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DEAR COMRADES – Review by Diane Carson

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Diane Carson Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrey Naidenov, dear comrades, documentaries, Novocherkassk, russian films, soviet union

In the opening scenes of Dear Comrades!, June 1, 1962, rumors of food price increases incite a mob scene at a store in Novocherkassk. The desperation of the industrial town’s citizens will not lessen. On the contrary, with a response badly managed by the Regional Committee, tragedy will soon follow after factory workers at the local electromotive plant strike.