Raised by my Motherland: A radio documentary on Lyudmila Matthews, an orphan, a survivor and a witness of Stalin’s Great Terror.

Conor, Fay (2018) Raised by my Motherland: A radio documentary on Lyudmila Matthews, an orphan, a survivor and a witness of Stalin’s Great Terror. masters thesis, Griffith College.

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Abstract

This radio documentary, entitled Raised by my Motherland tells the story of Lyudmila Matthews. Lyudmila was a child in the Soviet Union when the series of repressions known as the Great Terror, or the Purges, orchestrated by Josef Stalin gained momentum. The Terror, through killings and forced starvation, resulted in the deaths of millions across the newly established Soviet Union and remains the most problematic aspect of the nations Communist history. The Terror destroyed Lyudmila’s family as her father fell victim to its ravages. Raised by My Motherland seeks to situate the story of this initial destruction of the family unit its proper historical context and then explore how Lyudmila, the one remaining survivor of that family navigated life in the Soviet Union as an orphan and experienced the unique nation as it was gradually moulded from above by its totalitarian leader, Stalin and then moulded again by his death. Lyudmila’s story is, considering her old age, a rare one and thus Raised by my Motherland places most of its emphasis on her voice as she reflects on her own Soviet Century. This is her account of that phenomenon which erupted in 1917, the memory and influence of which survives to this day, 100 years later.

Item Type: Thesis (masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Radio Documentary, Motherland, Soviet Union and nations Communist history
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions: Faculty of Journalism & Media Communications > MA in TV and Radio Journalism
Depositing User: Ms Tehseen Faisal
Date Deposited: 02 Jul 2019 15:50
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2019 13:42
URI: http://go.griffith.ie/id/eprint/217

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