Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mikhaïl Zygar: À quoi aurait ressemblé la Révolution russe sur les médias sociaux
Mikhail Zygar is the founder of Future History, the creative digital studio behind Project1917 and 1968.digital. Full bio
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par les vainqueurs.
should be focused on the rulers,
se focalise sur les dirigeants,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
de pays, comme le mien, la Russie,
that was predetermined
influence it in any way.
l'influencer d'aucune façon.
that Russia could ever have been
que la Russie n'a jamais été,
nation démocratique.
history has been framed
dont l'histoire est présentée
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
à retourner 100 ans en arrière,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
Facebook avaient existé, il y a 100 ans ?
a social network for dead people,
un réseau social de personnes mortes,
all possible real diaries and letters
intimes et les lettres possibles,
de notre site ou de l'application
for each day of 1917
pour chaque jour de 1917
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
comme Stravinski, Trotski,
and others thought and felt.
ont pensé et ressenti.
being ordinary people like you and me,
des gens ordinaires, comme vous et moi,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
leurs erreurs, leurs peurs, leurs défauts
de leurs « idées de génie ».
pour beaucoup de Russes,
has always been an autocratic empire
avait toujours été un empire autocratique
démocratie n'auraient jamais pu l'emporter
could never have prevailed,
was not our destiny.
n'était pas notre destin.
of communist dictatorship.
dictature communiste.
could have had a different history
aurait pu avoir une histoire différente
as any other country could or still can.
quel pays l'a pu ou le peut encore.
was the first country in the world
le premier pays au monde
to grant women voting rights.
le droit de vote aux femmes.
how ordinary people influenced history
les gens ordinaires l'ont influencée
of what's happening right now.
de ce qui se passe maintenant.
de raconter l'Histoire.
that is called 1968Digital.com,
en ligne qui s'appelle 1968Digital.com.
of that year, 1968,
des changements sociaux mondiaux,
created the world as we know it now.
tel qu'on le connaît aujourd'hui.
characters could use mobile phones ...
acteurs utilisent des portables –
and were fighting for the same values,
se sont battus pour les mêmes valeurs,
in the US or in USSR
aux États-Unis, en URSS,
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
d'une manière si démocratique,
are not the only ones making choices.
ne sont pas les seuls à faire des choix.
of reclaiming history.
possibilité de se réapproprier l'Histoire.
philosophers matter.
les philosophes comptent.
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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