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Word: cheremushki (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Belting it out are a group of rugged country cousins to the College Swing types that used to save the varsity show in Hollywood musicals of yore. These kids swing in an unfinished Moscow suburb called Cheremushki, "where skies are blue, and dreams come true," and where an empty flat gets heat in the summertime. "Don't worry, in the winter it'll be cold," quips Boris, a lumpish, curly-topped blaster on the construction crew. With everyone's dream swaddled in Red tape, and keys to the new flats hard to come by, Boris waltzes around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shostakovich Swings | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

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