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http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1013952,00.html


This is really interesing. I liked this, especially:


"My classmates formulated their love for the Beatles in the following manner:
"I would have learnt English in its entirety, exclusively from the things
that Lennon spoke about." This was a paraphrase of the words of Mayakovsky
inscribed on a stand in the literature classroom: "I would have learnt Russian in
its entirety, exclusively from the things that Lenin spoke about." In the 1960s,
you could not be imprisoned for changing the name of Lenin to that of Lennon,
but trouble awaited anyone who blasphemed against the name of the immortal
leader: problems dished out by the Komsomol (Communist Union of Youth) could
wreck your career. And so, bit by bit, we Lennon fans became ensnared in doubting
the values that the system was trying to inculcate. "

If you have any interest in the cold war, USSR or Beatles, it's worth reading.

It was in The Guardian today. (Friday)

Sandra