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Mar 2023
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THE LAST SOVIET - EP 6: Pioneers and Pir...

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A starry eyed young wheeler-dealer from Toronto sets out on a mission. To get a coca cola can onto Sergei’s space station. But soon the idealism of post Communist Russia turns dark as Sergei’s new country is plunged into chaos.

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