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Historic recording · 1959

With a microphone in Väike-Maarja district, 1959

Mikrofoniga Väike-Maarja rajoonis, 1959

In 1959 Väike-Maarja was the centre of a small district with sixteen collective and nine state farms. This radio tour starts with the chairman of the Uus Elu kolkhoz showing off a new piggery heated from under the floor and a 150-place cowshed, then visits a poultry farm of ten thousand hens at the Põdrangu state farm, where five thousand eggs were collected a day, and the dairy of the Pälson state farm. It is a vivid snapshot of the Khrushchev-era countryside.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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1959. aastal oli Väike-Maarja väikese rajooni keskus, kus oli kuusteist kolhoosi ja üheksa sovhoosi. Raadioringkäik algab Uue Elu kolhoosi esimehega, kes tutvustab uut põrandaalusest küttega sigalat ja 150-kohalist veiselauta, ning külastab siis Põdrangu sovhoosi kümne tuhande kanaga linnufarmi, kus koguti päevas viis tuhat muna, ja Pälsoni sovhoosi laudakompleksi. See on elav pilt Hruštšovi-aegsest maaelust.

Map of the area around With a microphone in Väike-Maarja district, 1959
59.12650° N, 26.25060° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: ERR Arhiiv RMARH-103608 ↗

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