Nagorno-Karabakh and Spitak (1989)

Nagorno-Karabakh Region.

Stepanakert, view from above.

Office.

Arkady Ivanovich Volsky, head of the Special Administration Committee of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, talks about the committee and the state of emergency (synchronously).

Stepanakert.

An Armenian talks about the people’s desire to reunite with Armenia (synchronously).

A destroyed grain elevator, abandoned equipment.

Armenia.

A stone for the victims of the earthquake in Spitak.

An Azerbaijani talks about the desire to return to Stepanakert (synchronously).

People on the street, transport.

Arkady Volsky talks about the need to start life anew (synchronously).

Armenia.

Mountain peaks in the snow, a mountain river.

Beautiful views.

Ruins after the earthquake.

Destroyed houses.

Ambulances are driving.

A woman is crying.

Rescuers with a dog are working on the ruins of a multi-story building.

Rescuers from France.

Women with children.

An Orthodox church.

An Armenian woman is singing and praying.

A child is lighting candles.

A plane crash.

An airplane flies over a tent camp, view from the window.

Coffins, lots of them.

Soldiers carry coffins.

Corpses are being pulled out of the rubble.

Armenians are crying.

Among the people is N.I. Ryzhkov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Children's coffins, lots of them.

A baby is being placed in a coffin.

A man is digging a grave.

Women with children by a fire.

Men are carrying building materials.