Trampling death with death (1991)

Drawings by prisoner N. Chulkov, former rector of the Kazan Cathedral, made by him in his prison cell on August 12, 1922. Portrait of N. Chulkov.

View of part of the building of the Kazan Cathedral in Leningrad.

Melting snow on the steps of the cathedral colonnade.

Portrait of Metropolitan Veniamin of Petrograd.

Photographs of V.I. Lenin reading the Pravda newspaper at his desk in his office in 1918. Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Memorial cross erected in the cemetery in honor of the memory of Metropolitan Veniamin, a memorial candle under the cross.

A tree with bare branches, sprinkled with snow.

Metropolitan John of Leningrad and Ladoga speaks about the personality of Saint Veniamin, his life and canonization (synchronously).

Trees and bushes in a winter forest (panorama).

Views of a winter forest.

Painting by M.V. Nesterov's "Vision of the Youth Bartholomew".

A grave cross in a snowdrift.

Fragment of the painting.

Winter rural landscape (panorama).

Photographs of professors and students of the St.

Petersburg Theological Academy.

Rector of the Leningrad Theological School Archpriest V. Sorokin speaks about the peculiarities of education at the St.

Petersburg Theological Academy and the goals of education (synchronously).

Service in an Orthodox church.

Faces of parishioners.

Panorama of the frozen Fontanka, view of the bell tower of the Nikolay-Bogoyavlensky Cathedral.

View of part of the cathedral building.

Panorama of part of the Kresty prison building.

Views of church buildings in Leningrad.

Photographs of orphans working and studying.

Photographs of the life and everyday life of workers and peasants before 1917. Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin among the peasants.

Photograph of the laying of the foundation stone of the factory church at the Putilov factory.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin in bishop's vestments.

Newsreel: Faces of Participants in a Workers' Rally in the Early 1920s (Panorama).

A Speaker.

One of the Workers Speaking.

Faces of the Workers.

Photograph of the Nikolay-Bogoyavlensky Cathedral.

Faces of the Rally Participants.

Buildings of Orthodox Churches in Leningrad.

Newsreel: Faces of Participants in the Religious Procession, Laymen, and Clergy.

Winter Countryside Landscape.

Ships at the Pier, Frozen in the Ice.

The Spreading Trunk of an Old Tree Against the Background of an Orthodox Church.

Interior Views of the Destroyed Church.

Newsreel and Photographs from World War I: A Unit of the Russian Army on the March in the Spring of 1915. Combat Operations on the Fronts of World War I (Fragment of a Feature Film).

Photographs of the Corpses of Dead Soldiers.

Panorama of the Front Line with Barbed Wire Entrances Flooded with Meltwater.

A Cart Loaded with Coffins Enters the Cemetery Gates.

Disabled soldiers on the streets of Petrograd in February 1917. Demonstrations and rallies on the streets of Petrograd in February-March 1917. A soldier knocks symbols of autocracy off the façade of a building with a rifle butt.

View of part of the colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral.

Pediment of the Kazan Cathedral.

Photograph of the square in front of the Kazan Cathedral during the election of the Metropolitan of Petrograd in 1917. Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Photographs of people from various walks of life in 1917. Panorama of the Kazan Cathedral building.

Newsreel from 1917: leaflets being dropped from a motorcycle with a sidecar passing along the street.

Demonstration in support of the Constituent Assembly.

Activists throwing election leaflets on the square.

Photographs of children and teenagers taken in 1917. Newsreel from the 1920s: faces of street children.

Distribution of bread to street children.

Photograph of Red Guards sitting on the steps of Smolny.

Queue for food in Petrograd.

Drying ears of corn.

Starving peasants thresh the remains of ears of corn collected in the field by hand.

Photograph of Patriarch Tikhon among the clergy.

A dilapidated peasant hut.

A peasant puts on bast shoes.

Peasants go in search of food.

Refugees from famine-stricken areas on the banks of the Volga in 1921-1922. Photograph of Patriarch Tikhon and Metropolitan Veniamin.

