Moscow Mailbag

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1964-uu-uu.

Host, Joe Adamov, answers letters from Americans on daily life in the USSR:

Which is better for the people? Capitalism or Communism?

What is the value of Russian coins?

How are athletes picked and trained?

More information on boxing matches between the United States and the Soviet Union.

What chances does the government give the people to make their thoughts public?

Reasons for the Berlin Wall? Why do people try to escape if life is so great there?

What are some of the typical and most liked foods in the Soviet Union?

[Most likely recorded in 1964 when the Kennedy half dollar was first minted]

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