There is a mountain of pornographic media buried deep in the Russian State Library. The Moscow Times Joy Neumeyer explores how the Soviet Union came into possession of 12,000 pieces of erotica, including scandalous paintings, bawdy limericks, and multiple copies of the Karma Sutra. Some of the titillating material was confiscated from aristocrats, while others originated from a librarians private collection. Unsurprisingly, top Stalinist henchmen had easy access to the tantalizing treasure trove. …
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