{"id":6513,"date":"2016-03-31T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/?post_type=utstillinger&p=6513"},"modified":"2023-03-07T09:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T08:40:23","slug":"the-russian-current","status":"publish","type":"bc_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/exhibitions\/the-russian-current\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russian Current \u2013 Seamen from the East meet Troms\u00f8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After 70 years absence the Russian seamen returned to Troms\u00f8. Rusting trawlers tied up in Troms\u00f8 harbour \u2013 some to load fish or take on supplies, others under arrest pending the settlement of unpaid bills. Some were victims of unprincipled trawler owners, abandoned without money or a return ticket home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of the Russians\u2019 arrival came dramatic newspaper headlines: \u201cRussians Not Wanted\u201d, \u201cPirate Ship Arrested\u201d, \u201cStolen Goods Found on Russian Trawler\u201d, \u201cIncensed by the Russians\u201d, and so on. The accounts gradually became more nuanced, but the image that remained was less than positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curious to learn more, we approached them and enquired: Who are you and where are you from? How\u2019s life on board? What do you think about Troms\u00f8 and Norwegians? This was the prelude to many interesting conversations on board the trawlers and at the museum in 2004\/5, as well as visits to the homes of some of the seamen\u2019s families in Murmansk.<\/p>\n\n\n