The film tells the history of Moscow State University - the first Russian university, its students and teachers, its faculties and the disciplines studied.
Panorama of the Moskva River embankment and part of the Moscow Kremlin.
A tourist bus passes by the towers.
Professor E. Bagirov passes by the grotto in the Alexander Garden.
The building of the State Historical Museum.
Professor Bagirov goes to work at Moscow State University (MSU).
Panorama of the old MSU building.
Bagirov passes by students waiting for classes to start, enters the MSU building.
View of the central part of the MSU building.
A chandelier under the ceiling, decorations and decor of the foyer, Bagirov enters the open door.
Decor and stucco on the walls of the assembly hall, panorama of sculptural bas-reliefs.
View of the central part of the MSU building.
Portraits of university teachers Professors Sechenov, Timiryazev, Zhukovsky, surgeon Pirogov, physicist Stoletov.
Vault and panorama of the reading room of the MSU library.
Bust of M. Lomonosov.
Text of the Decree of Empress Elizabeth on the establishment of the first Russian university in 1755. Model of the Palace Pharmacy building, where Moscow University was initially located.
Charter of Moscow University.
Old engravings with images of Moscow and scenes from the life of the university.
Color engraving depicting the new building of Moscow University on Mokhovaya, built according to the design of the architect Matvey Kazakov.
Engravings depicting the atrocities of Napoleon's troops and the burning of Moscow in 1812. Old books in the university library that survived the war of 1812. Professor Bagirov talks about the rescue of rare books and documents from the university archive in 1812, about the restoration of the university library (synchronously), demonstrates the rarest editions stored in the library, talks about them (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Pages of Newton's work with his personal notes.
Pages of the 13th century Bible and other ancient handwritten books.
Books donated to the university by private individuals, included in the expositions of the Moscow State University Museum.
Bas-reliefs on the wall of the Moscow State University building (panorama).
View of the central part of the university building.
Panorama of the Moscow State University building on Mokhovaya.
The new Moscow State University building on Lenin Hills, views of the building.
Entrance to the new Moscow State University building.
View of one of the new buildings.
Meeting of the Academic Council of one of the Moscow State University departments.
Experiments in Moscow State University laboratories in various scientific fields.
Classes in Moscow State University classrooms, faces of students.
Pointing a telescope at an object.
Moscow State University scientists discussing a scientific problem during a conference, faces of scientists and students.
Scientists during another debate.
Panorama of the entrance to the Moscow State University building, applicants in front of the entrance waiting for exam results and the decision of the admissions committee.
Young men and women at a stand with lists of students admitted to the first year.
A stand with the results of exam grades.
Faces of applicants.
Girls congratulate each other on passing another exam.
First-year students give interviews to the authors of the film, give their names, surnames and places of birth.
1983
Moscow
Summer Spring
First-year students give interviews to the authors of the film, give their first and last names, talk about the reasons for choosing MSU for further education, about the faculties they entered (synchronously).
View of one of the MSU classrooms, a teacher giving a lecture, faces of students listening and taking notes.
Applicants at stands with exam results.
Faces of young people who did not pass the competition.
A lesson at the preparatory courses at MSU. The teacher at the blackboard explains the subject, faces of the course participants.
A physical education teacher explains the theory of the game of basketball to students.
A lesson on the elements of basketball in the gym.
A lesson in the swimming pool.
Performance of student gymnasts during a sports festival on the first day of the school year.
A goalkeeper catches the ball during a football match.
Faces of fans.
Participants in a student cycling race on a distance.
A basketball match in the gym.
Fencing and judo fights.
Fans applaud.
Episode of a water polo match.
Gymnasts during a performance.
Students work with microscopes during a class.
Students during a class in a chemistry lab.
Students and teachers in the television studio of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.
Students work at computers.
Students during practical classes on mastering various research equipment, students' faces.
Creating a simple program for writing texts, letters on a monitor screen.
Students during a practical class on radio electronics.
Panorama of an experimental agricultural plot.
Students studying various plants and cereal crops.
Taking soil samples, a dog in the grass.
Students during classes in the reading room of the Moscow State University library.
View of the Moscow State University building on Lenin Hills at night.
Students in a dormitory during their leisure time.
A girl reads poetry from the stage (synchronously and off-screen).
Faces of the spectators in the hall.
Female students give interviews about their faculties and their passion for writing poetry (synchronously).
Students listening to their friend performing a song with a guitar.
Students dancing at a disco, faces of the dancers, color music.
Panorama of a disco.
View of the illuminated building of Moscow State University on Lenin Hills.
Pointing a telescope at an object.
An astronomer looking through the eyepiece of a telescope.
View of the starry sky.
A girl at an electron microscope.
Students during a practical lesson in computer science, faces of the students.
Conducting an experiment in a chemical laboratory.
1983
Moscow
Autumn
Teachers consult senior students on issues and topics for their diploma theses.
Faces of Soviet and foreign students discussing scientific issues raised in their diploma theses with teachers.
A student conducting an experiment in a chemistry lab.
Research data on oscilloscope and monitor screens.
Students in scientific pursuits.
Preparing scenery for a performance at the MSU student theater.
A fragment of a rehearsal of one of the performances.
The director explains the creative task to the actors.
Fragments of a rehearsal of a musical performance in the "retro" style.
Students from various MSU faculties act out spring mysteries on the steps of the entrance to the faculty, faces of the participants in the mysteries and spectators, fragments of scenes and numbers performed by the students.
Panorama of flower beds, view of the MSU building on Lenin Hills.
Rector of the University A.A. Logunov holds a meeting with the faculty.
Conducting experiments in quantum physics at the Institute of High Energy Physics, types of equipment for experiments.
Logunov talks about the high scientific potential of Moscow State University, about the faculty of MSU, about the fundamental nature of training specialists, the development of science within the university, about the participation of young people in scientific research (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Faces of university teachers.
Students conduct experiments in a radio electronics laboratory.
Views of an autumn park, young people sit on a bench by a fountain and read newspapers.
Students sit on benches, read notes, talk to each other.
Fountain in front of the MSU building on Lenin Hills.
View of the MSU building.
Logunov Anatoly Alekseevich -- theoretical physicist
1983
Moscow
Spring Autumn