«In Britain, it’s better than in Russia!» Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation spoke about propaganda

Honored Teacher of Russia Tamara Eidelman gave a lecture in Tallinn titled 'How Propaganda Works.'

Videos featuring the honored teacher of Russia Tamara Eidelman have been shared on social media. In one of these videos, she stated that education in the United Kingdom is much better at distinguishing propaganda than in Russia.

"In Russia, at least in the teaching of history, everything is focused on facts. The Battle of Kulikovo happened then, blah-blah-blah. Memorize and repeat! The thought is not developed further. But the English handle this brilliantly: analysis of sources and so on. One of the goals of their teaching is to identify propaganda in texts. Simply brilliant! Although it’s not one hundred percent, they have a better immunity to it than others. Critical thinking is very important. But I think more and more about values: this is good, and this is bad. For example, killing is bad..." - she reported.

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Tamara Natановна Eidelman is a historian, writer, educator, and author of a popular YouTube channel with over 1 million subscribers. "Previously, Eidelman gave a large lecture on YouTube titled 'Gorbachev - the best Soviet leader!'

"No matter how my attitude towards Mikhail Sergeyevich has changed (and it has changed a lot!), I will always remember the spring of 1985 — spring in every sense of the word. The long winter of the rule of decrepit old men, clinging to their ideology and privileges, a series of solemn funerals that evoked no sorrow, the decay of the regime that seemed eternal," said honored teacher of Russia Tamara Eidelman.

"Here’s the lesson for which I will always be grateful to Gorbachev — he showed me that nothing lasts forever and that history can be completely unpredictable. Today, when I am asked what will happen next with our country (forgetting that historians deal with the past, not the future), I always reply that in March 1985, no one could have imagined that restructuring would begin in April. I remember my feeling very well: nothing will ever change. One general secretary will replace another, I will never travel abroad, the empire is unbreakable, in Moscow 'in principle' everything exists, but only 'in some stores there is no specific sausage.' (Those who understood the last joke are already losing their sand). And suddenly everything changes," she explained.