Farewell to Zhiguli

The film is dedicated to the problem of preserving a natural monument - Zhigulevsky Reserve. 1 part. Landscapes of the Kuibyshev region: meadow, forest, Zhiguli mountains, Volga river. Landscapes of the Zhigulevsky Reserve at different times of the year. A flock of swans flies over the river, swim in the plant. Black grouse live in the reserve. General view of the road through the reserve. A man sits on a log listening to a tape recording of birds singing. Smoke on the territory of the Zhiguli state nature reserve on Samarskaya Luka. Landfill on the territory of the reserve. Blasting operations in the Zhiguli quarry, where construction material is being mined - crushed stone, sand. Dump trucks take out the sand. B / W newsreel footage of the 1980s: Session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies in Kuibyshev: a speech by one of the speakers (sync.), Who speaks of indifference to nature, its destruction. Speech at the session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies in Kuibyshev by the head of Kuibyshevgidrostroy [Viktor Sokolov] (sinhr.): He says that in order to fulfill the tasks set before Kuibyshevgidrostroy, 20-25 million tons of construction crushed stone are needed, which is mined in Zhigulevsky quarry. Part 2. Summer landscapes of the Zhiguli nature reserve. The motor ship is sailing along the Volga. Descent into an abandoned quarry on the territory of the Zhigulevsky Reserve, waste industrial water. View of the building on the territory of the Zhiguli reserve, resembling a chapel. The water flows into the quarry and then into the river. The dead fish in the water and on the banks of the Volga. View of one of the backwaters of the river with dirty, stagnant water. Abandoned boat near the coast of the backwater. View of one of the industrial facilities on the banks of the Volga. Piles of logs in the water and on the shore. The secretary of the Kuibyshev organization of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR, writer Yevgeny Lazarev, is sitting at a table in his office, reading aloud (sync. And off-screen) an excerpt from his work. General view of the Zhigulevsky quarry, where construction material is being mined. The BELAZ heavy-duty dump truck is driving along the road. A man is sitting on a log (off-screen is an excerpt from the work of Yevgeny Lazarev, which is read by the author). B / W newsreel footage: Speeches of participants at a session of the Regional Council of People's Deputies in Kuibyshev (sinhr.). Some of them raise the issue of respect for nature and historical monuments.

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screenwriter V. Tumanov, sound engineer V. Popov, editor B. Kozhin