Archive for Сентябрь 7th, 2011
Big city life has its pros and cons. And Moscow isn’t only the capital of Russia but also a megapolis that has a lot of things to offer, especially with regard to making money. As you can understand this trend incites that more and more people leave hometowns and thus, regions looses its valuable workforce.
The video «Rodnopolisy» that can be translated as Hometowns is a great example that appeals to young people and promotes those little cities and towns which people leave for better (or not???) life in Moscow. I liked the idea itself and the way it is done. Nikita Belikh — one of the most popular Russian eOfficial and governor of Kirovskiy region — also took part in this video and agreed to give us some comments.
Whose idea was idea to shoot such a video?
Nikita Belyh: I am really pleased to say that neither me nor any other municipal worker had put forward the idea. It was the absolute initiative of young talented crew of the regional TV channel. I personally got involved only by the time the process had been already undergone and the final version of the script had been ready. continue reading