North Caucasus Number 10

The magazine tells about one of the unique corners of Dagestan - the Agrakhan Gulf. On the problems associated with the gulf, on the ways to overcome these problems. Dagestan. Views of the Agrakhan Bay in winter and summer. Thickets of flowering grass on the shore. Footage from the chronicle of fishing in the Agrakhan Bay (early 1970s): fishermen pull a net with fish to the shore; the caught fish moves on the conveyor belt; ships at the pier. View of the deserted village of Lopatin (Lopatino), located at the extreme end of the Agrakhan Bay, which was previously used as a transshipment point for the delivery of fish to Makhachkala. Abandoned warehouse, locked doors. Huntsman Stepan Vasilyevich Podmazkov and his son Zhenya are sailing in a motor boat, walking along the coast of the bay, preparing nesting sites for hunting and game birds. The caught pikes lie on the ice. Zhenya is holding a pike in his hands. The building and furnishings of the huntsman's house. S.V. Podmazkov and his son are cleaning the snow near the house, decorating the Christmas tree in the room, hand-feeding the bird. Zhenya is making a snowman near the house. The huntsman's wife is preparing food in the kitchen. A stuffed duck under the tree. The family of S.V. Podmazkov at the New Year's table. The huntsman sets up shields on the shore of the bay with the inscription: "Rosokhotrybolovsoyuz. Experienced hunting and fishing farm" Dagestanskoye ". Fish in the water near the shore. A sturgeon suffocates in the water. A fisherman in a motor boat examines the net. Newsreels (1972): construction of an earthen bridge in the place of a breakthrough under the Uch-Kosaya; concrete slabs fall from a truck into the water; a bulldozer throws soil into the water, laying concrete slabs with a crane; view of a lintel. Huntsman S.V. Podmazkov planting a tree with his son. Cranes in the sky. a boat.

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