Star City was USSR's secret cosmonaut training centre [audio 30min]
Documentary-maker Jonathan Charles enters Russia's once secret cosmonaut training centre, Star City, and finds an enigmatic and enduring icon of the country's achievements in space history. Jonathan gets a peek into history from the Cold War to the present day from a Russian perspective. He meets Anatoily, the oldest resident of Star City, and Georgy Grechko, one of the pioneering cosmonauts and a contemporary of Yuri Gagarin.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Star City"