Our ancestors served the Fatherland with faith and truth. The 20th century shattered our understanding of life and humanity, their spiritual nature. This film about Russian awards over 300 years of their existence provides a reason to talk about this anew. This film is about war and humanity at war. Three authorities—a historian, a military writer, and a priest—comment on the topic.
Central Russian landscapes.
Men in camouflage uniforms are sitting around a fire.
Writer V. Nikolaev (synchronously) Sea battle (paintings) Portrait of Admiral F. Ushakov.
Portrait of A. Suvorov.
Portrait of M. Kutuzov.
CAPTION: Faith and truth.
A group of men in camouflage and a priest are sitting in a clearing.
Writer V. Nikolaev (synchronously) Various battles (paintings).
Medals issued in honor of military victories.
Portrait of Peter I. Historian V. Durov, employee of the State Historical Museum (synchronously).
Order of St.
Andrew the First-Called.
Apostle Andrew the First-Called (lithograph).
Portrait of Admiral F. Golovin - the first knight of the Order of St.
Andrew the First-Called.
Portrait of Peter the Great with the Order of St.
Andrew the First-Called.
Portrait of the Metropolitan of Novgorod and St.
Petersburg with the Order of St.
Andrew the First-Called.
Portrait of Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II. Portrait of Peter I. Portrait of Catherine I. Order of St.
Catherine.
Historian V. Durov (synchronously).
Transfer of the remains of Alexander Nevsky to St.
Petersburg (engraving).
Icon of St.
Alexander Nevsky.
Portrait of Peter I. Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Old engravings of St.
Petersburg.
Portrait of Count I. Shuvalov.
Portrait of Count K. Razumovsky.
Portrait of A. Hannibal.
Portrait of Lieutenant General V. I. Suvorov.
Historian V. Durov (synchronously).
Portrait of Catherine II. Order of St.
George.
Icon of St.
George the Victorious.
Soldiers with the Order of St.
George (drawings).
Sisters of mercy with the Order of St.
George the Victorious.
Portraits of Count Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, Count Orlov-Chesmensky, Potemkin--Tavrichesky.
Award weapons.
Portraits of Cossack atamans.
Award insignia for non-Orthodox.
Personalized weapons studded with diamonds and emeralds.
Portrait of Prince A. Baryatinsky.
Portrait of Shamil.
Various battles (paintings).
Portrait of A. Suvorov.
Portrait of Catherine II. Portrait of Suvorov with all his awards.
Personalized weapons presented to Suvorov.
Orders awarded to Suvorov.
Suvorov crossing the Alps (painting).
Suvorov's book "The Science of Victory".
Portrait of Admiral F. Ushakov.
Battle of Borodino (painting).
Council at Fili (painting).
Portrait of P. Bagration.
Portrait of M. Barclay de Tolly.
Portrait of A. Ermolov.
Portrait of N. Rayevsky.
Priest Hieromonk Savva (Molchanov, synchronously).
Interior of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
Portrait of M. Kutuzov.
St.
George Hall of the Moscow Kremlin.
Portrait of P. Nakhimov.
Portrait of V. Istomin.
Portrait of V. Kornilov.
Naval Cathedral.
Priest Hieromonk Savva (Molchanov, synchronously).
Photographs of military clergy.
Oath established by Peter I. Chronicle of 1917 (destruction of churches).
A group of men in camouflage uniforms sit on the edge of the forest.
Chronicle of 1941 (farewell to the front, work in the rear).
Priest Hieromonk Savva (Molchanov, synchronously).
Chronicle of the war years. Z. Kosmodemyanskaya is led to execution (photo).
Military writer (synchronously).
Capture of the Reichstag (chronicle).
The bell ringer in the bell tower rings the bell (chronicle).
Meeting of the victors (chronicle).
War in Afghanistan (chronicle).
Military writer V. Nikolaev (synchronously).
Priest Hieromonk Savva (Molchanov, synchronously).
Taking the oath.
Priest Hieromonk Savva (Molchanov, synchronously).
Relatives congratulate young soldiers on taking the oath.
Victory Day in Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill.
Portrait of Suvorov.
Young men sitting around a campfire.
Landscapes.
Afghanistan 1979
1917-1989
Moscow, Saint Petersburg