Samarqand (Uzbekistan)

  • Young Soviet woman interviewed by William Mandel

    Unstructured interview with a 16 year-old Soviet Central Asian (Goolia Mirzaharova or possibly Gulia Muzafarova) who talks of her life, her wishes for children elsewhere in the world, and her attitude toward American Blacks. Produced by William Mandel. The Russian-language interview plays in the right channel, while Mandel does a real-time English translation in the…

  • Central Asian woman interviewed by William Mandel

    On the previous episode of Soviet Lives, William Mandel interviewed a 16 year-old girl at her home in Samarqand (AZ0355). Her family were friends of a Russian journalist, whom was also an associate of Mandel. The two journalists were invited to the family’s home for dinner. While the father, a college teacher, prepared the meal…