सोवियत संघ उतना भी बंद समाज नहीं था—वह उत्तर कोरिया जैसा नहीं था। यह एक व्यावहारिक व्यवस्था थी। लोग रचनात्मक और मेहनती थे, इसलिए अगर वे पश्चिमी देशों के टीवी प्रोग्राम देखना चाहते थे, तो वे ऐसा करने का कोई न कोई तरीका निकाल लेते थे। एक तरह से यह अजीब था। वहाँ एक आधिकारिक सच होता था, और एक रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी।
The Soviet Union wasn't so closed - it wasn't North Korea. It was a practical system. People were creative and industrious, so if they wanted to see Western TV programs, they would invent a way to do so. It's strange in a way. There was an official truth, and there was daily life.
The Soviet Union wasn't so closed - it wasn't North Korea. It was a practical system. People were creative and industrious, so if they wanted to see Western TV programs, they would invent a way to do so. It's strange in a way. There was an official truth, and there was daily life.
यह सोवियत व्यवस्था के तहत जीने का दौर था—हम हर बड़ी समस्या से जूझ रहे थे। सार्वजनिक रूप से मेरे माता-पिता को खाना खरीदने के लिए कतारों में खड़ा होना पड़ता था, लेकिन अपने निजी कमरों में वे अपनी एक अलग, छुपी हुई जिंदगी जी पाते थे। लिविंग रूम में रखे टीवी सेट के जरिए, हम पश्चिमी पॉप संस्कृति को देख पाते थे—जो हमारी असल जिंदगी से बिल्कुल अलग एक दूसरी दुनिया थी। मेरे लिए, ऐसा लगता था कि एक ही समय में दो अलग-अलग ब्रम्हांड अस्तित्व में हैं, और हम इन समानांतर दुनिया में जीने के आदी हो चुके थे।
It was life under the Soviet system - we were struggling with every big problem. Publicly, my parents had to queue up to buy food, but were able to live secret lives in their private rooms. With the TV set in the living room, we were able to see Western pop culture -a different reality from what we were living. For me, it was like two different universes existed at the same time, and we got used to being in these parallel universes.
It was life under the Soviet system - we were struggling with every big problem. Publicly, my parents had to queue up to buy food, but were able to live secret lives in their private rooms. With the TV set in the living room, we were able to see Western pop culture -a different reality from what we were living. For me, it was like two different universes existed at the same time, and we got used to being in these parallel universes.
उत्तरी एस्टोनिया में, सोवियत अधिकारियों के पास फिनिश टीवी की लोकप्रियता से निपटने का कोई नुस्खा नहीं था। दर्शक कट्टर सोवियत प्रोपेगैंडा नहीं देखना चाहते थे।
In Northern Estonia, the Soviet authorities didn't have a recipe on how to fight against the popularity of Finnish TV. Audiences didn't want to watch hardcore Soviet propaganda.
In Northern Estonia, the Soviet authorities didn't have a recipe on how to fight against the popularity of Finnish TV. Audiences didn't want to watch hardcore Soviet propaganda.
हालाँकि, 1980 के दशक के मध्य में, एस्टोनियाई टीवी प्रोग्रामर्स को एक चतुराई भरा विचार आया: उन्होंने फिनिश कार्यक्रमों की लोकप्रियता से मुकाबला करने के लिए एस्टोनिया में प्रोपेगैंडा बनाने के वास्ते मास्को से लाखों रूबल की मांग की। उन्हें सरकार से लाखों मिल गए, लेकिन उन्होंने जो बनाया वह बिल्कुल भी प्रोपेगैंडा नहीं था! उन्होंने बस अच्छे, मनोरंजक कार्यक्रम बनाए—एस्टोनिया में किसी ने उन्हें प्रोपेगैंडा नहीं समझा, सिर्फ रूस को लगता था कि वह प्रोपेगैंडा है, इसलिए वे बच निकले। बेशक, रूस अपने खुद के प्रोपेगैंडा कार्यक्रम प्रसारित करता था, लेकिन एस्टोनियाई लोग उनसे बचना अच्छी तरह जानते थे।
In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to make propaganda in Estonia to fight the Finnish programs' popularity. They got millions from the government, but what they made was not propaganda at all! They simply made good, entertaining programs - no one in Estonia recognized them as propaganda, only Russia thought it was, so they got away with it. Of course, Russia provided their own propaganda programs, but Estonians knew to avoid them.
In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to make propaganda in Estonia to fight the Finnish programs' popularity. They got millions from the government, but what they made was not propaganda at all! They simply made good, entertaining programs - no one in Estonia recognized them as propaganda, only Russia thought it was, so they got away with it. Of course, Russia provided their own propaganda programs, but Estonians knew to avoid them.
सोवियत संघ में मेरा बचपन बुरा नहीं था, वह बहुत आनंद से भरा हुआ था।
My childhood in the Soviet Union was not terrible, it was very joyful.
My childhood in the Soviet Union was not terrible, it was very joyful.
सोवियत व्यवस्था में जीवन अक्सर अजीब, बल्कि बेहद बेतुका होता था, खासकर बच्चों के लिए।
Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children.
Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children.
सोवियत व्यवस्था के तहत काम करने से इंसान के मन में भारी शक और डर बैठ जाता था—लोग हर चीज़ से डरे रहते थे—और यह डर आज भी लोगों के दिलों में ज़िंदा है।
Working under the Soviet system made you very paranoid - people were afraid of everything - and this paranoia is still in people's minds.
Working under the Soviet system made you very paranoid - people were afraid of everything - and this paranoia is still in people's minds.