A Handful of Earth (1966)

Founder and chairman of the kolkhoz "Red October", Hero of Socialist Labor, Peter A. Prozorov tries his hands on the ground - MS.

Hands with earth - CU.

PA Prozorov talks with the collective farm agronomist Korobeinikov - MS.

Bronze bust PA Prozorov, set in his homeland - PNRM.

The inscription on the pedestal: "To commemorate the labor feats chairman of the kolkhoz" Red October "Hero of Socialist Labor Prozorova Peter I» - MS.

PA Prozorov in the office - CU., MS.

Photos: laborer father and son Prozorov, PA Prozorov in his youth, when he left the country to the city.

Newsreel 1918:

Soldiers at the front reading a newspaper - MS.

In village after the publication of decrees of Soviet power of the Earth and the world, farmers divide the land.

Documents issued by the peasants on land use.

Fathoms measures the peasant land.

The farmer driving a stake on the boundary of its field.

Farmers put hurdles and fences on their plots of land, fenced off from the neighbor - MS., CU., PNRM.

Fences in the garden.

Newsreel of the 20's.:

A poor farmer prays - MS.

Icon - MS.

Hand of the poor old farmer cut hay for animal feed - MS.

Peasant crosses himself and begins to sow the seed of a basket in his field.

Wooden horse field harrow harrow - LS.

Hungry horse is in the barn, suspended by ropes - PNRM., MS.

The painting "Lenin's Walkers» - MS.

Newsreel of the 20's.:

Meeting farmers in connection with the organization of the collective farm in the village.

A woman with a baby in a meeting.

Farmers are written to the farm - MS.

Photo: Demobilized PA Prozorov in his village.

Newsreel of the 20's.:

PA Prozorov among the villagers who signed up to the farm.

Peasants in the collective farm of lukoshek sow seed - MS.

Feet of the poor peasant dressed - CU.

The first tractor in the village, peasants, children run the tractor - LS., MS.

Farmers learn to read, the old farmer puts out letters of the word "farm, renovated ... work."

Old farmer in the classroom writes on the board the numbers.

Broken glass in the house of a shot - CU.

Farmers bury slain fists farmer.

Rifle salute over the grave of the deceased by hand fist farmer.

Stern faces farmers.

Weeps over the grave of a peasant - CU.

Collective farmers build public spaces.

Working windmill.

Smiths.

Meetings of peasants in the villages - LS., MS.

He spoke - MS., CU.

Lie in a pile of "socialization" axes, wagon wheel, spit.

Peasant cooking dinner on a common plate, where there are pots of other mistresses - MS.

Farmers sleep during the day - MS., CU.

Wallow starved horse.

Sad faces of poor farmers.

Construction of the Dnieper.

Newsreel of the 20's.:

Production of the first domestic tractors, workers welcome firstborn tractor.

MI Kalinin presents farmers act to perpetual use of land.

The collective farmers are holding act on land use.

Chairman of the kolkhoz "Red October", PA Prozorov with E. Laletina collective farmer in the field.

Stacking hay meadow on a collective farm with haymakers - LS., MS.

Collective farmers loaded sacks of grain - LS.

Liberally pours grain - CU.

Diploma of the first degree-Union Agricultural Exhibition, which was awarded the kolkhoz "Red October" in 1939 - LS.

Newsreel 1941:

The Great Patriotic War: the soldiers going to the front - MS.

Collective farmers go to the front - LS., MS.

The village girl is reading a letter from the front.

Photos farmers-front.

Catherine Laletina, replacing Brigadier Polovodov who went to the front on the bike goes round collective field.

Collective Farm accounts for workdays.

Farm chairman PA Prozorov in the kolkhoz the phone - CU.

Women loaded sacks of grain for delivery to the state.

Train goes with the grain; slogan on a cart "Bread - Motherland!» - LS.

The tank, built on personal savings farmers - MS.

PA Prozorov, the pilots of the plane, he presented to the Soviet Army, the inscription on the plane, "SM Kirov ".

Photo: PA Prozorov the aircraft, donated by the Soviet Army

Newsreel 1941-1945.:

Collective farmers sow bread by hand, digging peat for fertilizing fields.

Young lab farm "Red October" Bringing Gagarinova working on ways to improve the fertility of the earth: exploring the slice of land, grows bacteria to fertilize test-plantings in the boxes with the earth, fertilized bacteriological fertilizer.

Agronomist to conduct classes with farmers on improving fertility and livestock.

Mechanic teaches youth to control agricultural equipment.

Windmill with mechanical wires - LS., MS.

Scientists Timiryazev Academy listen attentively report Practice PA Prozorov.

Photo: eighteen heroes of socialist labor farm "Red October", PA Prozorov, among other characters.

Monument to Soviet soldiers in one of the European countries liberated from Nazi occupation (the inscription on the pedestal in a foreign language).

PA Prozorov on a tour of European countries - different.

Construction on the farm "Red October": houses are built, utility rooms.

PA Prozorov ignites the electric light in the new apartment and hands the key to the apartment collective farm.

Collective farmers go sledding on a forest winter road.

Holiday home, built kolkhoz "Red October", in the woods.

Chamber Holiday (without people) - MS.

A nurse in a rest home does massage vacationer.

Vacationers farmers ski.

Collective farmers farm "Red October" get milk, vegetables, sour cream.

Kitchen dining kolkhoz - LS.

Children of farmers in the kindergarten lunch.

During the thirties the kolkhoz "Red October" at the meeting of the high yields on the farm, farmers devotion party and the government, Chairperson PA Prozorov (synchronously).

PA Prozorov and other farmers at ENEA - LS.

Stands with exhibits farm Nechernozemie "Red October» - LS., MS.

Visitors to the exhibition stands at the farm.

Cleaning the collective harvest grain harvester.

Honours kolkhoz "Red October."

PA Prozorov, who was awarded the second star of the Socialist Labor - MS. PNRM.

Building of the regional committee of the party in the city.

Animation: map enlarged kolkhoz "Red October", combining thirty-seven settlements - MS.

PA Prozorov pulls the "Volga" from the building committee of the party area.

PA Prozorov in the field.

Hands pour corn - CU.

The switch telephone exchange, telephone operators constantly switch phones.

PA Prozorov calls to different parts of the economy.

PA Prozorov among farmers.

Animation: map disaggregated farm "Red October» - MS.

Meeting farmers cooperative "Red October" after the March Plenum of the Central Committee.

Advocates of a new, free scheduling capabilities of agricultural production, provided the March Plenum, Party secretary of the collective farm Pankin (synchronously).

Harvesting combines - LS.

Machine mow hay.

The machine cuts the green silage.

The field of ripening wheat - LS. PNRM.

Collective farm agronomist motorcycle toured ripening grain ripeness checks ears.

Hands rubbing ear of wheat - CU.

Accordionist plays - CU.

In the hall of the House of Culture collective farmers dance, relax - MS., CU.

Foreman, Hero of Socialist Labor, awarded four Orders of Lenin Catherine Laletina with young collective farmers - CU.

Kolkhoz amateur choir sings a song about his homeland, his farm (synchronously).

Collective farmers in their work areas: attendant fed chickens, kolkhoz drivers go to work, mechanic work on the machine yard.

Collective herd on pasture.

Harvesters in the field.

AP Prozorov and agronomist in the field.