Ten contemporary cultural specialists look back at the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917 on artists of the time - in film, theatre, poetry, dance and beyond. Journalist and writer Martin Sixsmith opens the series with a consideration of the choices, good and bad, open to artists during and after the Revolution.
Part of Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture
Producer Alison Hindell BBC Cymru Wales.
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