The Fate of the Salt Mountains

A film about the Soligorsk Potash Plant. The film shows the processes of extraction, production of potash fertilizers. The chief geologist of the Soligorsk expedition of the All-Union Mining and Chemical Design Institute RK Balandin and a researcher at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus FF Mazhevik talk about new technologies for the production of potash fertilizers (synchronously and behind the scenes). Belarus. Flocks of birds in the sky. Eared grain field. One of the rural settlements. A herd of cows in the pasture. Geese on the street of the village, in the reservoir. A woman works in a vegetable garden. Women at the well, on benches near their homes, give interviews, talk about the ecological situation in the area (synchronously). Landscapes of Polesye. The city of Soligorsk. The sun's rays make their way through the foliage of the tree. Wedding. The groom carries the bride in his arms. Guests are standing. Residents of the city are resting at the reservoir. City views. Transport and pedestrian traffic. Bust of V. I. Lenin. Sculpture of a miner. Children play on the playground in the courtyard of one of the houses. The building of an Orthodox church. Bell ringing. Smoke from the pipes of the Soligorsk potash plant. Dried birch trunks. Salt dumps. Industrial waste dump. Residents talk about the unfavorable environmental situation in the city (synchronously). Minsk. Studio "Belarusfilm". The editor prepares film documents for optical soundtrack. Chronicle footage. The consequences of the 1988 earthquake in Armenia. A pile of boulders at the site of the destroyed temple. Children's doll, guitar, books on the ruins of a building. A woman mourns loved ones. Stacks of coffins in the street.

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