Foreign Radio Broadcasting in the Life of Soviet Students

The article is devoted to the analysis of the sociological project “Young Intelligentsia of Russia” implemented by the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Irkutsk in 1985. Attention in the work is paid to the reason for the actualization of this research in modern conditions. The reasons that forced the leadership of the USSR to organize this study are analyzed. The main objective of this project was to find out the prevalence among students of the practice of listening to foreign radio stations. The researchers paid great attention to the reasons that motivated students to this activity, which is frowned upon by the authorities of the country. The structure of interests of listeners of foreign radio stations was also revealed through their choice of appropriate headings and thematic broadcasts.