Lower Povolzhie № 24 (1979)

High water.

Astrakhan region, July 1979.

Rushing streams of water.

Panorama of a part of the flooded area, masts of high-voltage lines and telegraph poles in the water.

Employees of the Astrakhan Hydrometeorological Observatory monitor the readings of the instruments.

The director of the observatory speaks about the forecasts of a high flood in 1979 (synchronously).

The typewriter works.

View of a part of the dam of one of the Volga reservoirs.

The chairman of the Astrakhan Regional Executive Committee, M. A. Tyurin, speaks about the coordination of the schedule for the passage of meltwater through the Volga HPP with higher ministries, about the reasons for the increased spillway.

Panorama of a flooded village in the Astrakhan region.

Flooded areas of the region.

Panorama of one of the flooded villages.

People evacuated from the flood zone sit at a tent in a temporary accommodation camp.

A woman mends clothes, a view of a part of a flooded village.

A temporary stove is burning near the tent.

Unloading of bread trays from the boat, for the local residents affected by the flood.

People talk about the lack of work due to flooding, about the lack of transport and fuel for it (synchronously).

View of a part of a flooded village.

Telephone sets on the desk of the Emergency Flood Commission duty officer, the duty officers answer questions on the phone about the flood level in different districts of the region.

Water-filled haystacks.

Tractors on the ferry crossing.

A herd of cows being evacuated from the flood zone.

Fishermen pull a sturgeon catch out of the water.

Deputy Director of the Caspian Research Institute Ivanov speaks about the dependence of the formation of the Volga fish resources on the spring flood, about the lack of coordination of the volume and timing of water supply by higher ministries (synchronously).

Sturgeon fishing in the Volga delta, fishermen throw the caught sturgeon into the boat.

Fishermen fold the net.

View of the engine room of the Volzhskaya HPP.

The chief engineer of the hydroelectric power station speaks about the role of the Volga hydroelectric power stations in filling the reservoirs and evenly distributing the flood along the Volga.

View of a flooded rural street, a woman crosses the street by swimming.

People on the flooded streets of the village move with the help of boats and improvised means.

Children play by the water in a flooded street.

A cow grazes on the river bank.

Equipment in the flooded engine yard of one of the collective farms.

Issue of newspapers in the printing house.

The text of the appeal of the Astrakhan Regional Committee of the CPSU in the newspaper "Volga".

AN-2 aircraft before takeoff.

Elimination of flood consequences.

Drainage of flooded agricultural land through drainage pipes.

Laying the road.

Chairman of the Astrakhan Regional Executive Committee Tyurin talks about the causes of the flood, which, according to power engineers, lie in the early warm spring, about the damage to fish stocks and agriculture due to the schedule of water flow (synchronously).

Panorama of the Volga hydroelectric dam.