How it was №1 12.10.2001 (2001)

German newsreel footage.

Fascist troops on the territory of the USSR. Military operations.

Plans to encircle and capture Moscow.

Hitler over a map.

Chronicle of Moscow in 1941. Air defenses are being built in the city.

A state of siege is declared, Muscovites are participating in the preparation of anti-tank and defensive structures.

Gennady Shigun talks about the decision to evacuate Moscow, its residents, and members of the CPSU Central Committee.

Stalin admitted the possibility of the city being captured by fascist troops, in connection with which preparatory work was carried out to evacuate the head of state from Moscow and partially mine important strategic facilities in the capital.

On November 1, Stalin summoned Georgy Zhukov to the Kremlin.

A decision was made to hold the traditional November parade in Moscow, Kuibyshev, and Voronezh.

Sergei Markov explains why Semyon Budyonny was appointed to take the parade.

Interview with Maria Budyonnaya.

The Marshal's widow talks about Stalin's call to Budyonny, the organization of the parade, and the security issues that had to be addressed.

Vladimir Boyarsky was a participant in the meeting dedicated to the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution, which took place at the Mayakovskaya metro station (the deepest station at the time) of the capital's underground.

Talks about the content of Stalin's report.

Video chronicle: Moscow.

November 6, 1941. Mayakovskaya metro station.

Joseph Stalin, Semyon Budyonny, Georgy Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lavrenty Beria.

Stalin's speech.

Interview with Georgy Filippov.

Filippov's unit was responsible for ensuring the security of the meeting that was held at the Mayakovsky metro station in 1941. Talks about how Joseph Stalin, using the "special equipment" to arrive at Mayakovskaya.

Sergei Maslov talks about the situation in the capital on the eve of the 1941 parade.

Talks about the abnormally cold weather, due to which the German aviation was unable to carry out a single flight.

Interview with Anatoly Mitrokhin.

Recalls his meeting with military leader Pavel Artemyev, commander of the 1941 parade in Moscow.

Gevorg Chobonyan tells how he volunteered for the parade in 1941 from Saratov, where he served.

Parade participants recall the victorious mood that reigned at the parade.

Stalin's presence supported and instilled confidence in everyone.

Video chronicle: Military parade on November 7, 1941 in Moscow.

Voice-over of the announcer from the chronicle.

Various types of troops.

Stalin's speech.

The story of the video recording of Stalin's speech is told, which, due to the fact that the time and place of the parade were kept secret, had to be re-recorded after the event, in the studio.

Subsequently, this video recording gave rise to many rumors.

Participants of the parade reconstruct the events of 1941. They recall the details of the parade in detail.

Praskovya Sergeyeva says that she became a participant in the parade thanks to a lucky coincidence.

Her division was surrounded near Smolensk at the beginning of the war.

Their commander led them out of the encirclement and they were able to catch up with their medical battalion already on the approach to Moscow.

On November 7 at five in the morning their unit was raised by the duty alarm and none of the participants even suspected that they were being taken not to the front, but to Red Square.

But after the parade, the entire medical battalion was sent to the front.