The website of the project The Red Wake features Kurt's online travel diary and photos from his trips.
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Writer Kurt Johnson: "There was definitely sense that these historical ideas were going to come back"
Kurt Johnson in the desert in Uzbekistan on the spot of the former sealine of the Aral Sea. Old rusty fishermen boats are seen in the background
A few years ago, writer and journalist Kurt Johnson set off on a mission to explore the legacy of the Soviet union. He travelled through a dozen countries, following 'a wake of a Soviet ship' — from the now dead Aral Sea in Uzbekistan to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. His book The Red Wake was later published by Penguin Random house .
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