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Why does a country music megastar and all-American guy like Ronnie Dunn — half of what was Nashville’s biggest act, Brooks & Dunn — own a secret stash of Soviet art? It’s a long story.

Dunn knows that his passion for Socialist Realism clashes with his image as Nashville royalty. “I kinda don’t want the secret out, to be honest with you,” he tells Studio 360. “I gotta go work on my pick-up, change the oil on my truck. I don’t know anything about this art!”

(Image: A portrait of Soviet singer Leonid Utesov by artist Alexander Laktionov (Courtesy of Julia Barton))