Denis Poljakov, Bookseller, on Smuggling Books Across the Russian

Denis Poljakov, Bookseller, on Smuggling Books Across the Russian Border

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Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia (https://www.facebook.com/russow.galerii). In this episode he tells the story of his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband antique books across international lines, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life in Estonia.

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