Wake up, Russia (1991)

Applauding in the hall – general, Poland Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR B.N. Yeltsin greets the audience – categorical, Poland Women are smiling – categorical Yeltsin passes by, smiles, he is presented with flowers – categorical, Wed Yeltsin talks to the people – Wed, zoom in Autumn landscape with reeds – various Autumn field – general, zoom in Tree with yellow leaves – Wed, Poland River – general, zoom in Ears of corn – Wed, Poland Leaves on the water – Wed It is raining – Wed Field – general, Poland Soldiers are harvesting potatoes – general, Poland Loading sacks of potatoes – Wed Potatoes on the ground – general, Poland Empty shelves in a store – Wed, Poland A man in a store pushing an empty cart – Wed Building of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR – general, zoom in Yeltsin talks in the corridors of the Second Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies of Russia – various.

Deputies enter the hall – wed.

Yeltsin walks in and sits down – wed.

Meeting hall – general.

Yeltsin speaks (synchronously) – kr.

Listeners.

Gorbachev listens – various.

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR I.S. Silayev approaches the podium and delivers a report (synchronously) – various.

People listen, Yeltsin listens – various.

Photo: old woman at her house, peasants tying sheaves, sheaves in the field, a peasant woman standing, peasant children, a peasant family at home at the table, peasants – various.

Deputies climb the stairs – wed.

Listeners – wed.

Plant breeder V.I. Ivanov speaks (synchronously); demonstrates a plant – various.

Root of a plant – kr.

Deputies are talking in the corridors (synchronously) – various.

Photo: Old woman – short, zoom in Meeting room – general.

Deputies are talking – various.

Scoreboard – medium.

Hand lowers voting card – medium.

Deputy presses button – various.

Silaev is watching – medium.

Scoreboard – short.

Deputies are applauding – medium, general, PNR

Banner on the wall – Wed, departure to the hall Journalists at a press conference – general, Poland Yeltsin speaking (synchronously) – cr Listeners – cr A hand writing in a notebook – cr Yeltsin speaking at a press conference – various Listeners – Wed Journalists in the hall – general, Poland Photo: An old woman smiling – Wed Winter rural landscape – general, Poland Farmer K. M. Gusev passes by with his son – Wed Gusev’s sons at work – Wed Welding – Wed A man throwing hay – Wed The Gusev family at home – Wed, Poland Gusev speaking (synchronously) – cr Gusev’s son is standing on the corner of the house – cr Gusev’s wife is listening – cr Hands holding sheets of paper – Wed Yeltsin speaking (synchronously) – cr Yeltsin speaking to the people on the square – Wed.

Rally on the square – general.

Listeners – Wed, general.

Administrative building – general, Poland Meeting of the consultative and coordinating council under the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR – general, Poland Members of the council, deputies are sitting: A. Zakharov, G. Popov and others – various.

Conversation at the table – Wed, Poland Listeners – Wed. G. Yavlinsky, A. Tarasov and others are sitting – various.

A crying woman is speaking (synchronously) – cr, Poland An old man is speaking (synchronously) – cr Tent city near the Rossiya Hotel - general, Poland A woman is nailing boards to a panel house – Wed.

Windows of the Rossiya Hotel - Wed.

An elderly woman is lying with a dog – Wed, Poland An elderly woman is sitting – various.

Tent city – general, Poland St.

Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral) – general.

Women are holding candles and photographs of those repressed during the Stalin regime – Wed, Poland A man is crying – Wed.

A woman is holding a photograph – Wed.

Candles are burning near the portraits – Wed.

People are standing – Wed, Poland by faces Flowers near a stone on Lubyanka Square in honor of the victims of the Gulag – Wed.

People are walking down the street with flags and banners – Wed, general.

People at a rally – various.

People at a rally – various.

Men listening – categorical.

Women holding placards – moderate.

A man and a woman speaking – moderate, moderate.

Listeners – various.

People at a rally – general, Poland Yeltsin meeting with women whose sons died in the army – categorical.

A woman speaking (synchronously) – categorical.

Portrait of a young man – categorical.

Yeltsin listening – categorical.

Crying soldiers’ mothers speaking (synchronously) – categorical.

January 1991: Lithuania.

Tanks on the streets of Vilnius – general, Poland People on the street – various.

Soldiers with machine guns standing – moderate.

A wrecked car with a doll on it – moderate, moderate, departure A chain of people – moderate.

Soldiers with machine guns standing – moderate, Poland Yeltsin sitting – categorical.

Yeltsin’s meeting with US congressmen in the USSR – moderate.

Video camera – kr.

Yeltsin speaking (synchronously) – kr.

There is a notepad on the table – kr.

Gorbachev and Yeltsin are sitting at the presidium table – various.

Yeltsin speaking (synchronously) – kr.

Yeltsin among journalists; among the people – cf.

Listeners – cf.

Yeltsin talking to the people – cf., Poland Yeltsin talking to workers (evening plan); with voters – various.

Yeltsin in a train compartment – cf., Poland at the window A field in autumn – general, Poland Autumn trees reflected in the water – cf., Poland Leaves are falling – cf.

Autumn landscape with a river, field and forest – general.

Cartoon: reflection of a bell – cf.

A man standing – kr, Poland An old woman passing by – cf.

The flag of Russia – cf.

People on Manezhnaya Square – Wed, Poland A woman is standing – kr An old woman is smiling – kr Winter landscape with a river – general, filmed from above Yeltsin speaking in the airplane cabin (synchronously) – kr Rural landscape with a lake – general, filmed from a helicopter Autumn landscape with a field – general, filmed from a helicopter Winter landscape – general