Radio Liberty broadcast in multiple languages to foster a feeling of connection between the West and the citizens of the Soviet Union. One indication that this connection was formed comes from testimonies such as the following: a man reported to a RL official who was visiting Kazan, a city deep within the Soviet Union, that while jamming had prevented him from ever hearing RL broadcasts in Tatar, the fact that RL actually broadcast in Tatar demonstrated to him that the West “had recognized the existence of their land, language, and culture even though it lay isolated deep behind Russian
