Sight №104 27.12.1996 (1996)

Alexander Lyubimov at the Vladimirovskaya mine in Kireyevsk.

Excerpt from the Vzglyad program from December 10, 1996: miners are heading to a rally in Tula.

An order from Tula: Vladimir residents are not to be allowed to attend the rally.

Miners at the Kireyevsk district administration.

A rally in the center of Tula.

The head of the strike committee Nikolai Bunyakin and other miners talk about layoffs, non-payment of wages, people leaving for Moscow to earn money, and the futility of the rallies.

Sergei Shmykov gives a tour of the city.

Miners' families trade at the market.

A hunger strike by teachers at School No. 6. A meeting between miners and teachers.

The chairperson of the trade union committee, Maria Rostislavova, teacher Svetlana Kuprina, and deputy director Nina Nikonova talk about the situation at the school.

Teacher Elena Borisova speaks at a meeting of miners about the prospects of closing schools due to the unprofitability of educating children in regional settlements.

The children provide moral support to the teachers.

Announcement of the next episodes of the program: A story from the life of the Transbaikal Military District, where as a result of the reduction in the number of troops along the border with China, the number of dead cities is increasing.

Families of military personnel live without water, without heating, without provisions.

Children are forced to walk to school 5 kilometers away in winter.

Miner Igor Kaladze about attempts to engage in trade.

Trade has ceased to be profitable due to the decline in the purchasing power of the population.

Guest Vyacheslav Malezhik: it does not matter who you are - a miner or a musician, in such situations everyone loses. V.E. Malezhik sings "Song of Friendship" ("I miss old Moscow").

Miners sing an old miner's song.

Filming in Donetsk in December 1996: a meeting of miners in a store-cafe after work, discussing the situation in the mine.

Footage from the July Donetsk-wide strike on roads and railways.

Discussion in a store continues: why young people don't want to take up the baton from the elderly.

Loss of prestige of certain professions as a result of harsh conditions and non-payment of wages.

Kalinin Mine: representative of the independent miners' union Nikolai Kamenev and chairman of the mine committee Igor Mikheyev on why people don't believe in trade unions.

Consequences of perestroika, or why two trade unions are needed in one mine.

Assistant director Anatoly Romov on the gradual closure of the mine.

Workers admit that they are ready to steal.

Former miner Gennady Sukachev: it is better to starve than to work as a janitor.

Alexander Lyubimov reports on the transfer of New Year's gifts from the Vzglyad film crew and miners to the Kireyevka orphanage. V.E. Malezhik sings the song "Well, tell a fortune, well, tell a fortune".

Announcement of the New Year's edition of the program "Guess the Melody".