Where Was Lenin Born

The film tells about the Lenin Memorial (a complex of buildings and structures), created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of V. I. Lenin in Ulyanovsk. Filmed by order of the State Committee for Civil Engineering and Architecture under the USSR Gosstroy. FIRST PART. Russia, Ulyanovsk. Types of r. Volga. The passenger ship goes along the river. Buildings of the Ulyanovsk Agricultural Institute, the Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum, the Palace of Pioneers, a children's library, a secondary school, a central department store, the Ulyanovsk Pedagogical Institute, the Venets Hotel, the Ulyanovsk Drama Theater. Square in the central part of the city. Monuments to V.I. Lenin, N.M. Karamzin. Memorial plaque with the inscription: "Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin 1878-1887 lived here." New building in one of the city districts. The movement of cars and trucks. Schoolchildren in the House of Pioneers, in the reading room of the library. In the foyer of the Palace of Pioneers, there is a picturesque panel depicting episodes of Volodya Ulyanov's childhood and youth. A group of architects from the Central Design Institute for Spectacular Buildings and Sports Facilities (TsNIIEP) are discussing a project for a memorial zone designed to perpetuate the name of V.I. Lenin. The discussion is attended by employees of TsNIIEP Harold Isakovich, Mikhail Drozdenko, Natalya Minaicheva, Mikhail Konstantinov and the head of the group, Honored Architect of the RSFSR Boris Sergeevich Mezentsev. BS Mezentsev tells about the project of the Lenin memorial (synchronously). Drawings and layout of the memorial. Construction of the Lenin Memorial. Construction machinery, bricklayers, welders, electricians and other construction site workers. General view of the building under construction. Indoor finishing work. Laying marble slabs around the building. The faces of young builders of different nationalities. General view of the constructed building of the Lenin Memorial. Electricians prepare illumination for the opening of the building. Tulips on the territory of the Lenin Memorial. THE SECOND PART OF. Russia, Ulyanovsk. Different plans of the building and facades of the Lenin memorial. Lenin's chased bas-relief on the main facade of the building. A sprinkler is passing by the building. A fragment of a cube-shaped building above the main entrance. Exhibits in the courtyard of the Lenin Memorial: the wing of the Pribylovskaya house, where V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin was born and the family lived from 1969 to 1870; the house of Pribylovskaya, where the Ulyanov family lived from 1970 to 1871; Zharkova's house, where the family lived in 1871-1875. A memorial plaque with the inscription: "Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov / Lenin / was born in this house on April 10 (22), 1870". Monument to Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova with her little son Volodya. Visitors to the memorial near the fountain at the main entrance to the building. Young people climb the marble steps of the main staircase. Lamps above the stairs. Exhibition hall of the V.I.Lenin Museum. The exhibits of the museum: a photograph of V. I. Lenin, stained glass window made of colored glass "Motherland", a mosaic panel "Liberation of Simbirsk", sculpture "Cobblestone - an instrument of the proletariat" and others. A sculpture of V. I. Lenin made of white marble in the Lenin hall. Museum visitors go down the stairs, out of the building. Africans descend the stairs. Interior of the 1st floor foyer, lamps in the 2nd floor foyer. Foyer of the House of Political Education, which houses an exhibition dedicated to the newspaper "Pravda". Lecture hall. Large auditorium. Cafeteria. Leonid Brezhnev performs on the stage of the Great Hall during the opening of the Lenin Memorial (synchronously). The audience is applauding. View of the building of the Lenin Memorial in the evening. Street lights are on. Fireworks over the building of the Lenin memorial and over the monument to V. I. Lenin.

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scriptwriters V. Kuksov, N. Kotov, consultants S. Mezentsev, G. Yasny, sound engineer I. Nifonova, editor G. Shaposhnikova, director V. Gushchin