Alexander - A Conscript in the Soviet Navy (95)

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🗓️ 30 November 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Alexander ‘Sasha’ Goncharov was born in Leningrad but early in this life moved to Ukraine. After leaving school he was drafted into the Soviet Military and was based in Sevastopol where he worked in Naval Aviation servicing anti-ship weapons systems. At the end of this period, Sasha decided to stay in the military to make it a full-time career. He was sent to Moscow where he trained as a full-time linguist. He was posted to Syria and Libya facilitating interactions between local forces and their Soviet advisors. Now if this podcast was a magazine you wouldn’t mind paying a few quid or dollars a week so I’m asking you to support us for the bargain price of $3 a month. In the last few weeks John Newlove and Mike Hart have joined in helping to cover the show’s increasing costs and keep us on the air, plus they’ve got the sought after CWC coaster too. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ So back to today’s episode – Alexander left the Russian military as a Lt Colonel and is the Co-Organiser of an Anglo-Russian charity which looks to bring Russians who fought in World War II to the UK to visit. We welcome Lt Colonel Alexander Goncharov to our Cold War conversation... There’s further information on this episode in our show notes, which can also be found as a link in your podcast app. https://coldwarconversations.com/episode95/ If you like what you are hearing please leave reviews in Apple podcasts and share us on social media. Can’t you wait for next week’s episode? Do visit our facebook discussion group where guests and listeners continue the Cold War Conversation. https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ 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.
0:05.8	We have a lot of fun. We have free education system, free recreation centers, both for adults and children.
0:14.7	Nobody locked the doors, the houses or flats.
0:20.6	It was very peaceful life.
0:26.3	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place
0:32.5	to listen to first-hand Cold War history accounts. Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our
0:39.8	emailing list at Cold War Conversations.com.
0:45.5	Alexander Sasha Goncharov was born in Leningrad, but early in his life moved to the Ukraine.
0:52.7	After leaving school, he was drafted into the Soviet military
0:55.6	and was based in Sevastopol, where he worked in naval aviation servicing anti-ship weapon systems.
1:02.4	At the end of this period, he decided to stay in the military and make it a full-time career.
1:07.7	Alexander was sent to Moscow, where he trained as a full-time linguist and was posted to Syria and Libya, facilitating interactions between local forces and their Soviet advisors.
1:18.5	Now, if this podcast was a magazine, you wouldn't mind paying a few quid or dollars a week, so I'm asking you to support us for the bargain price of $3 a month.
1:30.7	In the past few days, John Newlove and Mike Hart have joined in helping to cover the show's
1:36.5	increasing costs and keep us on the air.
1:39.7	Plus, they've got that sought-after Cold War Conversations coaster coming their way as well.
1:46.0	Just go to cold warconversations.com slash donate.
1:50.9	So back to today's episode, Alexander left the Russian military as a lieutenant colonel
1:56.6	and is the co-organizer of an Anglo-Russian charity which looks to bring Russians who fought in World War II to the UK to visit.
2:05.6	Thanks so much again to James for bringing Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Goncharov to our Cold War conversation.
2:15.7	So today I find myself in the Union Jack Club in London on the South Bank,
2:22.3	interviewing Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gonchorov,
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