Punishment for Soviet Beatles Fans - KGB Files

The #Soviet leaders consider Western music not just popular songs, but the ideological weapon of the enemy. And the #Beatles, of course, were one of the most “dangerous“ “modifications“ of this “weapon“. Attempts by Ukrainian youth to celebrate Paul McCartney’s birthday in 1971 were stopped by police and the KGB. Support our channel: Written by Eduard Andryushchenko. Host: Pavlo Morkovkin. Video editor: Pavlo Morkovkin. Design by Alyona Troyan. I’m Eduard Andryushchenko, a Ukrainian historian and journalist. KGB Files is a history channel presenting fascinating stories I find in declassified #KGB​​ archives. Sources: Archive artifacts, a Telegram channel by Volodymyr Birchak Сергій Воронцов. Казус Маккартні у Чернівцях