Witness History: Archive 2011 - The BBC Russian service

For 65 years the BBC World Service has broadcast in Russian, this weekend it stops.

The Russian Service came into its own during the attempted coup by communist hardliners in August 1991.

Mikhail Gorbachev said he got his news from the BBC, while being held under house arrest in Crimea.

Published on Thursday, 24th March 2011.

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