Text of appeals by priests and Metropolitan Veniamin about handing over church valuables to fight the famine, photographs of starving peasants of the Volga region.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Red flag over Smolny.

View of the Smolny building.

Newspaper publications about the confiscation of church valuables.

Photographs and newsreels of starving people and confiscated church valuables.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Texts of newspaper articles about the schism in the church and photographs of anti-religious events.

Newsreel: representatives of the "renovationist" church during a meeting, faces of the clergy.

Photographs of the destruction of churches.

Text of an open letter to Metropolitan Veniamin by Archpriest A. Vvedensky, published in the newspaper.

Photograph of Archpriest A. Vvedensky.

Article by Vvedensky in one of the newspapers.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Photograph by V.R. Menzhinsky.

Photographs reflecting the destruction of churches in the 1920s.

Photo portrait of Professor Novitsky.

Professor Novitsky's grandson Yu.I. Kolosov talks about his grandfather's last days, about his grandfather's personality and human qualities, about his social circle, about his merits in the field of public education, about Novitsky's religiosity, reads the text of his grandfather's note from the Kresty prison (synchronously and off-screen), photographs of Professor Novitsky and members of his family.

Novitsky's suicide note.

Kolosov's face.

The church on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, graves next to the church.

A candle burns in front of the icons.

Interior views of the prison corridors and staircases, the doors of the prison cells.

Interior view of a prison cell.

Steps of the prison stairwell, fenced with bars.

Interior view of the ruined church.

The face of G.M. Cheltsov, the youngest son of Archpriest Mikhail Cheltsov.

Photograph of Mikhail Cheltsov.

Photograph of Cheltsov's wife with children.

Burning candles. G.M. Cheltsov inside the ruined church.

Candles on a canon by a brick wall, the face of the Savior on the wall, a panorama of Cheltsov’s face.

Stubs of folders with files from the archive of the Leningrad Region UKGB with archival codes.

Documents from a case recently received by the archive.

An archive employee talks about the contents of the case documents, reads out some of them (synchronously and off-screen).

Original documents in the case.

Photographs of participants in the trial on the confiscation of church valuables on June 10, 1922. A painted portrait of Metropolitan Veniamin.

View of the Leningrad Philharmonic building.

Panorama of part of the auditorium.

Photograph of the chief prosecutor P. Krasikov, a crucifix on the wall.

Photograph of the court hearing.

Group photograph of the accused clergy with an escort.

Group photograph of the courtroom.

Panorama of the Philharmonic hall.

Musical instruments standing in a row.

Photograph of the courtroom and the defense attorneys at a separate table.

Group photograph of the lawyers.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Archpriest V. Sorokin speaks about Metropolitan Veniamin’s defense attorney at the trial, lawyer Gurovich (synchronously).

Photograph of Beilis under guard during the 1913 trial.

Photo portrait of Beilis.

The base of one of the columns of the Kazan Cathedral.

Bare tree branches, winter landscape of the park.

Rabbi of the Leningrad Choral Synagogue E. Levitis speaks about the Beilis case and the role of Metropolitan Veniamin in it, who exposed the provocation (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Photographs of Holocaust victims.

Photograph of lawyer Gurovich.

Views of the Philharmonic Hall, photographs of Metropolitan Veniamin and the judges.

Metropolitan John speaks about the dignified and courageous behavior of Metropolitan Veniamin during the interrogation (synchronously).

Photographs of the courtroom and members of the tribunal at the table.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

Pages of the verdict in the case of confiscation of church valuables.

Panorama of the Philharmonic Hall.

Fading chandeliers.

Photograph of Archpriest M. Cheltsov.

Photograph of Metropolitan Veniamin.

View of a prison corridor.

Door of a prison cell.

Painted portrait of Metropolitan Veniamin.

The face of Christ on the crucifix.

Pines in the snow.

Funeral wreaths and ribbons on tree trunks at execution and burial sites, the flickering flame of a candle placed in the snow.

Views of a winter forest.