About Air Flying in Russia

The film tells about the first Russian aeronaut - a native of the city of Nerekhta (Kostroma region), Ryazan clerk Efim Kryakutny, who for the first time in the world took to the air in a balloon, about the celebration of the 775th anniversary of the city of Nerekhta. 1 part. Summer, railway station "Nerekhta". The station building, people on the platform, women are looking at goods in a kiosk. Pre-revolutionary photos of the railway station "Nerekhta", views of the city of Nerekhta. Nerekhta River, Epiphany Church (1710-1726), wooden houses on the bank. Women wash clothes in the river. Bridge over the river, passers-by are walking along the bridge. Bus on the shore. View of the city from a high point (houses, temple, traffic along the main street). Obelisk with the NDP “NEREKHTA - THE HOMELAND OF THE FIRST RUSSIAN AIRPLANER KRYAKUTNY, WHICH IN 1731. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD I RISE INTO THE AIR IN A BALLOON. "Workers mount festive decorations on the stage on the football field. Shield with NDP" NEREKHTA 1214 ". Rehearsal of a performance dedicated to the 775th anniversary of Nerekhta, on an open stage, in the foreground - a man leading a horse. Seating rows on the square, Kazan Cathedral in the scaffolding. A wooden house with carved platbands, elderly women are sitting on the porch, one of them is playing with a goat. The presenter on the stage during the festive event tells about the native of Nerekhta - the balloonist Kryakutny. The presenters talk about the city, in the background are members of amateur art activities. Spectators sit on benches in the stadium. Participants of the performance change clothes to go on stage. The "prince" and his "squad" are walking along the street, women in old dresses are carrying icons - a reconstruction of the events of the 13th century. A horse with a cart goes down the street past wooden houses and a church. The writer L.N. Repina talks about Kryakutny's childhood and youth, about his flying experiments. Athletes parachute down on the stadium field. Musicians of a brass band are walking down the street, followed by a detachment of young drummers. The tour guide in the museum tells about the flight of Kryakutny. The man says that Kryakutnaya is a myth about which the titular adviser A.I.Sulukadzev wrote in his manuscript. Part 2. The man talks about the examination of the parchment on which the history of Kryakutny's flight was written, which revealed many later corrections. During the festive performance, balloons raise a canvas with the inscription "NEREKHTA 775" into the air. The presenter of the holiday on the stage tells the history of the city. The boys are sitting on the fence, looking at the stage. Young drummers are walking along the stadium field. Staging: night, a man raises a balloon into the air, flies over the city, the balloon flies over the Seating Rows. Elderly women sit on a bench near a wooden house, look at a balloon in the sky, a dog stands at the gate. Spectators in the stands at the stadium look at the sky at the ball. The presenter on the stage talks about the revolutionary struggle in Nerekhta in 1918. (sync.). Cleaning the football field after the festive events. A man in a balloon descends into a clearing by the river. An elderly man on the porch of a wooden house reads the story of Kryakutny's flight to the boys. View of the vicinity of Nerekhta (removed from the bell tower of one of the temples). Church cemetery, crosses on graves, square pl. - a monument on the grave of the merchant DV Savelyeva, a stone on the grave of the colonel of the 140th infantry Zaraisk regiment V.K. Adamovich. Pre-revolutionary photographs with views of Nerekhta. Trucks are on the street at a traffic light. The platform of the railway station "Nerekhta".

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2

1989