theme 23.02.1999 (1999)

The program was filmed in the halls of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Video: The presenter at the building of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia congratulates the audience on the holiday of February 23 - "Defender of the Fatherland Day", a view of the museum building, a T-34 tank on a pedestal, a 152-mm howitzer on a pedestal against the background of the body of an intercontinental missile, a view of the museum building, the Russian flag and a T-34 tank on a pedestal, a sign "Central Museum of the Armed Forces".

Vladimir Semchenko - a tour guide and students in the museum hall.

A display case with knightly armor, a helmet and sabres.

The presenter in the museum hall next to a howitzer of the First World War.

A display case with epaulettes of white officers.

A display case with personal belongings of officers of the tsarist army.

Sabre and scabbard.

Vladimir Semchenko - a tour guide talks about a cannon of the First World War.

Aiguillette of an officer of the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment.

Guards banner of the Life Guards Finnish Regiment with the Savior on its pediment.

Vladimir Semchenko answers the question whether there were mistakes or shortcomings in feature films and literature about the war.

Chevron "Armed Forces of Russia".

Epaulettes of officers of the Russian army.

Dress uniform of an officer of the Tsarist army.

The host and the audience in the hall of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Banners and exhibits in the museum hall.

Participants of the program: Potemkin Aleksey Nikolayevich - Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General and Nikonov Aleksandr Konstantinovich - Head of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Nikonov Aleksandr answers the question of how the Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia began.

A display case with grenades.

Nikonov Aleksandr answers the question of why the United States today pays more attention to the history of the armed forces than we do.

Nikonov Aleksandr about the exhibition of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia held in the United States.

Potemkin Aleksey talks about how he received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Chief of Staff of the 78th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 25th Guards Rifle Division (6th Army, Southwestern Front), Guards Major Potemkin A. N., displayed exceptional courage during the Battle of the Dnieper.

Due to the illness of the commander, he was temporarily acting as regiment commander.

On the night of September 26, 1943, he led a landing group across the Dnieper south of the village of Voyskovoye (Solonyansky district, Dnepropetrovsk region).

Having captured a bridgehead on the right bank of the river, the group ensured the successful and rapid crossing of the Dnieper by the rest of the regiment.

Nikonov Aleksandr talks about the most interesting exhibits of the museum lying in storerooms and archives.

Nikonov Aleksandr shows two genuine Orders of Victory belonging to Marshal Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich.

Orders of Victory in cases.

German Iron Crosses captured by Soviet troops.

The host congratulates veterans on the holiday of February 23, "

Defender of the Fatherland Day."

Chronicle b/w: Loudspeakers on the street, people in the square listening to the announcement, a howitzer, a bridge explosion, photographs of Stalingrad during the war, a leaflet "

Not a step back without an order from the commander", a map of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Volga River, Soviet officers checking their watches, gunshots, Hitler Adolf, Stalin on the rostrum of the mausoleum, a parade of Nazi troops, Soviet soldiers in a trench, Soviet officers walking through Stalingrad, a display case with a telephone, Soviet soldiers with weapons, the ground with shell fragments from the battlefields of Stalingrad.

The host talks about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Participants of the program: Antoshkin Nikolay - Colonel General of Aviation and Kolybabinsky Vladimir Nikolaevich - Hero of the Russian Federation.

Kolybabinsky Vladimir talks about the war in Afghanistan, recalls his first battle in December 1985. Video chronicle Afghanistan: airfield helicopter on the runway, smoke from explosions in the mountains, helicopter in the sky, View of a military unit in the mountains, a gravestone with the dates 1979 - 1989, burning candles, a mujahideen with a machine gun, a battle in Afghanistan, a view of the ground from a helicopter, a damaged helicopter on the ground, a burning helicopter body, soldiers in the back of a truck.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, during the first ten days he directly supervised the actions of the personnel to close the reactor.

He personally flew around the reactor, receiving a large dose of radiation.

At the end of April 1986, he carried out a task of filling the damaged reactor with cargo from helicopters, developed and implemented new methods of fastening them, ensuring a continuous "conveyor" of helicopters with filling.

He personally spent dozens of hours in the air in the NPP zone.

Nikolay Antoshkin shows photographs of the damaged building of the Chernobyl power unit.

Nikolay Antoshkin answers the question of whether the servicemen went to liquidate the accident on orders or voluntarily.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about the mobilization of military personnel to eliminate the Chernobyl accident.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about protecting liquidators from radioactive radiation.

Photo of Nikolay Antoshkin in a respirator in the helicopter cabin.

Nikolay Antoshkin answers the question of why only two people received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union despite such mass heroism.

Nikolay Antoshkin answers the question of what dose of radiation you received.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about treatment for radiation exposure.

Vladimir Kolybabinsky talks about his service in Afghanistan.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about his flights on radiation reconnaissance during the Chernobyl accident.

Nikolay Antoshkin's flight suit in a museum display case; he piloted the plane in this suit at the Victory Day parade.

The "Aviation Lieutenant General Nikolay Antoshkin" patch.

Nikolay Antoshkin talks about flights at an air show in France.

Nikonov Aleksandr Konstantinovich talks about the Victory Banner, which was raised over the Reichstag and is now kept in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of Russia.

Removing the cover from the Victory Banner.

Dementyev Arkady, holding the Victory Banner, talks about raising the banner over the Reichstag.

The host congratulates the audience on the holiday of February 23 - "Defender of the Fatherland Day".

The host says goodbye to the audience.