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Soviet Moscow: 1922–1991
Moscow · 1922–1991 · exact time + place
Discover Moscow under Soviet rule, where political tension mixed with cultural resilience — films and books depicting espionage, revolution, and everyday Soviet life. The button below opens StoryTerra with both Moscow and 1922–1991 already set.
Open Soviet Moscow on the map10 famous stories set in Soviet Moscow
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Browse 34 books, 42 movies and 3 games set in Moscow.
The Cranes Are Flying
Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river they watch cranes fly overhead and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off…
The Courier
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
A Dog Named Palma
The film is inspired by an incredible story of a shepherd dog named Palm who was inadvertently left in the airport by her owner. She befriends nine-year old Nicholas whose mother dies leaving him with a father he barely…
The Death of Stalin
When dictator Joseph Stalin dies his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble brawl and back-stab their way to the top the question remains — just who is…
Fail Safe
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Office Romance
Anatoli Yefremovich Novoseltsev works in a statistics institution whose director is an unattractive and bossy woman. An old friend of his Yuri Grigorievich Samokhvalov who gets appointed assistant director of the…
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes love disillusions...
A Gentleman in Moscow
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotelWith his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor…
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Summer of 1945. The salute of the Great Victory died down and the country is gradually returning to peaceful life. From "fire yes into the fire" a young reconnaissance commander Volodya Sharapov falls having come to the…
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