Cheerful step (2005)

Part One - Childhood.

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

Against her background, poems performed by V. Lanovoy sound.

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

The poems of Mikhail Kulchitsky sound.

The slogan: "We do not want war, but we are ready to fight."

Painting by Samuel Yakovlevich Adlivankin "Tram B". (1921).

Portrait of Stalin.

Chronicle of the 20s of the 20th century: a 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 the baby around).

Chronicle: brass band, slogans - "We have entered the year of decisive battles."

Chronicle of the 30s of the 20th century: the strikers of the year, the strikers of the village, the slogan "The working masses of the Soviet Union greet you advanced fighters", a demonstration on Red Square, portraits of Stalin, festive festivities (dancing to the accordion), Red Army soldiers carry a poster "Cultural Walk - report of Comrade.

Stalin- Moscow".

Chronicle of 1935-1936 - I.V. Stalin's speech on the podium.

Chronicle of 1930-1940: folk festivals with dancing, a speaker on the podium, thanking Comrade N.I. Yezhov, Stalin's closest ally, Lavrenty Beria's speech denouncing spies.

Chronicle of 1930-1940: children learn to shoot rusty guns and play with outdated military equipment.

The slogan: "They are fascists and Social Democrats - cadres of world imperialism."

Chronicle of 1930-1940: Germans in national costumes, dancing folk dances and jumping over a bonfire, sports competitions, military training, German military parade, tankers at a halt.

Quote: "It was creepy to me when childhood ended, I'm sad that youth is ending, Am I going to meet old age with sadness and not notice death?".

Cities and villages are burning in the footage.

Part two.

Chronicle of 1941-1945: abandoned military equipment and cars on the roadsides, captured Russian soldiers walking in columns, accompanied by German soldiers, standing behind barbed wire, a bazaar and an exchange of goods, German soldiers on vacation: eating, washing, cleaning clothes, bombed cities and dead people.

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

Chronicle of 1945: tired Russian soldiers are walking through the destroyed Berlin, wounded on stretchers, guns are firing, there is a battle, destroyed buildings, Victory Day celebration, Red Army soldiers are dancing in Berlin, the local population is queuing for food, German prisoners, fireworks on Red Square.

Poets who died in the Second World War:

- Vsevolod Bagritsky was killed on 02/26/1942

- Boris Bogatkov- 11.08.1943

Dmitry Vakarov- 03.1945

Leonid Vilkomir - 07/19/1942

Alexander Gavrilyuk - 06/22/1941

Mirza Gelovani - 1944

Tattoo Guryan- 1942

Musa Jalil- 08/25/1944

Khazbi Kaloev - 08.07.1943

David Konevsky 26.12.1944

Fatih Karim-02/19/1945

Pavel Kogan- 09/23/1942

Boris Kostrov-03.1945

Mikhail Kulchitskiy - 01.1943

Boris Lanin- 09.1941

Nikolay Mayorov - 08.02.1942

Varvara Naumova 1941

Evgeny Nezhentsev 04.1942

Ivan Pulkin - 12.1941

Samuel Racine - 1941

Boris Smolensky - 11/16/1941

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: sculpture "Worker and collective farmer" at VDNH, various sculptures at VDNH.