For Svetlana Alexievich,this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Soviet Union is a kind of ‘historical Chernobyl that still produces contamination and radiation—psychological, and historical,political and cultural,’ CU-Boulder expert brand Leiderman observes. He says now is a suited time for students and the world to learn more about Russia, and the university has already moved to meet that need.
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