His Lifes Work

The film is dedicated to the Chuvash educator, teacher I. Ya. Yakovlev (1848-1930). Newsreel footage: I. Ya. Yakovlev in the bosom of his family, with students. Photos of I. Ya. Yakovlev of different years. Ulyanovsk region. Village of the Cat. View of streets, buildings, surroundings. Chuvashia. The city of Alatyr. The building of the former city council. The city of Cheboksary. Monument to I. Ya. Yakovlev. Students in the classroom at the university. Students of one of the schools in the classroom. Children's books for reading I. Ya. Yakovlev in the Chuvash language. The city of Ulyanovsk (Simbirsk). The building of the former Chuvash gymnasium. The building of the former Chuvash school. Photos of houses and streets of Simbirsk of different years. House-Museum of V.I. Lenin. Museum expositions. Photos of V. I. Lenin, members of the Ulyanov family. Steamship movement along the Volga river. The city of Leningrad. Shlisselburg Fortress. Photo of Bishop Pallady, a supporter of the idea of teaching in schools only in Russian. Photo of Bishop Nikandr, who wrote a denunciation against I. Ya. Yakovlev to the Holy Synod. Landscapes of the Volga River, banks, meadows, forests.

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music S. Smirnov