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World Service,20 Apr 1999,4 mins

Mining in the USSR

My Century

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Ukrainian miner Vladimir Yakovlevich Titarev talks about how miners used to be the heroes of the Soviet state, winning medals and plaudits in the USSR. Vladimir describes how he can't retire because his state pension is too small.

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