North Caucasus Number 47

1 plot Karachaevskaya Republic, Karachaevsk, December 1991 Building of the House of Soviets on Central Street; people are standing; cars, bus. Banner on the building with the NDP: "NATIONAL UNTIMEED RALLY OF THE KARACHAYI PEOPLE FROM NOVEMBER 17, 1991" Meeting room of the Congress of the Karachai people; the presidium of the meeting is on the stage, people are sitting in the hall. There are flags above the presidium table; on the table there is a banner with the NDP: "WE ARE FOR THE REPUBLIC OF KARACHAY." A man in the hall with a tape recorder in his hands is recording the speech of the speakers. A congress participant behind the podium speaks (sinhr., Behind the scenes) about the deportation of the Karachais to Central Asia in 1943; on their return to their homeland in 1957; about the rehabilitation of the Karachai people in 1991. 2 story North-Ossetian ASSR, Vladikavkaz, December 1991. Chernoglaz street; a car is going by; bus. Porch of house No. 14. Terek river; snow-covered embankment of the river. Christmas tree bazaar; people choose Christmas trees. A man puts a Christmas tree in the trunk of a car. Mechanical engineer Pavel Vladimirovich Kurskiev reads his poems in German at home, translates into Russian (sinhr., Off-screen); passes with a woman along the embankment. P.V.'s awards Kurskiev on the table: the order of the Great Patriotic War; commemorative medals for the 30th and 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945; jubilee medal for the 60th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR. German-Russian dictionaries on a shelf in P.V. Kurskiev. The poem by P.V. Kurskiev in the newspaper of Soviet Germans "Neues leben" for July 24, 1991 P.V. Kurskiev (sinhr., Off-screen) talks about his poems; about love for people. 3 plot Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Grozny, December, 1991. Street of the evening city; people are passing by, cars are passing by. Making Christmas tree decorations at a production association of arts and crafts. Master for painting Christmas tree decorations Raisa Bogdanova in the shop at work. Master blowing glass Christmas tree toys at work. A shop assistant packs toys in a box. R. Bogdanova speaks (sinhr., Off-screen) about her work.

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V. Kachurin, I. Cherdzhieva