soviet writer Yevgeny Kharitonov?

Gay in the 80s Posted on June 3, 2013 by Colin ClewsJune 3, 2013

As we’re only too aware today, life for Russian lesbians and gay men has rarely been easy. The brief period of liberalisation that followed the Russian revolution was quickly replaced by a brutal repression once Joseph Stalin came to power. … Continue reading →

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