The Children’s Choir of the USSR sang to their leaders, they sang to their people, and through their songs projected a bright, happy dream of the Soviet Union to the furthest reaches of the Soviet empire. They shaped an entire generation’s childhood. What happened to those beautiful children after 1991 when their world ceased to exist?

Producer: Mark Burman BBC | Presenter: Monica Whitlock

25 December 2011,   BBC World Service / BBC News World