The Soviet Union wasn't so closed - it wasn't North Korea. It was a practical system. People were creative and industrious, so if they wanted to see Western TV programs, they would invent a way to do so. It's strange… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
Working under the Soviet system made you very paranoid - people were afraid of everything - and this paranoia is still in people's minds. — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
It was life under the Soviet system - we were struggling with every big problem. Publicly, my parents had to queue up to buy food, but were able to live secret lives in their private rooms. With the TV set in the living room, we were able to see Western pop culture -a different reality from what we were living.… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share
In the mid-1980s, however, the Estonian TV programmers came up with a clever idea: they asked Moscow for millions of rubles to make propaganda in Estonia to fight the Finnish programs' popularity. They got millions from the government, but what they made was not propaganda at all! They simply made good, entertaining programs - no one in Estonia recognized them… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share
Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children. — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union wasn't so closed - it wasn't North Korea. It was a practical system. People were creative and industrious, so if they… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
In Northern Estonia, the Soviet authorities didn't have a recipe on how to fight against the popularity of Finnish TV. Audiences didn't want to… — Jaak Kilmi Copy Share Image
