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Dispatches from Soviet Britain.

The year was 1981 and Marina was excitedly filling out her application to join the chemistry faculty of Moscow State University.

For a girl from an industrial city in rural Ukraine, the opportunity to study at the best university in the Soviet Union was a dream,

although her ambitions were met with suspicion by many around her. But Marina was bright and

seemingly destined for the top. Little did she know that she was seconds away from destroying

her chances of a successful application. What the hell are you doing? Her brother-in-law asked,

peering over her shoulder as she went through the form.

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