North Caucasus Number 45

1 plot "Congress of the Ossetian people" (opera. S. Budtuev) North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Vladikavkaz, December 13, 1991. Square in front of the building of the North Ossetian State Academic Theater; a monument to the Ossetian poet, playwright, artist K. L. Khetagurov. A tram is passing along the snow-covered city street. Sculptures in the park. A painting depicting St. George of Ustyrdzhi in the hall of the academic theater, where a congress of the Ossetian people is being held, dedicated to the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict. The presidium of the meeting of the congress on the stage of the theater. Behind the rostrum, People's Deputy of North Ossetia and the Russian Federation Georgy Safonkaevich Kozaev; other congress participants. People in the hall. Participants of the congress communicate in the lobby of the building, among them are veterans of the Great Patriotic War; camera operator; correspondents are interviewing. In the lobby there are signs with the NDP: "REGISTRATION", "IRAF DISTRICT", "DIGOR DISTRICT", "PRAVOBEZHNY PRIGORODNY DISTRICT", "REPUBLIC OF YUZHNAYA OSSETIA". A stand with photographs of the victims of the South Ossetian war; shells and cartridges are at the stand. 2 plot "Congress of the Peoples of Kabardino-Balkaria" (opera. A. Attaev) Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Nalchik, December 14, 1991. Meeting room of the Congress dedicated to the independence of Kabardino-Balkaria; the presidium on the stage; participants in the congress vote in the hall. One of the delegates speaks at the microphone in the hall. Chairman of the Supreme Council of Kabardino-Balkaria Khachim Mukhamedovich Karmokov behind the podium says (sinhr., Behind the scenes) that all residents of the republic should take part in the congress. Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Kabardino-Balkaria Vladmir Kazbulatovich Sokhov behind the podium speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about the difficult period of perestroika for the republic. 3 plot "Potivostoyanie" (opera. V. Mamiev) Dagestan SSR, Makhachkala, November 21, 1991. A rally on Lenin Square near the building of the Government House, dedicated to demands for the resignation of the heads of law enforcement agencies of the Dagestan SSR; people with flags and banners with the NDP: "DOLL OF DISHONEST LEADERSHIP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES!"; “WE ARE FOR FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS OF DAGESTAN!”; "LET ALLAH PUNISH THE CRIMINALS AND THEIR COVERERS!"; "MY POLICE DOES NOT PROTECT ME!"; “MORE POLICE - HIGHER CRIME ?!”; “DEAR WOMEN-MOTHER! AVARKI, DARGINKI, KUMYCHKI, LEZGINKI, LACHKI, etc. MAINTAIN FAIR CLAIMS! ". There are many women with children among the protesters; women are praying sitting on the steps at the Government House. Women on hunger strike are sitting in the street; banner with the NDP: "WOMEN'S HUNGER STARTS HAVE STARTED ON NOVEMBER 21 THE TIME OF OUR HUNGER STARTS DEPEND ON THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT." Policemen at the building of the Government House; on the street of the city. One of the pre-trial detention centers: employees in bulletproof vests on the territory; Escaped prisoners are sitting on the roof of the isolation ward. A resident of Dagestan Patuch Askerova on the square speaks (sinhr., Off-screen) in [Avar] (Russian voice-over) that women are losing loved ones even in peacetime. An elderly man, Mohammed Khan, with a photograph of his son in his hands, speaks (sinhr., Off-screen) in Avar and Russian about the murder of his son. Elmina Pashayeva, a resident of the Babayurtovsky district of Dagestan, speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about interethnic conflicts. Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Dagestan SSR Abdurazak Mardanovich Mirzabekov in the square at the microphone (sinhr.) Promises to report on the demands of the people at the session of the Supreme Council of Dagestan. Dagestan SSR, Khasavyurt, November 1991. A strike of residents, led by the Tenglik popular movement, demanding the release of the heads of the republic's law enforcement agencies from their posts. Railroad tracks blocked by cars. Women in the camp of the strikers are praying, crying. There are photographs of the killed residents on the wall. The leader of the Tenglik popular movement, Salav Magomedsalikhovich Aliyev, speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about the essence of the protest action.

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sound engineer V. Kachurin, editor I. Cherdzhieva