Siberia on the Screen No 31-35

A special issue of the magazine tells about the liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the construction of a protective structure for the destroyed block of the station. Part 1 Ukrainian SSR, the city of Chernobyl, 1986. View of the sculptural composition of the unknown author "Tamed Bull" before entering the city. Fruit trees without leaves. Houses and courtyards, equipment abandoned by people after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The building of the atelier, in the showcase of which there are dead flowers. Shop building with a signboard "VEGETABLES. FRUITS". Type of warning posters on the streets with NDP: "RADIOACTIVITY", "ROAD INFECTED". Destroyed block of the station (helicopter view). Elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the construction of a protective structure "sarcophagus" around the destroyed block of the station: a tractor is working, an all-terrain vehicle is passing by, a dosimetrist is measuring the level of radiation, a robot is removing debris, a sprinkler is fighting radioactive dust. The building of the bus station, where the headquarters of the construction site is located - Construction Department-605. Designers are working in the waiting room. The traffic controller regulates the traffic. Newspaper with the NDP: "OBSHENIE TASS", newspaper "Pravda" dated December 15, 1986. Blanks for articles in newspapers: "TO EVENTS AT THE CHERNOBYL NPP", "CHERNOBYL NPP: CHECK FOR COURAGE", "TIME FOR TESTING". Part 2 The city of Chernobyl, 1986. A builder from Novosibirsk, Valery Nikolaevich Kormachev, talks to a worker. Type of sign with NDP: “DANGEROUS. RADIATION". Workers in protective masks ride the bus. Installers are working. The worker speaks on the radio. Excavators load concrete into vehicles and unload gravel. Type of cars with NDP on cabins: "KRASNOYARSK", "CHELYABINSK", "GORKY", "KARSHI", "CHERKASSY", "MARINKA". Concrete trucks are leaving the loading point. The concrete truck is standing near the block wall - in the zone of the highest radiation. The work of concrete pumps. Driver V.V. Lopatin speaks about the task set for himself - the transportation of one thousand and sixty cubic meters of concrete (sync.). Driver N.A. Zhurbenko talks about how people and technology withstand this test (sync.). The workers are eating in the canteen. Chef girl. A poster with the NDP: "YOU ARE SERVED BY THE TEAM OF URSA SAS G. NOVOSIBIRSK: Kh.M. SHUTOVA, MV ZLOBINA, V. ANDREEV." A girl sells newspapers at a kiosk. Members of the Government Commission, including: Alexander Nikolaevich Usanov, Gennady Georgievich Vedernikov, Igor Arkadyevich Belyaev, Head of the Construction Department Gennady Dmitrievich Lykov at the helicopter, board the helicopter. Part 3. The city of Chernobyl, 1986. Elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, including at night. Assemblers, crane operators, welders are working. Workers pass through the gallery, resting in the station bunker, which was not damaged by the explosion. The workers are playing dominoes. View of the wrecked cars in the city. The helicopter is decontaminating the station from above. Installation of block overlap. The crash of the Mi-8 helicopter conducting decontamination, as a result of which the helicopter commander, Captain Vladimir Konstantinovich Vorobyov, navigator Alexander Evgenievich Yungkind, flight mechanic Leonid Ivanovich Khristich and ensign Nikolai Alexandrovich Ganzhuk, who was with them, were killed. Head of construction Leonid Ivanovich Gorb in the office; talks to workers; risking his life, fixes a malfunction in the cab near the block wall. Builder K.K. Tydykov talks about the same working conditions for everyone (sync.). Meeting of the members of the Government Commission. Reporting by the head of the Construction Department - 605 Gennady Dmitrievich Lykov. Park of Glory and Alley of Heroes in the city. View of a memorial plaque in memory of the soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Front who died during the Great Patriotic War. Memorial pillars to the Heroes of the Soviet Union who died in the battles for Ukraine: Major Pyotr Ksenofontovich Bayuk, Junior Sergeant Koigeldy Aukhadiev, Private Pyotr Semyonovich Bulgakov. Part 4 The city of Chernobyl, 1986. The head of the Construction Department 605 Gennady Dmitrievich Lykov speaks about the heroism of people working at risk to their lives (sinhr., Behind the scenes). The spotter is talking on the radio. Pipe installation. View of a passing all-terrain vehicle. Party organizer V.N. Hoprenko urges not to think about fatigue (sinhr.). The workers dance in their moments of rest. A military band is playing. View of the station from a helicopter. A bulldozer is going by. The architect at the drawing of the "sarcophagus". Chief engineer Lev Leonidovich Bocharov speaks about the absence of analogues of a protective structure, about the heroism of people - liquidators of the accident (sync.). The liquidators, the heads of the sections Sergey Alekseevich Korchagin and Alexander Vladimirovich Bevza talk about the results of work on the construction of the "sarcophagus" (sinhr., Behind the scenes). Part 5 The city of Chernobyl, 1986. Bulldozer drivers are working. Builder K.K. Tydykov talks about the promptness of solving all the issues that arise here (sinhr.). One of the members of the Government Commission, Igor Arkadievich Belyaev, speaks about the vast experience gained by builders, installers, designers (sinhr.). Workers sign on the installed floor. View of a passing KAMAZ in the city. A man feeds pigeons in the street. Sculpture "Tamed Bull". Pripyat city, 1986. View of the city deserted after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (shot from a helicopter).

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screenwriter V. Popov, assistant cameraman S. Shikhov, sound engineer V. Solovyov, assistant director S. Sorokvashina, editor T. Paulan, studio director V.A. Ponomarev