Oral+history+Reaction

Interview Reaction

The most interesting thing about my research was the inconsistencies between my research, the first-hand account of the person I interviewed and my thoughts before I started my research. My impression before I started researching was that after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 that everything got significantly better for the people living in the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union. The subject of my interview and my research both agree that it was very hard to adjust after the fall of the Soviet Union. It was hard to set up new governments in each of these new countries which most of started out in economic turmoil. There was a shortage of materials afterwards such as food and electricity. Another reaction I had been to the difference between what my research said about the Soviet government and what my research subject said about the Soviet government. My research said that the Soviet government was very oppressive while the subject of my interview said that the government was not as oppressive as I had thought and that overall life was good for him until the fall of the Soviet Union. Based on this I can draw three conclusions that either that and 11-year-old boy living in Soviet Russia account may not have been accurate, then maybe Armenia where he lived was treated different than the rest of the Soviet union or that may be what we think about the Soviet Union and conditions there may be slightly different than how they actually were.