Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Mihails Zigars: Kā Krievijas revolūcija būtu izskatījusies sociālajos medijos
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,
jāpievēršas vadītājiem,
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
piemēram, manā, Krievijā,
that was predetermined
par kaut ko iepriekšnoteiktu
influence it in any way.
nekādi nevarēja ietekmēt.
that Russia could ever have been
ka Krievija jelkad būtu varējusi būt
demokrātiska valsts,
history has been framed
tiek pasniegta vēsture.
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
divus savas dzīves gadus,
uz 1917. gadu –
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
būtu bijis internets un Facebook?"
a social network for dead people,
mirušu cilvēku sociālo tīklu
all possible real diaries and letters
īstas dienasgrāmatas un vēstules,
vairāk nekā 3000 cilvēku.
for each day of 1917
katru 1917. gada dienu
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
kā Stravinskis vai Trockis,
and others thought and felt.
un citi domāja un juta.
being ordinary people like you and me,
ir tādi paši parasti cilvēki kā jūs un es,
viņu kļūdas, bailes, vājības,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
has always been an autocratic empire
vienmēr bijusi autokrātiska impērija,
could never have prevailed,
brīvības un demokrātijas idejas
was not our destiny.
mums nav lemta.
of communist dictatorship.
pie 70 gadu ilgas komunistu diktatūras.
could have had a different history
ka Krievijas vēsture varēja būt citāda,
as any other country could or still can.
varēja un var būt demokrātiska.
was the first country in the world
bija pirmā valsts pasaulē,
to grant women voting rights.
balsstiesības sievietēm.
how ordinary people influenced history
kā vēsturi ietekmējuši parasti cilvēki,
of what's happening right now.
ģenerālmēģinājums.
kā stāstīt par vēsturi,
that is called 1968Digital.com,
1968Digital.com.
of that year, 1968,
sabiedriskas pārmaiņas,
created the world as we know it now.
kādu to pazīstam tagad.
characters could use mobile phones ...
būtu lietojuši mobilos tālruņus.
and were fighting for the same values,
un cīnījās par tām pašām vērtībām,
in the US or in USSR
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
are not the only ones making choices.
nav vienīgie, kas izdara izvēles.
of reclaiming history.
dod iespēju atgūt vēsturi.
philosophers matter.
filozofi ir svarīgi.
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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