Surah About Man

1 part. Hasan Kebedgadzhiev, whose family was repressed in the 30s, sits with a rosary, shares his memories (sinhr.). A group of men - residents of one of the Dagestani villages, are sitting on the street, one of them says that now the time has come when a person is able to independently make life choices. General view of one of the villages in the mountains of Dagestan. One of the residents of the village talks about how people lived in Dagestan in the old days (sinhr.), That Dagestan was divided into khanates, that the merit of Imam Shamil was in uniting multinational Dagestan (sinhr.). Rural gathering of the inhabitants of the village. Some of the men present express their opinion regarding the changes in the life of the people of Dagestan in connection with the democratization of society and glasnost, talk about Imam Shamil as a national hero (sinhr.). One of the men present is playing the agach-kumuz (sync.), The men are sitting in a semicircle, listening. House of A. Bakarov, a resident of the village of Mogokh, who collects documents related to Imam Shamil; Among the exhibits presented in Bakarov's home museum there are: handwritten pages made by Shamil's hand, photographs of Shamil, things belonging to him, a picturesque portrait of the imam on horseback. Men who came to Bakarov's house, examine the exhibits. Hasan Kebedgadzhiev talks about his life, shares his memories of his father (sinhr. And off-screen). Newsreel footage of the period of the establishment of Soviet power in the North Caucasus: a detachment of horsemen (Makhachevites) is moving along the road, across the bridge over the river; general view of the meeting in one of the villages. The cavalry gallops. Newsreel footage of the 30s: a rally in one of the Dagestan villages with the participation of the Red Army border guards. Speech by one of the speakers at the meeting. Portraits of Stalin, Yezhov, Lenin on the podium. Banners with the inscription "Hello courageous, fearless soldiers of border guards", "Defense of the fatherland is the sacred duty of citizens of the USSR", "Workers join the ranks of OSOAVIAKHIM." Women in one of the villages are carrying jugs of water. A detachment of Dagestan pioneers on the top of the mountain with a flag. Schoolchildren are sitting at their desks in the open air, the teacher is at the blackboard, explaining the lesson. Children are doing physical exercises. Two boys in tattered clothes sit in a pasture in the mountains, where sheep graze, smoke. The shepherd grazes the sheep. Photos of the national hero of Dagestan, Magomet Ali Dakhadayev (Makhach) (killed by the White Guards in 1918). In one of the photographs, next to Dakhadayev, there is G. Kebedgadzhiev, who was Makhach's right hand. Part 2. Newsreel footage of the 1920s and 1930s: a view of the village, two old men sitting at the door of the house, a little girl is standing next to them. A woman with children and an old man are standing. A woman holds a child in her arms, says something. The presidium of one of the meetings, an orator speaks, the villagers listen, vote unanimously, the men take turns coming up to the table. Traditional Muslim rite: men walk in circles, pray. General view of the document on the rehabilitation of G. Kebedgadzhiev from 1988. Hasan Kebedgadzhiev is engaged in farming: he collects and folds dry corn stalks. A group of girls with jugs are at the source. Muadzin on the minaret, calling Muslims to prayer. G. Kebedgadzhiev prays (the words of the prayer in Arabic are heard behind the scenes). Recording of the program on Makhachkala television. The host of the program says that Islam has deep roots in Dagestan. Participants of the TV show are sitting at a round table, discussing urgent issues, including. connected with religion and the activation of believers in the republic (sync. and behind the scenes.) One of the participants in the TV show says that it is necessary to oppose all religious rites and traditions - new, deep traditions and rituals. A group of men at the mosque: stand, talk, pray in the mosque. Another group of men prays at a cemetery in Derbent. General view of the cemetery. A disabled woman sits on a bench.

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V. Kachurin, Yu. Litvinov, G. Tebeeva