0.4 Answer the following questions:
(i) What plan was devised by the neighbour to solve the problem?
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A group of school children in Pliussa, Russia, wanted to know more about the Stalin era and what it was like to live under such a regime. They decided to ask the people who had actually lived through those years, so they met several times to decide how they should go about approaching people, conducting the interviews, and then collecting, collating and presenting the information to the public.
They conducted over 70 interviews with relatives, neighbours, teachers from schools and others who wanted to share reflections on a common history. The children then organised an exhibition in a number of villages in the Pskov region, with photographs and fragments from the different interviews. The interviewees were glad to be the subject of such interest and to be able to talk about times which had been difficult, but had represented formative years for them. Sometimes the narratives were painful and upsetting, both for the older generation and the younger. However, all sides came away with a deeper understanding and empathy for each other, and a deeper understanding of the events, the motivations, the impact on personal lives, and the human experiences of such difficult times.