How the Soviet surgeon decided on the first floor change in history

The Special Corps of Medusa Daniil Turovsky tells Alexei Ponomarev about the text about the first sex-change operation in history, which was done in the USSR in the early 1970s. In this podcast, you can hear fragments of an interview with the surgeon of Viktor Kalners, who took the risk of such a complex operation, and the patient’s letter, which as a result turned from a woman into a man.

How in the Soviet Union it was possible to decide on such a risky (for all participants) procedure?

What did Soviet officials, doctors and priests say to Kalnberz?

How did the surgeon be strengthened by the Soviet Army?

Where is Victor Kalners now and how is his patient doing?

How much has the situation with the correction of the floor has changed now - after about 50 years?

Interview - Daniil Turovsky

Producer, installation - Alexey Ponomarev

Inna's letter is read by Evgeny Berg

Music - Alexey Ponomarev, Victor Davydov

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