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 Est…

- Jaak Kilmi

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 …

- Jaak Kilmi

My childhood in the Soviet Union was not terrible, it was very joyful.

- Jaak Kilmi

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 watch…

- Jaak Kilmi

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

Life under the Soviet system was often funny, absurd really, especially for children.

- Jaak Kilmi

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 l…

- Jaak Kilmi