Voice of Victory: why the famous announcer Yuri Levitan was removed from the air in the post-war period

An ordinary Jewish guy with a puny physique, Yudka Berkovich Levitan, practically did not differ from many other young men. His appearance was ordinary, his physique was far from athletic. But there was also something in him that even the strongest young people often did not observe. Nature gave him a deep, expressive and very strong voice. The neighbors even took advantage of this when it was necessary to call their children home. And years later, the entire Soviet people, with bated breath, listened to this familiar voice, which broadcast about the military events. He also announced the Victory.

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1. Truth and myth

The famous Yuri Borisovich Levitan (aka Yudka Berkovich) made his announcer career almost by accident / Photo: newsroom.susu.ru

Levitan, as a child, dreamed of becoming a film actor. But he made his career as an announcer almost by accident. He was immediately noticed by the announcers thanks to his voice and was admitted to the Radio Committee as an intern. But the voice was not enough. The guy worked on himself for a long time to get rid of the typical Vologda "okay" dialect. He trained a lot, read the text upside down and even while standing on his head.

The young man could not even think that soon he would become almost a personal enemy of the great tyrant - Hitler, moreover, at number one. It was his voice that first told the people about the first achievements of the Red Army.

It is believed that it was Yubor, as his colleagues called him with respect, who announced the beginning of the war. In fact this is not true. The message was made by V. Molotov, and after some time Levitan repeated this information. As for the announcement of victory, it was actually Yuri Levitan. Then his voice was already recognizable and familiar. People would not perceive the information exactly the way they did if someone else voiced it.

2. Where did Yuri Borisovich Levitan disappear from the radio?

The voice of the famous announcer for some time after the war continued to be in the center of attention of the Soviet people. It was he who spoke about the most significant events in the state, including the death of Stalin, the flight into space by Yu. Gagarin. As for the military reports, they were not saved. The technique was not yet at that level. Already in the sixties of the last century, the announcer re-read them again.

By that time, Levitan practically did not sound on radio, although he was respected, appreciated, and his fame did not go anywhere. He was engaged in a slightly different activity - he voiced documentary and feature films about wartime. Many believed that N. WITH. Khrushchev, who did not like Stalin, wanted people to start treating his predecessor with less respect. This affected Zhukov, as well as Levitan.

But there is another explanation for what happened. It is described in the book of Sergei Khrushchev, the son of the secretary general. This work, entitled "The Book of the Father," says that the Soviet people associated the voice of Levitan with the events of the war years. Of course, the time, although it was heroic, but at the same time and tragic.

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In the sixties, many who took part in the war, from previously received wounds, injuries, serious illnesses, began to die. In this regard, it was decided not to remind Soviet citizens once again about this bloody period, even through the announcer's voice. Levitan continued to work further, only now with trainees.

It will be equally interesting and useful to find out why the German pilots were afraid of the Soviet pilot Pokryshkin.
A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/280721/59939/

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