Lecture | Promised Paradise, Ended Up in Hell! How People in Estonia Believed Soviet Newspapers and Radio 100 Years Ago (RUS)
Event overview
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Narva Museum invites everyone interested to attend another free lecture as part of the MediaRadar project. Following the lecture, the discussion will continue over a cup of coffee and light refreshments.
The spread of false information and the lack of verified facts are challenges that Estonia, like the rest of Europe, faced as early as the 1920s and 1930s. Through newspapers and radio broadcasts, the Soviet Union sought to convince Europeans and Americans of the superiority of its political and social system.
Those who believed in the promise of a "Soviet paradise" travelled to the USSR in search of employment, high wages, and social justice. For many, however, the reality proved quite different. They lost everything they had and became victims of political repression.
Newspapers and magazines published in both Estonian and Russian set out to warn those who believed stories about record harvests in collective farms, the fairness of Stalin, and exceptionally high salaries.
The articles and reports collected on this subject immerse readers in a gripping real-life historical drama featuring naïve farmers, Finnish workers, Estonian politicians and journalists, as well as defectors, illegal border-crossers, and intelligence agents.
Whose side was the truth on? We will find out during this historical lecture by Yevgeny Zavadsky, doctoral researcher at the Department of Slavic Studies at University of Tartu and editor of programmes at ETV+.
We warmly invite everyone interested to join the discussion and share their thoughts!
Duration: 90 minutes
Language: Russian
Admission: Free of charge; registration is required. Places are limited.
Coffee break: A coffee break will be provided after the lecture.
Please note that this is a public event and photographs and video recordings will be made for subsequent publication.
The event is organised within the framework of the MediaRadar project (2024-2028), implemented by the National Library of Estonia (RaRa) in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Estonia. The project is co-financed by Switzerland with the aim of reducing economic and social disparities within the European Union.
