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The Soviet technical intelligentsia learns Reaganomics on the “Chto? Gde? Kogda?” quiz show
“Chto? Gde? Kogda?” (What? Where? When?), a long-running highbrow quiz show targeted at the late Soviet technical intelligentsia, debates the economic principles underpinning Soviet private enterprise in the midst of perestroika’s economic reforms in 1988.
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The Creation of Adam (1993, dir. Iu. Pavlov)
Scene from 1993 Russian feature film with gay themes
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Soviet Nostalgia: “Old Songs About What Matters Most”
Arguably the most popular Soviet nostalgia project of the 1990s was Leonid Parfenov and Konstantin Ernst’s "Starye pesni o glavnom [Old Songs About What Matters Most]"
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Parfenov’s “Namedni” as memory work in the 1990s
“Namedni” (Recently), Leonid Parfenov’s project dedicated to recent history, was one of the most successful shows of the 1990s. Eschewing big narrative arcs, the program highlighted the past as a collection of memory sites—in this case, exploring the origins of the “New Russian” in 1991.
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“Field of Wonders”: The post-Soviet people’s show
A clip from the most-watched entertainment show of the 1990s, "Pole chudes [Field of Wonders],” featuring the post-Soviet “narod” (people) of regular folks engaged in a free-flowing relationship with both capitalism and Russia’s Central Television.
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Konstantin Ernst's "Matador"
An excerpt from the art show “Matador,” created in 1990 by “ViD”'s junior partner, Konstantin Ernst (1961-). This clip derives from an episode on contemporary art and boasts a joyously elitist feel consistent with “ViD”’s "New-Russian" ethos.
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