Mikhail Zygar: What the Russian Revolution would have looked like on social media
Михаил Зыгарь: Как Русская революция 1917 года выглядела бы в соцсетях
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,
должен быть направлен на вождей
in many countries, like mine, Russia,
например в России,
that was predetermined
как нечто предрешённое
influence it in any way.
не играют в этом процессе никакой роли.
that Russia could ever have been
что Россия когда-то могла
полноценной демократией;
history has been framed
of my life trying to go 100 years back,
пытаясь вернуться на 100 лет назад,
and Facebook existed 100 years ago?
и «Фейсбук» существовали 100 лет назад?
a social network for dead people,
сеть для тех, кого уже нет в живых,
all possible real diaries and letters
всевозможных дневников и писем,
наших веб-сайта и приложения
for each day of 1917
каждого дня 1917 года
like Stravinsky or Trotsky,
и о чём думали такие люди,
and others thought and felt.
Ленин или Павлова.
being ordinary people like you and me,
были обычными людьми вроде нас с вами,
of their mistakes, fears, weaknesses,
из их ошибок, страхов, слабостей —
has always been an autocratic empire
всегда была авторитарной империей,
could never have prevailed,
никогда не одержать победы
was not our destiny.
не суждено стать демократией.
of communist dictatorship.
коммунистической диктатуры.
could have had a different history
что у России могла быть иная история,
as any other country could or still can.
как и у любой страны тогда и сейчас.
was the first country in the world
первой в мире страной,
to grant women voting rights.
где женщины получили право голоса.
how ordinary people influenced history
как обычные люди на неё повлияли,
of what's happening right now.
что происходит прямо сейчас.
that is called 1968Digital.com,
под названием 1968Digital.com.
of that year, 1968,
социальными переменами,
created the world as we know it now.
characters could use mobile phones ...
наши герои пользовались смартфонами...
and were fighting for the same values,
и они отстаивали похожие ценности,
in the US or in USSR
or in Czechoslovakia.
in such a democratic way,
таким демократичным способом,
are not the only ones making choices.
не только облечёнными властью.
of reclaiming history.
может снова взять историю в свои руки.
philosophers matter.
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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