Irana Kazakova

Irana Kazakova (Russian: Ирана Казакова; born 1928 in Tehran, Iran) is a Soviet journalist, TV anchor and writer who first proposed the idea of the show Minute of Silence, a Soviet radio and television broadcast remembering all those lost in WWII. Kazakova stated that her reports consisted of "up to 1/2 per cent unprepared improvisation."[1][2]

Irana was born in Tehran to the family of Soviet dimplomat Dmitry Kazakov. She graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and worked for the Soviet government's international radio broadcasting service (Innoveschaniye) then as a TV anchor for the Soviet Central Television. She married Nikolay Panskov, Soviet ambassador to Mauritius and spent five years there.[2] She wrote a book "Paradise on Earth is inevitable" (Рай на земле неизбежен}[3] about her life on this island.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Television Journalism". Television Journalism. p. 132.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ирана Казакова". TVMuseum.
  3. ↑ Kazakova, Irana (2008). Рай на земле неизбежен. ISBN 5-87789-021-2.
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