''Krugozor'' (russian: Кругозор, lit. ''The Outlook'') was a musical magazine with

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s issued in the

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. The magazine was started in 1964. From 1968, it published a related-issue magazine for children, ''Kolobok''. Krugozor was published at Pravda publishing house. This monthly magazine dealt with documentary, history, classical and contemporary art, literature and music (including music from western countries) and was in immense demand by young Soviet consumers, who would form long waiting lines in stores and kiosks during release days. Each magazine contained up to six

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s. Disks were double sided 33RPM and were produced in the Soviet Union with technology bought from the West.

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had initiated the deal; he was inspired by similar disks he had seen during his visits to Western countries. The 1985 run of ''Krugozor'' was 500,000 monthly, not counting ''Kolobok''. ''Krugozor'' ceased publication in 1993.

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