Merry Step (2005)

Part One - Childhood.

Painting by artist Kliment Redko "Uprising" (1925).

Against the background of it, poems are recited by V. Lanovoy.

Chronicle of the 20-30s of the 20th century: demonstration, children in labor colonies, baths, Red Guards holding a parade on Red Square.

Poems by Mikhail Kulchitsky are recited.

Slogan: "We do not want war, but we are ready for battle." Painting by Samuil Yakovlevich Adlivankin "Tram B". (1921).

Portrait of Stalin.

Chronicle of the 20s of the 20th century: mother to a pioneer, a pioneer to a Komsomol member, a Komsomol member to a communist, a communist to a mother (a group of people passes a baby around in a circle).

Chronicle: brass band, slogans - "We have entered the year of decisive battles." Chronicle of the 1930s: shock workers of the year, shock workers of the village, the slogan "You, the advanced fighters, are greeted by the working masses of the Soviet Union", a demonstration on Red Square, portraits of Stalin, festive festivities (dancing to the accordion), Red Army soldiers carry a poster "Cultural hike - report of Comrade Stalin - Moscow".

Chronicle of 1935-1936 - speech of I.V. Stalin at the tribune.

Chronicle of 1930-1940: public festivities with dancing, the speaker at the tribune thanks Comrade N.I. Yezhov, Stalin's closest associate, speech by Lavrenty Beria denouncing spies.

Chronicle of 1930-1940: children learn to shoot from rusty guns and play with outdated military equipment.

Slogan: "They are fascists and social democrats - the cadres of world imperialism." Chronicle of the 1930s-1940s: Germans in national costumes, dancing folk dances and jumping over a fire, sports competitions, military training, a parade of German soldiers, tankers at a rest stop.

Quote: "I was terrified when my childhood ended, I was sad that my youth was ending, Will I really meet old age with sadness and not notice death?" The footage shows burning cities and villages.

Part two.

Chronicle of the 1941-1945s: abandoned military equipment and cars on the roadsides, captured Russian soldiers marching in columns, accompanied by German soldiers, standing behind barbed wire, a bazaar and bartering of goods, German soldiers resting: eating, washing, cleaning their clothes, bombed-out cities and dead people.

Moscow 1941: people dig trenches, sign up as volunteers, march on Red Square, set up anti-tank hedgehogs.

Chronicle of 1945: tired Russian soldiers walk through ruined Berlin, wounded on stretchers, guns fire, battle rages, destroyed buildings, Victory Day celebrations, Red Army soldiers dance in Berlin, locals stand in line for food, German prisoners, fireworks on Red Square.

Poets who died in the Second World War: - Vsevolod Bagritsky killed 02/26/1942 - Boris Bogatkov - 08/11/1943 Dmitry Vakarov - 03/1945 Leonid Vilkomir - 07/19/1942 Alexander Gavrilyuk - 06/22/1941 Mirza Gelovani - 1944 Tatu Guryan - 1942 Musa Jalil - 08/25/1944 Khazbi Kaloev -07/08/1943 David Konevsky - 12/26/1944 Fatih Karim - 02/19/1945 Pavel Kogan - 09/23/1942 Boris Kostrov - 03/1945 Mikhail Kulchitsky - 01/1943 Boris Lanin - 09.1941 Nikolai Mayorov - 08.02.1942 Varvara Naumova 1941 Evgeny Nezhentsev 04.1942 Ivan Pulkin - 12.1941 Samuil Rasin - 1941 Boris Smolensky - 16.11.1941 Georgy Suvorov - 02.1944 Mikhail Supnachev 04.1945 Mikhail Troitsky 12.1941 Ivan Fedorov 05.09.1942 Leonid Shershev 30.08.1942 Elena Shirman 07.1942 Mikola Shpak - 1942 Leonid Rosenberg 01.08.1944 Epilogue: the sculpture "

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman"

at VDNKh, various sculptures at VDNKh.