Along and Across the Dnieper

A film about the environmental problems of pollution of the Dnieper River along its entire length. The city of Smolensk. Assumption Cathedral on Cathedral Hill, built in 1677 in memory of the heroic defense of Smolensk in 1609-1611. City street, a passing trolleybus, cars. The priest, talking to journalists, speaks about both the unfavorable environmental situation and the moral, about the religious significance of the Dnieper River (sinhr., Behind the scenes). Industrial enterprise "Steklopribor" on the banks of the Dnieper. A chimney of an enterprise from which sewage flows into the river. Book editions with the NDP: "THE STORY OF TIME YEARS", "THE DNEPR AND ITS BASIN OF THE ENGINEER BY THE WAYS OF THE MESSAGE IN. MAKSIMOVICH ". The head of the department of the Smolensk Regional Committee of Nature Anatoly Ivanovich Bizyukov says that the sanitary and epidemiological service is not recommended to swim in the Dnieper within the city of Smolensk, as well as about the pollution of the river along its entire length (sinhr.). Smolensk region. Plate with NDP: "HERE TAKES THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT RIVER DNEPR". A member of the scientific expedition takes water from the source of the river for research. A truck, a bus, a tractor are driving along a muddy road. A woman washes clothes in the river. The man is fishing. Byelorussian SSR, Vitebsk region, the city of Orsha. Dairy cannery, a metallurgical plant on the Dnieper. Car "GAZ-24". A poster on the territory of the plant with the NDP: "WE WISH YOU A HUGE WORK." The city of Mogilev. The memorial complex on Sovetskaya Square, built in 1982, in memory of those killed during the Civil and Great Patriotic War, including the Eternal Flame and the bronze sculpture "Winged" - a woman's figure on a high granite pedestal, symbolizing Victory. Guard of honor. Industrial enterprise "Khimvolokno". Dubrovenka River, which is a tributary of the Dnieper. The head of the nature protection department of the Khimvolokno association Aleksey Kolesnikov, expressing his point of view, says that people are appointed as ministers in order to award them the title of Honorary Citizen of the city (sinhr.). Mogilev region, the city of Bykhov. Garbage dump on the banks of the Dnieper. Small fish caught in a fisherman's net for research. The scientist looks through a microscope. The movement of the bus on the highway. Gomel region, the city of Rechitsa. The building of the industrial enterprise "Rechitsaneft". Electronic clock that does not show the time. Industrial waste of the enterprise on the shore. Picturesque bank of the Dnieper. River vessel with NDP: "YAKUB KOLOS". Ukrainian SSR, the city of Kiev. NDP in the city. Industrial plant on the shore. Trees without foliage. Graves in the cemetery, overgrown with grass. Bronze monument to Vladimir the Great, erected in 1853, on the high bank of the Dnieper. Final conference dedicated to the problem of pollution of the Dnieper and its cleaning. The cameraman is filming. Conference Presidium. The chief specialist of the State Committee for Nature of the Byelorussian SSR, Mikhail Obraz, speaks of the need for specific proposals to save the Dnieper as a whole (sync., Behind the scenes). Ukrainian writer Alexei Maksimovich Dmitrenko, Belarusian playwright Alexander Leonovich Petrashkevich speak in their native languages about environmental problems (sinhr.). Newsreels (b / w): Russia, January, 1912. Epiphany bathing in the Dnieper. People are standing on the shore. The men undress and jump into the icy water.

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1989