DOI 10.51255/2311–603X_2025_3_224

O. V. Tatarnikov. The Formation and Development of the Orenburg Television Studio during the
“Thaw” (1961–1964) // Petersburg Historical Journal, no. 3, 2025, pp. 224–235

Abstract:

The article examines the period of formation and development of the Orenburg Television
Studio in 1961–1964. The main focus is on studying the structure of the TV studio, its repertoire and the everyday moments of its work. The article also describes various difficulties that plagued Orenburg television Broadcasting in the early years of its operation. The author emphasizes the influence of the “thaw” era on the active development of central and regional television in the USSR. Due to the fact that television staff have a certain creative freedom during this period, the Orenburg Television Studio was able to come from chaotic broadcasting to regular production of programs and films of its own production on central television in the 4 years that fell during this era. The author concludes that Orenburg television of the “thaw” era simultaneously combined an educational, entertaining and ideological repertoire. This feature has allowed local television
broadcasting to become one of the main ways for Orenburg residents to spend their leisure time. The article is based on an extensive source base consisting of office records, periodical materials and sources of personal origin.

Key words: “thaw”, Orenburg television, Soviet television policy, history of mass media.

Author:

Tatarnikov, Oleg Vladimirovich — Assistant Teaching Assistant of the Department of Russian
History, Orenburg State Pedagogical University (Orenburg, Russia).
E-mail: oleg14.07.2000@mail.ru
ORCID: 0009-0004-0009-9378

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