Throughout the Cold War, Radio Liberty and its fellow broadcaster Radio Free Europe transmitted uncensored news and information to audiences behind the Iron Curtain, while also giving a voice to dissidents and opposition movements in communist countries. In this way, both stations are widely believed to have played an important role in the collapse of communism and the rise of democracies in the former Eastern Bloc.
Uzbek Service 60 Years Anniversary
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First building of Radio Liberation in Munich, 1950s
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RFE/RL headquarters in Munich, undated.
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Takhir Umarov, first correspondent in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1988
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Babadjanov, Shushkevich, RFE/RL headquarters in Prague, 2003