Contemporary Number 46

The newsreel tells about the "Stalin's Bunker" in the city of Kuibyshev, about the events that took place on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression in the Orenburg Region. The city of Kuibyshev. The streets of the town. Pedestrians stand at the crossing near a traffic light. Passenger cars, a bus pass along the highway. A. Kurlina's mansion (architect A.U. Zelenko, 1903). Catholic church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kuibyshevsky Roman Catholic parish. Buildings of the Kuibyshev Academic Opera and Ballet Theater and the Kuibyshev Drama Theater named after M. Gorky. Premises, corridors, stairs, airtight doors, life support units, a meeting room in the "Stalin's Bunker" - a defensive structure created to protect the government in case of an emergency during the Great Patriotic War. The Colonel talks about the bunker (sync., Behind the scenes). The layout of the people in the bunker. Orenburg. Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repression of the Orenburg Region: representatives of the public, relatives and friends of the repressed visit the place of mass executions of "enemies of the people" in the grove; relatives carry photographs of the repressed, light candles; a memorial sign at the site of mass executions; fundraising for the memorial; speeches of representatives of the public and Muslim clergy at the rally (sinhr., behind the scenes); Orthodox clergymen serve a requiem for the innocent victims. The city of Kuibyshev. A helicopter flies over a street lamp. View of the embankment in winter. River vessels wintering in the backwater. A dilapidated pier, frozen in ice. Fishermen on winter fishing. Children sledding down the mountain.

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Editor B. Kozhin, music producer V. Shubin, sound engineer V. Shubin, animator V. Zhigun, announcer B. Svoyskiy.