Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Михаил Зигар: Как би изглеждала Руската Революция в социалните медии
Mikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital. Full bio
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should be focused on the rulers,
трябва да се фокусира върху управляващите,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
както и в моята, Русия,
that was predetermined
което е предначертано,
influence it in any way.
да повлияят по никакъв начин.
that Russia could ever have been
че Русия е можела да бъде
истински демократична нация,
history has been framed
по който историята е била представена
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
прекарах две години от живота си,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
и Фейсбук съществуваха преди 100 години?
a social network for dead people,
социална мрежа за мъртви хора,
all possible real diaries and letters
всички възможни истински дневници и писма,
или приложение
for each day of 1917
за всеки ден от 1917-та,
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
което хора като Стравински или Троцки,
and others thought and felt.
са мислили и чувствали.
being ordinary people like you and me,
обикновени хора като всички нас,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
от техните грешки, страхове, слабости,
has always been an autocratic empire
винаги е била автократична империя,
could never have prevailed,
никога не биха могли да надделеят,
was not our destiny.
не е била наша съдба.
of communist dictatorship.
комунистическа диктатура.
could have had a different history
е можела да има различна история
as any other country could or still can.
държава е могла или все още може да има.
was the first country in the world
е била първата държава в света,
to grant women voting rights.
която дава на жените избирателни права.
how ordinary people influenced history
как обикновените хора ѝ влияят
по-добро бъдеще,
of what's happening right now.
на случващото се сега.
да разказваме историята,
that is called 1968Digital.com,
наречен 1968Digital.com.
of that year, 1968,
за тази 1968-ма година,
с глобална социална промяна,
created the world as we know it now.
такъв, какъвто го познаваме днес.
characters could use mobile phones ...
са можели да ползват мобилни телефони...
пред същите предизвикателства,
and were fighting for the same values,
in the US or in USSR
в САЩ или в СССР,
or in Czechoslovakia.
или в Чехословакия.
in such a democratic way,
по такъв демократичен начин,
are not the only ones making choices.
само от властимащите.
of reclaiming history.
отново да вземе историята в свои ръце.
philosophers matter.
философите имат значение.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mikhail Zygar - Journalist, writer, filmmakerMikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital.
Why you should listen
Mikhail Zygar is a Russian journalist, writer, filmmaker and the founding editor-in-chief of the Russian independent news TV-channel, Dozhd (2010 - 2015). Prior to Dozhd, Zygar worked for Newsweek Russia and the business daily Kommersant, where he covered the conflicts in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo. His bestseller All the Kremlin's Men is based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, presenting a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. His recent book The Empire Must Die was released in Russian and English in 2017. It portrays the years leading up to the Russian revolution and the vivid drama of Russia's brief and exotic experiment with civil society before it was swept away by the Communist Revolution.
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