‘The Outbreak: An Unknown History of HIV in the USSR’. A talk with authors at Pushkin House

On July 23, join historians Irina Roldugina and Katerina Suverina at Pushkin House for a discussion about their groundbreaking book The Outbreak: An Unknown History of HIV in the USSR. In conversation with scholar Andrei Zavadski, they will uncover how the Soviet regime silenced the AIDS crisis, ignored public health needs, and denied the existence of HIV in its population.

Combining oral histories and archival research, the book explores the late Soviet society through the lens of medical professionals, scientists, journalists, and everyday people who encountered the epidemic head-on. This talk promises a fresh, human perspective on one of the USSR’s most overlooked social traumas.

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