How do we explain the influx of Western culture to the Soviet Union?Clem Cecil talks with Eleonory Gilburd, author of ‘To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture’. The Soviet Union was a notoriously closed society until Stalin's death in 1953. Then, in the mid-1950s, a torrent of Western novels, films, and paintings invaded Soviet streets and homes, acquiring heightened emotional significance.This podcast episode was edited and produced for Pushkin House by Borimir Totev.Music featured in this episode: Blue Dot Sessions - Softly Villainous, Blue Dot Sessions - Watercool Quiet.