Brezhnev burns

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Brezhnev burns

Date1/6/1980

Names

Combs, Erin (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Brezhnev burns: Demonstrators at Nathan Phillips Square yesterday shouted anit-Communist slogans as they burned Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in effigy to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. About 200 took part in the demonstration and speakers u

Subject

Protest movements

Country:Canada

City, town or township:Toronto

Province or state:Ontario

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0011821F

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