Volga lights № 11 Happy birthday, Province! (1997)

View of the embankment with a gazebo in Saratov.

Festively decorated fountains in the city center near the building of the Saratov Conservatory.

Family on a walk.

Arch in front of the entrance to the square.

The tables of street cafes.

The installation of the decorations of balloons at the temple "soothe my sorrows".

Sailing yachts on the Volga.

View of an Orthodox Church.

Panorama of one of the venues with performing artists and spectators (top).

Dancing children.

Performance of artists from one of the folklore groups.

Children dance to the music, the audience applauds.

Performance of artists in costumes of characters from Russian fairy tales.

The audience dances and applauds.

Police officers with girls in Russian costumes and kokoshniks.

Animators lead a round dance with children on the Playground.

Ears of ripe wheat.

Combine harvester at the harvest.

The ground grain is poured out of the sleeve of the combine into the back of the truck.

Panorama of a wheat field.

Utility workers use hoses to wash the asphalt in front of the honor Board.

Installation of portraits in the hall of fame.

Governor of the Saratov region Ayatskov D. F. gives an interview.

Panorama of the square before the start of the festive rally, playing a brass band.

Ayatskov cuts the red ribbon.

Ayatskov presents certificates to participants of the holiday and veterans, people on the square applaud.

Portrait of a woman on the honor Board.

Ayatskov presents certificates.

Members of the choir applaud.

Opening ceremony of the Museum dedicated to P. A. Stolypin, cutting the red ribbon.

Participants of the ceremony enter the Museum.

Participants of the event drink champagne indoors.

Portrait of Stolypin on the wall.

Performances of folk groups from Tatarstan, the performance of folk dances.

View of one of the holiday sites.

Artists of the folk ensemble perform Russian folk songs from the stage set on the embankment.

Reconstruction of a medieval battle with swords and sabers.

Person re-enactors.

The singer's face.

Animators in costumes of life-size dolls are walking along the embankment.

The audience sits in front of a stage set on the edge of the embankment, applauding.

Parade of sailing yachts on the Volga.

Ayatskov and his entourage walk along the embankment and respond to greetings from residents of Saratov.

Ayatskov welcomes a representative from Moscow.

The children applauded.

Ayatskov from the stage on the embankment performs congratulations to residents of Saratov on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the formation of the Saratov province, the audience listens to Ayatskov's speech.

Panorama of the embankment with the audience.

Ayatskov finishes his speech, people applaud.

Fighters demonstrate aerobatics in the sky, Ayatskov and the audience watch the flight.

People wave their hands to the pilots.

Holding a procession in Saratov during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Saratov province.

Archbishop Alexander of Saratov and Volsky holds a prayer service on the square before the memorial stone is laid.

Ayatskov puts the solution in the base of the memorial stone slab.

A Board mounted on a rock.

Ayatskov kisses the Archbishop three times.

View of the stadium during preparation for a theatrical performance.

The faces of the veterans sitting in the stands.

Armored personnel carriers decorated with flowers pass along the stadium's running tracks.

The audience applauds to the beat of the music.

Veterans walk along the stadium tracks, the faces of veterans.

Historical parade on the stadium tracks are participants in the parade in military uniforms of different eras.

Go brass band musicians in the form of the period of the First world war.

Veterans applaud the cadets of military schools passing along the stadium paths.

There is a division of female cadets.

There is a military brass band.

Veterans welcome passing cadets.

View of the electronic scoreboard above the stadium.

Fragments of a theatrical performance on the stadium field, a trained pygmy Hippo on the stadium track.

Performance of dance groups, the audience applauds.

Are a couple from the club of classical dance.

A cabaret carriage passes with cabaret dancers.

Spectators in one of the stands.

Panorama of the stadium during a mass theatrical performance.

Ayatskov applauds.

Children on the field of the stadium waving balloons.

Participants of the festival in costumes of the 18-19 century on one of the squares of Saratov.

Entrance to the theater building.

Gala ball in honor of the anniversary.

Sailing yachts on the Volga.

Performance of a dance Duo on an open stage in the evening, fireworks on the embankment.

The audience waves their hands in the air.

Performance of the group "Na-na" with the song "Faina".

Singer of the show group "Anapa" performs a song about Saratov under color music.

Sailing yachts and passenger ships on the Volga.

Faces of performers of a vocal and dance group and a soloist.

The audience applauds.

Fireworks in the sky over Saratov, people applaud.