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Newsreel from 1934-1935: Academician I.P. Pavlov descends the steps of one of the buildings of the Physiological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Koltushi, Leningrad Region.

Pavlov walks along the institute grounds.

Branches of blossoming apple trees.

Publications of Pavlov's lectures and scientific works from the 1930s.

Photo portraits of Pavlov in books.

View of a part of the Neva.

Statue of a sphinx on the Neva embankment.

The house where I.P. Pavlov lived.

Steps of the staircase leading upward.

A plaque with Pavlov's name on the door of the apartment.

Interiors of the I.P. Pavlov Apartment Museum in Leningrad.

A framed photograph of Pavlov with his wife Serafima Vasilyevna on the table.

Photographs of S.V. Pavlova in the Pavlov Apartment Museum.

Photo portraits of Pavlov and his wife in their youth.

Photographs in the Pavlov family album.

A framed photograph of Pavlov with his wife on the wall.

Paintings and insect collections on the wall in the Pavlov Apartment Museum.

Butterflies from Pavlov's collection.

Paintings by Repin collected by Pavlov.

A photograph of Pavlov and I.E. Repin in Penaty.

A portrait of Pavlov painted by Repin.

Vasnetsov's painting "Bogatyrs" on the wall of the Pavlov Apartment Museum.

Paintings and figurines from Pavlov's collection.

The interior of Pavlov's office.

Sphinx figurines and dog figurines on the table.

Photographs of Pavlov on the table under the painting.

A photograph of Pavlov's father, Pyotr Dmitrievich.

Photographs of Pavlov with his granddaughter Lyudmila.

Photographs of Pavlov during a ski trip, gardening, and cycling.

A photograph of Pavlov during a trip to England to receive his doctorate from Cambridge University.

A toy dog given to Pavlov by Cambridge University students.

Photographs of Pavlov among his foreign colleagues during his trips to the USA for congresses of physiologists.

Photographs of Pavlov's speeches at the 15th International Congress of Physiologists.

The painting "Bogatyrs" and photographs of Pavlov on a table under the painting.

Panorama of Pavlov's photographs in different years, laid out on a table.

Newsreel from 1934-1935: Academician I.P. Pavlov descends the steps of one of the buildings of the Physiological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Koltushi.

Pavlov walks along the territory of the institute, approaches the entrance to one of the buildings, and greets the staff.

The interiors of Pavlov's living rooms in Koltushi.

Flowers on the veranda, views from the window, a panorama of clouds in the sky.

Newsreel from 1932-1925: Pavlov talks with the staff of the institute and foreign colleagues.

Faces of foreign physiologists.

Pavlov's face during a conversation.

Pavlov shows his foreign colleagues the territory of the institute in Koltushi.

A monument to a dog on the territory of the institute.

Pavlov and foreign guests walk around a fountain on the institute's grounds.

A stream of water pouring from under a stone dog's head.

The faces of experimental dogs.

The face of Pavlov explaining his theory to his foreign colleagues.

A view of a sculpture of a dog.

Photographs of Pavlov and his opponent, a priest.

A photograph of Pavlov during an experiment with a dog.

Newsreel from 1934: Pavlov at a cage with an experimental chimpanzee, Raphael, trying to perform various tasks.

The monkey's unsuccessful attempts to get food from a box, but one attempt is successful.

The experimental female chimpanzee, Rosa.

Rosa and Raphael get food from a wooden box.

Raphael tries to find a stick that fits the hole in the box, finds a stick of the right shape, and opens the box.

Pavlov watches the monkeys through the bars.

The chimpanzee tries to open the box using a stretched rope.

The chimpanzee gets food from the box.

Conducting another experiment with a chimpanzee.

The chimpanzee stacks boxes on top of each other to get to a hanging fruit.

The chimpanzee plucks the fruit by climbing a pyramid of boxes.

Pavlov watches the monkeys through the bars.

Conducting an experiment with extinguishing a flame, Raphael takes water in his mouth and spits it out onto the fire.

Pavlov watches the monkeys' behavior through the bars.

The chimpanzee tries to get the fruit placed among burning candles.

Pavlov's face watching the monkey.

Pavlov and an employee of the institute during the experiment.

Panorama of part of the garden.

A bee on a flower.

Pavlov working in the garden.

Panorama of hives standing in the garden, a beekeeper fumigating one of the hives.

Bees at the entrance, alternating with a newsreel of Pavlov working in the garden.

The beekeeper takes honeycombs with honey from the hive.

Installing honeycombs in the hive.

Pavlov in the garden.

Pavlov having breakfast with his family, interspersed with shots of a bee on a flower.

Faces of Pavlov's family members.

Pavlov I.P. descending the steps of one of the buildings of the Physiological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Koltushi.

Pavlov among the institute's staff on the territory during a discussion of another scientific problem.

Pavlov and his entourage walk along the institute's territory.

Conducting another experiment with a dog.

Faces of experimental dogs.

Pavlov discussing a scientific problem with his colleagues, interspersed with shots of an experiment on conditioned reflexes in a dog, faces of the scientists.

Conducting an experiment on the salivation reflex in a dog.

