A Lifelong Memory

The film tells about the veteran of the Great Patriotic War Colonel V.A. Gudkov, who with his labor savings built a monumental monument to the inhabitants of the village who died during the Great Patriotic War in the village of Znamenskoye. Znamenskoye. Boys on bicycles ride along the road. Opening of the monument; among those present at the opening of the monument - V.A. Gudkov (photo). Veterans at home talk about V.A. Gudkov (synchronously), watching an amateur film shot during his lifetime. Servicemen, schoolchildren, members of the public lay wreaths at the monument. Reception of the Octobrists at the pioneers near the monument. Veterans tie pioneer ties for schoolchildren. Photos of V.A.Gudkov over the years (behind the scenes V.A.Gudkov talks about himself). The sculptor A. Klykov is working on the bust of V. A. Gudkov in the studio. Church, wooden houses in the village of Znamenskoye. A resident of the village VS Katkova talks about VA Gudkov, about his family, about the inhabitants of the village who died during the war (synchronously). House of V.A. Gudkov. The furnishings of one of the rooms. Desk, piano, clock, notebook and other personal belongings of V.A. Gudkov. Photos of the villagers who died in the war. The widow of I.M. Trifonov carries buckets on a yoke. VS Katkova near her house. Newsreel footage (1945): a group of military men and girls are walking along a village street; girls with bouquets of lilacs greet Soviet soldiers; a woman and a soldier are cleaning the grave of Soviet soldiers; spruce branches on the monument; faces of the military in the train carriage. The second part: the village of Znamenskoye. Elderly women in the hut. Memorial plaques on the facades of rural houses. The names of the villagers who died in the war are written on the boards. A relief drawing of a woman with a child and the inscription "Glory to the Heroes of the Village of Znamenskoye!" on the obelisk of the monumental monument. A resident of the village A.I. Vitenko talks about herself, about her husband, who died in the war (synchronously). AI Vitenko cleans up near the monument. Plaque with the inscription: “A monumental monument to the soldiers of the village of Znamenskoye, who gave their lives for their homeland during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Built in 1967 on the labor savings of Colonel Vasily Avtonomovich Gudkov under his leadership and with the assistance of a number of industrial enterprises, institutions , military units, higher art and industrial school in Moscow and the Moscow region. Authors: pensioner Colonel Gudkov V.A., architect Miloslavov K.K. " V.A. Gudkov looks through military photographs in an album dedicated to the combat path of the 5th Guards Berlin Red Guard Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Fighter Aviation Regiment. VA Gudkov in a group of veterans near the monument. AI Vitenko lights candles near the photographs of those killed in the "mausoleum". Laying wreaths at the monument. Changing of the honor guard of the pioneers near the monument. An interview with a student, in which he talks about the indifference of local youth to the monument (synchronously). The faces of schoolchildren. Photo portrait of V.A. Gudkov. AI Vitenko speaks about the last years of the life of VA Gudkov (synchronously). Veterans watching an amateur film. Authors of the amateur film and V.A. Gudkov near the monument. The veteran talks about the last days of V.A.Gudkov's life (synchronously). VA Gudkov approaches the monument. View of the monument in winter. AI Vitenko cleans the snow with a shovel on the steps of the monument-mausoleum, shakes off the snow from the wreaths. V.A.Gudkov smiles.

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A. Shubin