From the Distance of Time Soviet Union and the Chinese Revolution

People on the streets of Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai. Visitors in the bar, in shops. People in modern apartments, at home. Chronicle of the times of imperialist China. The beginning of the 20th century. Peasant labor in the countryside. Life of people in the city. Rickshaws on the streets of cities. The work of children in factories. Beggars. Workers are working in the port. Foreigners in villas, mansions, resorts. Chronicle of the national liberation struggle of the Chinese people: drawings and old photographs telling about the Ihetuan uprising (1899-1901). Portraits and photographs of the first president of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen. 1925 Sun Yat-sen's widow in Moscow. Filming of the first ambassador of the Soviet Union to China L. M. Karakhan. Rallies of workers in China. Shooting Chiang Kai Shi. Soviet military advisers in China, among them General VK Blucher Photographs of the terror, the execution of the Chinese communists. The year is 1929. Military units of the Red Army in the Far East. There is a train going - communication with China has been established. The invasion of China by the Kwantung army. Japanese troops on the streets of cities, executions, searches, arrests. 1937 year. Japanese planes are bombing Chinese cities and villages. Speech by Mao Tse-tung at a communist rally. Chinese pilots from Soviet planes at the airfield, the Chinese military from Soviet anti-aircraft guns are firing at the enemy. Photos of Soviet volunteers fighting on the side of the Chinese army against the Japanese invaders. August 1945. Military chronicle. Japanese prisoners of war are on the streets of Chinese cities. Meeting of Soviet troops by local residents. Release of political prisoners. The funeral of the fallen Soviet soldiers. Soldiers and officers of Chiang Kai Shi's troops surrender to the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of China. Troops parade in Beijing on October 9, 1949. February 14, 1950. The signing of an agreement of friendship, alliance, and mutual assistance between the PRC and the USSR in the Kremlin. JV Stalin and Mao Zedong are present. Soviet specialists are helping Chinese comrades to work at enterprises, factories, a drilling rig, and in their studies. China. Writers A. Fadeev, K. Simonov at the rally. Artists N. Cherkasov, M. Ladynina among local residents. S. Obraztsov performs with his dolls in front of Chinese children. 1956 year. Speech by Mao Zedong at the 8th Congress of the CPC. View of the hall, presidium. A delegation of Chinese youth in Luzhniki during the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students. Moscow. Kremlin. Mao Zedong signs the final document of the Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. The Chinese people greet Mao Zedong. Presenting gifts to Mao Zedong. People are memorizing the slogans of Mao Zedong. People on the streets of Chinese cities after the death of the leader: they read books, newspapers, do gymnastics, relax. Streams of cyclists and pedestrians. Admission exams to Chinese universities. March 1985. General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev receives Deputy Prime Minister of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Peng (photo). The Chinese delegation at the Moscow Automobile Plant (ZIL) inspect the finished cars. Speech by Chinese artists in the concert hall "Russia".

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The text is read by O. Basilashvili