And study and make friends (1978)

Panorama of the Neva, Vasilievsky Island from the roof of the Winter Palace.

A couple in love sit on the granite embankment of the Neva, a ship passes under a raised bridge.

People on the embankment of the Neva, a self-propelled barge passes along the Neva, a view of the Kunstkamera building.

View of Palace Square (from above).

Lowering the bridge across the Neva.

Bulgarian student V. Vasiliev talks about his studies in Leningrad, reads his poems (synchronously and off-screen).

Girls hold a titmouse in their hands.

A girl puts a titmouse on a tree branch.

Young people on the streets of Sofia.

Students walk past the monument to Cyril and Methodius, installed near the library building. V. Vasiliev talks about his studies in Leningrad, specializing in metro engineering (synchronously).

Students of the Leningrad Institute of Railway Engineers during practical classes in laboratories.

Classes on the study of electrical devices.

Students of the Leningrad Institute of Physical Culture and Sports during a class in the gym, the students’ faces.

Student Mitko Peikov talks about his first-year studies at the institute (synchronously and off-screen).

Warm-up on the mats.

Bulgarian students of the Leningrad Choreographic School give their names.

One of the students talks about studying in the USSR (synchronously).

Choreography class, the students’ faces.

Teacher Belskaya L.V. leads the class.

The interior of a children’s playroom, toys on the floor and on the shelves of cabinets.

Medical student Angel Yanchev talks about his studies at the pediatrics department (synchronously).

The future pediatrician asks questions to a young patient, the children’s faces.

Yanchev examines a baby.

Yanchev talks about the weather and architecture of Leningrad (synchronously).

Student Vasiliev talks about his family, which appeared in Leningrad, and about his interest in his specialty (synchronously).

View of an autumn park.

Vasiliev and his wife are walking in the park.

Panorama of an old residential area in Bulgaria (the exact location is not specified).

People are dancing in the street during a wedding, playing musical instruments.

Newlyweds are walking down the street.

Two-story residential buildings in the foothills of the Balkans.

Panorama of an Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria.

A young Bulgarian artist talks about his relatives, his desire to paint (synchronously).

View of the building of the Orthodox church.

Bulgarian students in a cafe celebrating the birthday of their friend Petko Patalinsky, a student at the Leningrad Institute of Painting and Architecture.

Faces of young people sitting at a table in a cafe.

Patalinsky at work in an art studio, his thoughts about the possibility of achieving something during his studies at the institute are heard in the background.

The face of one of the students.

People's Artist of the USSR Moiseenko points out Patalinsky's mistakes.

A student ponders the composition of a painting.

Reflections of trees in the water (panorama).

Patalinsky in the park doing sketches.

Student artists in the park doing sketches.

The rain washes away the paint from the painting.

Girls under umbrellas walk along the Neva embankment.

View of one of the streets of Leningrad.

Young Bulgarian pop singer Mikhail Pelchev, a student at the Leningrad Theatre Institute, performs a song in Bulgarian.

The sound engineer at the control panel.

Pelchev talks about his new song (synchronously).

View of one of the streets of Sofia.

A girl with a bouquet of roses passes by.

Young people on the streets of the city.

Elderly people sit on a bench.

I translated the monuments to the defenders of Shipka.

An artillery piece near the monument.

The Eternal Flame is burning.

Laying wreaths at the monument.

Soviet students during a visit to Shipka.

Students - members of the ensemble give an interview about their impressions of Bulgaria, studying, performing in front of an audience (synchronously and off-screen).

Faces of young people.

Students of the Higher Economic Institute in Sofia in the auditorium during a lecture.

Panorama of the auditorium.

Professor Ivan Ilyin explains the subject at the blackboard.

Students in the corridors of the institute.

Ilyin talks about the USSR as his second homeland, studying in Leningrad (synchronously and off-screen).

Streets of evening Sofia, illuminated advertising.

Bulgarian student V. Vasiliev meets his wife with a newborn on the threshold of the Leningrad maternity hospital.

Vasiliev thanks the doctors.

Vasiliev with his son in his arms.

The face of Vasiliev's wife.

The Vasilievs with their child get into a car.

Panorama of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Neva and Vasilievsky Island from the roof of the Winter Palace, a self-propelled barge passes under the raised bridge.