North Caucasus Number 17

1 plot (opera. V. Mamiev) Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Makhachkala. May Day demonstration, people at the building of the Government House on Lenin Square; speakers on the podium at the monument to V.I. Lenin. Participants of the demonstration with slogans and banners with the NDP: “LONG BUILDING LIBRARIES IM. A.S. PUSHKIN - HONOR AND CONSCIENCE OF THE LEADERSHIP (...) "; “PRICE REFORM IS A DECEPTION OF THE PEOPLE!”; "NO CABLE TAX POLICY!"; WE SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE STRIKING MINES! "; “WE DEMAND A TWO TIME WAGE INCREASE! TEAM OF GTS "; "STOP THE WAR OF LAWS!"; "FOR STUDENTS - SOCIAL PROTECTION!"; "CANCEL 1% PENSION TAX!"; "60 RUBLES THIS IS NOT A PAYMENT!"; "WE DEMAND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ON LAND!" 2 plot (opera. G. Gavrilov) G. Stavropol. May Day demonstration; people at the Government building on Lenin Square with banners with the NDP: "DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA"; “NO EXTRAORDINARY PRICES! YES TO RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY! UNION BODIES OF POWER IN HEAD WITH THE PRESIDENT IN RESIGNATION! "; "THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM TO RESPOND!"; “GIVE STAVROPOL-KREMLIN BUSINESS! YELTSIN - BONE CROSS THROAT! "; "TO A PROSPEROUS RUSSIA THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS (...)". A military band is passing by; newspapers are being sold on the street, people are reading the newspaper "Mr. Narod". 3 plot (opera. A. Attaev) Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik. May Day demonstration; representatives of the administration at the Government building on Lenin Square; people with banners with the NDP: "WE APPROVE THE POLICY OF THE WORLD!"; "ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINE OF LABOR - THE KEY TO SUCCESS!"; "THE TEAM FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF SKEP FOR THE DISCIPLINE!". Stretching over the road with the NDP: "YES COOPERATION, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND CONSENT OF ALL PEOPLES!" The labor collective of the Telemechanika association is passing by; Cossacks on horseback are passing by; there are media representatives. The audience at the fountain; musicians play; a choreographic collective performs a Kabardian folk dance. Retail outlets in the city square; shopping arcade with bakery products. 4 plot (opera. S. Gusev) South Ossetia, pos. Java. Aftermath of the April 29, 1991 earthquake: destroyed houses; destroyed shopping center building; the destroyed building of the Java regional central hospital; destroyed school building. A construction crane dismantles the debris; car under the rubble. A corpse on a stretcher; coffins in the back of a truck. The journalist talks with eyewitnesses. The cameraman is filming.

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sound engineer R. Tuaev, editor V. Karev, announcer G. Gudiev, music designer V. Belyansky, editing L. Kalkutin