Pavlov discussing a scientific problem with the institute's staff, faces of the staff.

Playing gorodki on the institute's territory.

Pavlov plays gorodki, smashes the figures.

Pavlov and the institute's staff during a game of gorodki, faces of the players.

Views of Ryazan, Pavlov's birthplace.

Apple trees in the garden, a beehive under one of them.

The house in Ryazan where Pavlov was born.

Portraits of Pavlov's parents on the wall of the room.

Interiors of the house.

River landscape at sunset.

Newsreel from 1933-1935: interview with Pavlov about the development of Soviet physiology and the study of higher nervous activity (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Pavlov among colleagues on the territory of the institute.

Academician L.A. Orbeli's car drives up to the institute in Koltushi.

Orbeli gets out of the car and greets the children.

Pavlov meets Academician Orbeli on the porch.

The building of the Physiological Institute.

Pavlov and the children walk along the path.

The children run to the bank of the reservoir.

Pavlov walks along the wooden footbridge to the building with the experimental birds.

Ducks climb into the water and swim away.

Children playing on the bank.

Pavlov comes out of the gate on the footbridge and locks it.

The children finish playing in the sand and pack their things.

Pavlov walks with the children.

Interview with I.P. Pavlov's student, Academician E.A. Asratyan.

On the validity and further development of Pavlov's teachings in the field of neurophysiology (synchronously), alternates with newsreel of Pavlov talking to the institute's staff, including Asratyan.

Interview of Academician E.M. Kreps on the recognition of Pavlov's teachings on higher nervous activity throughout the scientific world, on the current state of Pavlov's teachings, on the peculiarities of modern study of brain activity (synchronously).

Interview of Academician V.N. Chernigovsky on the creation of technical sense organs similar to human ones, on the development of a new science - bionics (synchronously).

Interview of Academician P.K. Anokhin on the role of a systemic explanation of the actions of all pharmacological, psychotropic substances based on Pavlov's theory (synchronously).

Newsreel of 1934-1935: Pavlov's speech at the international congress of physiologists, views of the meeting room.

Conducting another experiment on the conditioned reflex in dogs, Pavlov during the experiment.

Muzzles of experimental dogs, Pavlov speaking from the podium with a report.

Congress participants listen to Pavlov's speech, Pavlov at the podium, interspersed with drawings illustrating the dreams and twilight visions of hysterical patients.

Faces of physiologists, congress participants.

Portrait of the "father of Russian physiology" I.M. Sechenov on the wall of the assembly hall, interspersed with views of the meeting hall of the congress of physiologists.

Pavlov finishes his speech.

After the meeting, Pavlov greets his foreign colleagues.

Sketches of Pavlov's portrait made by the artist Nesterov.

Newsreel from 1934: arrival in Koltushi of the English science fiction writer H.G. Wells.

Wells's face.

Pavlov shows Wells the grounds and buildings of the institute.

Pavlov talks with Wells on the grounds of the institute.

Pavlov, Wells and their companions during an inspection of the grounds and buildings of the Physiological Institute.

Faces of Wells and Pavlov.

A baby monkey and a rabbit in a cage, the face of Wells observing the animals.

Wells watches experiments on animals through the bars.

Pavlov, Wells and their entourage on the institute grounds.

Wells, Pavlov with his granddaughters and institute staff during a photo session.

Pavlov and Wells's faces.

Wells says goodbye to Pavlov and his wife.

Wells's departure from Koltushi, Pavlov with his wife and institute staff seeing off the writer's car.

Pavlov's arrival in Leningrad for the 15th International Congress of Physiologists in August 1935. Pavlov's face giving an interview.

The train arriving at the station.

Pavlov meets the congress participants at the station.

Pavlov and the scientists accompanying him walk along the platform.

Cars near the Tauride Palace on the opening day of the congress on August 9, 1935. Pavlov and his wife get out of the car.

Pavlov greets and talks with colleagues before the start of the meeting.

View of the Tauride Palace hall during the opening of the congress (above).

Pavlov stands on the podium, preparing to open the congress.

Views of Moscow illuminated by lights at night.

Views of hydroelectric power plants under construction.

View of a section of a hydroelectric power plant dam, rushing streams of water.

View of Kalinin Avenue illuminated at night.

Portrait of Lenin in electric light.

Newsreel from 1935: participants in the 15th International Congress of Physiologists applaud, Pavlov on the podium.

Pavlov speaks from the podium, a recording of his speech is heard in the background, faces of the congress participants listening to Pavlov.

View of the congress meeting hall (above).

Pavlov thanks the audience for their attention on the podium.

View of the building of the Physiological Institute in Koltushi.

Newsreel from 1935: Pavlov works in the garden, talks with colleagues, faces of Pavlov's interlocutors.

Flowers on the terrace of the house where Pavlov lived.

A vase of flowers on the table.

Newsreel: Pavlov's face giving an interview.

Students from various institutes in auditoriums during lectures, panorama of part of the auditorium, faces of the students.

Newsreel: Pavlov walking through the institute grounds in Koltushi.

Apple trees in bloom.

A painted portrait of I.P. Pavlov by Nesterov.