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Radio 3,2 mins

SeriesTen Artists that Shook the World

Propaganda plates: Proletariat of all the world unite

The Essay

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Ceramicist Claire Curneen tells the strange story of Russian revolutionary porcelain in The Essay. Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture is a BBC Radio 3 season examining the cultural reverberations of the 1917 Russian Revolution in its centenary year. Browse all programmes, concerts, clips and features on the Radio 3 website. Image courtesy of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (https://museum.wales/)

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