A visit to the USSR by a group of US senators (1983)

Movie №8816, 2 parts, Duration: 0:19:47
Studio CSDF (RCSDF)

Annotation:

About the stay in the USSR of a group of US senators from the Democratic Party, headed by Senator K. Pell. Yu. Andropov met with the senators, and peace initiatives were discussed.

Annotation:

1st part - A visit to the USSR by a group of US senators from the Democratic Party (August 1983). Sightseeing in Moscow, working meetings. Footage from the newsreel: a meeting of Soviet and American soldiers on the Elbe. Reception of the delegation by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Yu. V. Andropov. Visit to Zagorsk. 2nd part - The delegation visits the Moscow Circus. Stay in Leningrad and Tashkent. Footage from the newsreel: the aftermath of the 1966 earthquake in Tashkent. Visit to Samarkand and Tbilisi.

Reel №1

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The American delegation is met at the airport.

Among those meeting them is the director of the Institute of the USA and Canada, Arbatov.

Moscow from a bird's eye view.

Streets of Moscow.

The Kremlin courtyard.

The Lenin monument.

The building of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. V.P. Ruben meets the American delegation.

Working meetings with Soviet parliamentarians.

American senators in the mausoleum.

The queue to the mausoleum.

Chronicle: Lenin.

Chronicle of World War II: American soldiers and officers.

Meeting on the Elbe.

Eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Wreath-laying.

The American senators were received by the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Yu.V. Andropov.

American guests at the Soviet Peace Committee.

Chronicle: rallies in defense of peace.

Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Interior of the Assumption Cathedral.

American senators at a service.

Persons:

Arbatov G.A. - Director of the Institute of the USA and Canada; Ruben V.P. - Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Andropov Yu.V. - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU.

Shooting locations:

Moscow

Seasons:

Summer

Reel №2

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Streets of Moscow.

Guests from the USA at the Moscow Circus.

Excerpt from a performance.

Peter and Paul Fortress.

Monument to Peter (The Bronze Horseman).

Cruiser Aurora.

Smolny.

The room where Lenin worked.

Painting "Petitioners at V.I. Lenin's" (artist V. Serov).

Streets of Leningrad.

Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery.

Monument on Victory Square.

The Hermitage.

Halls of the Hermitage.

Senators on a bus.

Traveling along the streets of Tashkent.

Reception at the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR. American senators getting acquainted with the city.

Chronicle of the 1966 earthquake.

Monument of Courage in Tashkent.

Tashkent metro.

American senators at the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

Eastern bazaar in Samarkand.

Teahouse.

Architectural monuments of Samarkand.

Tbilisi from a helicopter.

Meeting at the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR. Monument to the fallen.

Meeting with Georgian centenarians.

Newlyweds in a horse-drawn carriage.

Chronicle: Soviet cosmonaut and American astronaut before a joint flight, filming in space.

Paintings by A. Leonov.

Persons:

Khodjaev A.A. - Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Uzbek SSR. Gilashvili P.G. - Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR

Shooting locations:

Moscow Leningrad Uzbekistan Georgia

Seasons:

Summer

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