Between "Truth" and "Time": the history of Soviet central television. Evans K.

There is a common idea that the Soviet mass culture in the Brezhnev era was boring and template. Kristin Evans, in his study by Soviet central television, based on extensive archival sources, interviews and television recordings, casts doubt on this thesis. The author traces the history of central television in the Soviet Union from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, analyzes Soviet news programs, multi-part films and game shows and reveals in them the manifestations of the game, conflict and rivalry.

the researcher demonstrates that the most popular programs of Soviet central television were experimental and creative; In her opinion, they laid the foundation for the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and the post -Soviet media system, and also prepared and anticipated the era of Russian television.

Christin Evans - Associate Professor of the Department of History of the University of Wisconsin in Milwoi.