A 1980s trip on the Trans Siberian Railway (59)

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this episode we speak with Mark Wiegers who travelled on the Trans-Siberian Railway in the late 1980s. His story tells of trouble with officialdom, the unexpected kindness of strangers and the beauty of a Soviet Union on the cusp of major change. Mark has taken a stunning set of photos on his journey which you can view below. I really recommend you take a look via our show notes here. If you want to help us out with the costs of hosting and running the podcast then from the price of a cup of coffee a month you can really make a difference. Click here. Thankyou so much to our latest Patrons, Daniel Neville, Brendan, Lloyd Watkin & Tim Brown. Now back to today’s episode where we start with Mark and his friend in East Berlin. Join our Facebook group here. Or follow us on twitter here. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
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0:36.1	So my friend, you know, she had this vibrant orange hair.
0:40.2	We tried to look as Russian as we thought with our little art degrees.
0:44.0	And she comes in all just upset.
0:48.1	And she said, I can't believe what just happened.
0:50.9	Two soldiers grabbed me and started escorting me into the station.
0:56.5	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts.
1:06.6	Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list at cold warconversations.com.
1:15.4	In this episode, we speak with Mark Vigas, who travelled on the Trans-Syperian Railway in the late 1980s.
1:25.4	His story tells of trouble with officialdom, the unexpected kindness of strangers and
1:31.0	the beauty of a Soviet Union on the cusp of major change. Mark has taken a stunning set of
1:37.9	photos on his journey which you can view at our show notes page at cold warconversations.com slash the word episode and the number
1:48.3	59. I really recommend you take a look. If you want to help us out with the costs of hosting
1:54.7	and running the podcast, then from the price of a cup of coffee a month, you could really make a difference. Just click on the
2:03.3	support the podcast menu option at cold warconversations.com. Thank you so much to our latest
2:11.6	patrons, including Daniel Neville, Brendan, Lloyd Watkin and Tim Brown.
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