In 1961 following his mental collapse, Robeson convalesced for three months in the Barvikha Sanitorium, shown here in its contemporary design, in a leafy Moscow suburb. Access to this idyllic facility for rest and leisure was reserved for Communist Party elites and officials, scientists, writers, and artists.
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