Died international journalist Valentin Zorin, thanks to which the Soviet people knew America – BBC

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Americanists Valentin Zorin was one of the most famous Soviet political observers. In 1970-1980-ies he led the TV program “International Panorama”, “In the world today” and “9th studio.” The tweed jacket and a pipe in his hand, in constant horn smoky glasses, Zorin was the most recognizable Soviet internationalist.

Names troika of international relations “Zorin, Bovin and Seiful-Mulyukov” were known to virtually every Soviet viewer from mechanic to professor.

If “9 studio” was practically the only Soviet transmission for “eggheads” in international affairs, which lead to two guests discussed issues of Russian-American relations, the “International panorama” was considered more “people to people”. It Zorin told about the situation in Europe, the “people’s democracies” and the United States. Despite the propaganda cliches in the spirit of the Cold War, the transfer looked all those interested in the United States, because it was almost the only opportunity to learn about the country. Music from the “International Panorama”, the composition of the group of American Ventures-Vibrations, was played in almost every Soviet home. Many years later in the movie “Pulp Fiction” Quentin Tarantino used it.

External conservatism Zorin but did not stop him to issue his book “America contradictory” and “America 70″ in the avant-garde spirit. The stylish black-and-white illustrations have been issued in the form of frames from his films.

In addition to stories about the Pentagon’s plans, the struggle of blacks for their rights, and President Ronald Reagan’s plans in the programs and books Zorina flashed and entertaining stories about American cars and jazz, Mickey Mouse and Hollywood. Film Zorina “Roads of Los Angeles” on US freeways still looks the same breath

Zorin later recalled that for the film he criticized the Central Committee -. Against the background of the American road Soviet looked even worse.

Zorin programs were clearly propaganda thrust, but the author did not deliberately distort the facts in them, and took them mostly from the liberal American press. “In its programs were not lies, could be silence some facts, but there was no distortion and misinformation that today all the time”, – says Director of Roosevelt at MSU Yuri Rogulev

Zorin. interesting storyteller among his companions was billionaire Paul Getty, and the American oil tycoon Harold Hunt associated with far-right political groups

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«for me, not only as a journalist for a journalist, but as a scientist, one of the most interesting problems in the US – it is a struggle between the old and young groups of monopoly capital of the United States,” – -rasskazyval Zorin in an interview. In addition, “Mr. billionaires,” Zorin met with US President Ronald Reagan, who is often criticized, and c President John F. Kennedy, which treated with sympathy.

With all the ambiguous with respect to transfers Zorin, who often criticized the Soviet dissidents, many recognize that the journalist made a great contribution to the “popularization” of America.

After watching movies and reading books Zorin Soviet audiences actively interested in America, and already hitting the United States after the collapse of the USSR, recognized the streets and houses, glimpsed in his TV reports. “He opened the door to Soviet audiences in America, in international life. Being a man of cultural and open-minded, he could talk about it in an accessible form, “- says Rogulev

Those who knew Zorina to work in the Institute of USA and Canada recall his amazing performance and perfect literacy.. He specifically took elocution lessons to work in television. Despite his advanced age, Zorin is still watching what is happening in the country and often gave interviews on what is happening in the United States subject. Although he was critical of the US foreign policy, Zorin knew and loved this country. In recent years he has worked as a columnist in the MIA “Russia today».