Television

Question 1

By when was TV a key method for the government to get its message to the public?

Answer 1

1950s

Question 2

How many TV sets in the USSR in 1950?

Answer 2

10,000

Question 3

How many TV sets in the USSR in 1958?

Answer 3

Almost 3 million!

Question 4

Mass production of TVs in the _____ brought price within range of public

BUT?

Answer 4

1960s

Supply couldn’t keep pace with demand

Question 5

By the ______, most of the rural population had access to TV

Answer 5

Early 1980s

Question 6

What was featured on gov TV stations?

Answer 6

1) News
2) Documentaries on socialism’s achievements
3) cultural programmes (ballet/classical arts)
4) children’s programmes
5) feature films

Question 7

1) TV and Film presented life under socialism as ________?

2) whereas under capitalism?

Answer 7

1) joyous

2) crime, homelessness, violence

Question 8

(Uninspiring fare) TV

Answer 8

(Little enthusiasm in population)

Question 9

How many TV channels by 1985?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

By 1985, greater emphasis on

Answer 10

Light entertainment

Undemanding, but more popular

Question 11

In the 1970s, which Soviet singer became a noted and popular celebrity (though not to everyone’s taste)?

Answer 11

Edward Khil (Trololo)

Question 12

More positive features of TV (control?) included

Answer 12

Broadcast of LOCAL programming for regions, in LOCAL languages

FOLK DANCING (not cutting edge but change from Russian culture imposition on national minorities)