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Show TV6—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Monday, January 7. 1980 Yulya Voznesenskaya Soviet Dissident’s Journal “Isn't it wonderful that inside Leningrad there is still a St. Petersburg; that inside the Soviet Union there is still a Russia, and in the middle of it all there is us.” Russian dissident poet Yulya Voznesenskaya wrote those words about herself andher friends — VICTORIA FYODOROVA poets, artists and musicians struggling to movementof people who refuse to use their talents to fester the Communist Party line. Artists in the Soviet Union are expected to subscribe to the official aesthetic of Realism, Diary,” in the WGBH Soviet the at 7 p.m. on Channel 11 glorifying and 9 p.m. on Channel7. government and its heroes, in order to have Yulya and her friends are part of the Second their work officially Culture, a counterculture sanctioned. Members of peaclice their art in the S.S.R despite ees persecution. Her journal has been smuggled out of the US.S.R and is dramatized in “Yulya’s INVENTORY CLOSEOUTS AT JACK DUCKETT APPLIANCE D 13” COLOR PORTABLE Deluxe woodgrain cabinet ColormonitorIl chassis VHF/UHF Tuning 100% Solid state GEin-line picture tube Automatic color control the Second Culture are “They are stubborn. bound together by their Someone says, ‘don't devotion to their art, not publish,’ and they will. It the U.S. ‘daddy,’ for the first time, Even so, she doesn't understand why the Russian government considers poetry treason. “Yulya doesn’t write against the government,” says Victoria. “Her diary is incredibly touching and true. But the government as I hadsaid it often in my dreams. We cried after that and we looked incredibly close.” Victoria’s motherstill lives in Russia. At 65 years old, she feels, “What damaging. me in my happened early childhood is still borne in me. Right now I'm sensitive to some things thatI shouldn't be. Often I assume peopie are against me and rejecting me. It harms me, or I become very stubborn.” The World series uses a combination of techniques to tell the story of the Second Culture. Yulya herself wasfilmed secretlyin the U.SS.R. and a numberof herfriends, who now live abroad, were interviewed. Information from Yulya’s diary, along with smuggled documents, tapes, and photographs, form the basis for this rare look at the Second Culture. Yulya’s prison term has ended;at this writing she remains inside the Soviet Union. She has given her blessing to the production of “Yulya’s Diary’’ and hopes is Victoria admits, too old to make the change. She someday to see the film. “My heartistorn in two. has her roots in Russia, and regarding her struggles, Victoria says, “She never peer bitterness inside her. would be ‘too difficult keep going,if she did.” These struggles are strength-making, yet of course, they are she says. “Half my friends have left the USS.R. or are fighting for a chance to escape to the West. The other half stays here, lulled by the illusion thatthere will be a gradual, peaceful transformation of this totalitarian state into a democratic one. I haven't suffered from that illusion for a long time.” by politics, but their actions inevitably have political consequences. Playing the role of Yulya is the model for Alexandra de Markoff Cosmetics, Victoria Fyodorova, whois not a stranger to Soviet Realism. She has had her own venture beyond the government — a venture that years ago was applauded by the press when she traveled from Russia — where shelived with her mother, who had once been jailed for treason — to the armsof the father she had searched for and foundin like angry parents punishing the child who doesn't obey. Being a poet now °319% © GE's DELUXE 12” BLACK AND WHITE AC/DC is a creative act. The poet needs freedom to create from his mind and heart Hecan’tbe insulated.” Even though these creative souls are insulated in Russia, Victoria doesn't believe they will stop creating. makes you strong.” She understands the power of inner strength — power that helped her portray Yulya. “I felt close to her. I read her diary every day. I too struggled for my life. If you want to reach something you mustfight for it. “If I wouldn't fight to save myself, I wouldn't have been fair. I needed to see my father. I had waited 29 years. I wasn’t just curious — felt I needed him in my life. 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