About the book: year / KGB lieutenant who handed over his lovers to the secret service. An enthusiastic doctor who persistently tried to “cure” homosexuality. Scottish communist who spoke out in defense of homosexuals before Stalin. Soviet "patient zero" who contracted HIV in Tanzania. The stories of all these people who lived in the USSR remained in the shadows for a long time - historian Rustam Alexander sheds light on what other researchers have avoided. The book “Closed” tells about the Soviet Union through the lives of people who were not officially in the socialist state: homosexuals , forced because of the article for “sodomy” to suppress themselves or live underground, risking ending up in prison due to denunciation. From ordinary workers to pop stars - they were all locked in a hostile environment, but even in such unbearable conditions they were looking for ways to survival and happiness. The publishing layout of the book was saved in PDF A4 format.