How it was 12/05/2001 (2001)

Telecast №73792, 1 part, duration: 0:38:07
Production: VID
Anchor:Shklovskij Oleg

Annotation:

Earthquake in Armenia in 1988.

Reel №1

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Video chronicle:

The consequences of the earthquake of December 7, 1988 in Armenian cities: Spitak, Leninakan.

Ruined houses.

The survivors.

The program involved residents of Armenian cities who witnessed the earthquake.

Martin Papayan was in the hospital when a tragedy occurred.

Describes the events he took part in.

Norayr Muradyan talks about the melting of snow the day before, as a sign of the release of the heat wave before the earthquake.

Interviews with residents: Eleonora Tumanyan, Anna Khachatryan, Zhor Pokosyan, victims of the earthquake.

Interview with Razmik Kurdyan.

According to him, the doctors conducted the reception of patients and provided medical assistance directly on the street.

Martin Papayan tells how the center informed.

Official authorities refused to believe.

Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev was on an official visit to the United States.

Video:

Establishment of relations between the USSR and the USA:

The meeting of Gorbachev and Reagan in Reykjavik in 1986.

New York 1988: a meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and George Bush (Sr.).

Nikolai Ryzhkov talks about his telephone conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev, during which he informed the leader about the incident.

Nikolai Ryzhkov flew to the place of the tragedy.

Expresses gratitude to the world community for the assistance provided.

Nikolai Ryzhkov recalls that during the Chernobyl accident the Soviet leadership asked the international community for help.

But no one did it.

Video chronicle:

Speech by Mikhail Gorbachev at the airport, after the interruption of his official visit to the United States on December 8, 1988.

He speaks about the earthquake in Armenia.

The US President expressed his desire to provide the necessary assistance.

Unloading of humanitarian aid from planes staying in the airport of Armenia.

Nikolay Tarakanov tells about the actions of rescue services, which consisted of units of the Civil Defense.

How the process of eliminating the consequences of earthquakes took place, coordination with international rescue teams.

Within 11 days, it was possible to detect surviving people.

Video chronicle:

The consequence of earthquakes.

Ruins of buildings.

Rescue operation.

Get people out of the rubble.

Wounded on stretchers.

The human grief.

The participants of the program talk about the problems that they had to face.

On the cases of looting.

Norayr Muradyan points out that part of the money sent by the international community to help the affected areas has disappeared without a trace.

Nikolai Ryzhkov talks about the emergence of the Emergency Ministry service after the events in Armenia.

Martin Papayan points out that the assistance was provided by all the Republics that make up the USSR.

Modern Leninakan and Spitak.

Semi-deserted streets of the city.

Personnel:

Papayan Martin - Deputy Chairman of the City Executive Committee of Leninakan. Muradyan Norayr - Secretary of the Spitak District Committee of the CPSU in 1988. Tumanyan Eleonora is a resident of Spitak. Khachatryan Anna is a resident of Spitak. Kurdyan Razmik - Chief Physician of Medical Unit No. 1 in Leninakan. Pogosyan Zhora is a resident of the city of Leninakan. Ryzhkov Nikolay - Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. Nikolai Tarakanov is a major general and head of the Civil Defense Operations Group in Armenia in 1988.

Calendar: 12/05/2001

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