The film tells about various aspects of life in the Tatar ASSR, the development of oil production, the construction of industrial enterprises, and about cultural and artistic figures in Tatarstan.




People and public transport on the streets of Kazan.
Newsreel from the 1960s: production processes in the workshops of industrial enterprises of the USSR. Construction of new industrial enterprises, faces of workers and builders.
Installation of the mast of a high-voltage power line.
Tracked tractors during the transportation of an oil rig.
Faces of oil workers of Tatarstan the process of drilling a well.
Views of Romashkino.
Herd in the pasture.
Working oil rig.
Newsreel from the 1950s: panorama of an oil rig (top to bottom).
The face of oil worker K. Valiev.
Experiments in the laboratories of the Tatar Oil Research Institute, the face of the scientist.
A scientist and oil workers inspect an oil well on a drilling rig.
Faces of drillers.
Drilling foreman Gemazov talks to a workmate.
Photos of Gemazov and Grin, who challenged each other to a competition.
Drilling processes, faces of drillers.
Interview with Grin and Gemazov (synchronously).
Newspaper report on oil production record.
Faces of drillers.
Lightning with news on Grin's team's record.
Drillers' overalls in a dryer.
Transportation of drilling rig by crawler tractors, face of rig assembly team leader Rodimchenko.
Assembly of drilling rig.
Transportation of oil rig by water on a barge.
Oil workers arrive by boat to new river oil field.
Oil worker at work.
Flasks with oil samples for research.
Research institute employee records research results.
Valves at distribution station of trans-European oil pipeline "Druzhba" near Almetyevsk.
Excavator during oil pipeline construction.
Faces of excavator operator.
Construction of "Druzhba" oil pipeline.
Route laying.
Welding of pipeline thread.
Firing and wrapping of pipeline with insulation.
Oil pipeline dispatcher at the control panel.
Opening one of the valves.
Oil is poured into the tank.
Scheme of oil transportation along the Druzhba oil pipeline from Almetyevsk to Poland, Czechoslovakia and the GDR (animation).
Presentation of flowers to the builders of the oil pipeline.
A ceremonial meeting at one of the distribution stations.
A memorial plaque with the names of the builders of the Romashkovo oil field.
Views of the field, pumping oil from the well, landscape at sunset.
Views of the ceremonial event on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the beginning of oil production in the Tatar ASSR. Raising the red flag with the number 25. Panorama of the main square of Almetyevsk.
A car and two motorcycles with flags drive along the road.
View of one of the highways, pine trees along the sides of the highway.
View of Leninogorsk.
Leninogorsk schoolchildren during a break.
Children playing on the playground, children's faces.
Playing tennis.
Visitors to the library choose books to read.
Students of the evening faculty of the oil institute during another class, the face of the teacher.
Cars with headlights on drive by.
Gas flares burning in the night.
1970
Republic of Tatarstan
Winter, Summer, Spring
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Faces of people dancing in a restaurant hall in Nizhnekamsk.
Interview with a builder (synchronously and behind the scenes).
Newsreel from the 1960s: a panorama of the construction of five-story apartment buildings.
Panorama of one of the new residential areas of Nizhnekamsk (above).
Views of the construction of the Nizhnekamsk Chemical Plant at night.
Panel trucks pass along the road.
Newlyweds walk along the red carpet of the registry office.
Welders at work.
Bricklaying.
The face of the construction foreman.
People on the street of Nizhnekamsk.
Newlyweds walk along the street accompanied by guests.
Faces of builders.
The truck driver waves from the cabin.
View of part of the Nizhnekamsk Chemical Plant.
Meeting to discuss the construction of an automobile plant.
The ceremonial event of laying the foundation stone of the future KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny in 1969. View of part of the Kazan Kremlin.
Demolition of old buildings.
Views of new buildings in Kazan.
Buildings of the Sports Palace and the Palace of Culture in Kazan.
Views and panoramas of residential areas (above), public transport on the streets.
Monument to Musa Jalil in Kazan.
View of the building of one of the city theaters.
Poster of one of the concerts.
Bare tree trunks are reflected on the surface of the water.
Rehearsal of a symphony orchestra.
The conductor leads the rehearsal, makes comments to the musicians.
Title of the musical score of the symphony "Sabantuy".
View of a section of the orchestra (above).
The audience listens to the music.
Faces of the conductor, spectators and musicians, view of a section of the orchestra (above).
Falling autumn leaves.
Birds flying south.
Panorama of a section of a chemical plant in winter.
Artists paint industrial landscapes from life.
Paintings depicting industrial enterprises.
Visitors to an art exhibition in one of the halls.
Works presented at the exhibition.
The work of the Tatar sculptor Baki Urmanche.
The face of B.I. Urmanche.
View of one of the exhibition halls.
Sculptures and paintings presented at the exhibition, artists talk about their works.
Competitions of Tatar wrestlers during a folk festival.
Faces of old people and children.
Bag fight, faces of spectators, a wrestling match.
Horse racing competitions.
Fragments of the festival, dances and horse racing.
Panorama of the cliff above the Volga.
Panorama of the May Day demonstration in Kazan (from above).
One of the poets reads poems by G. Tukai from the rostrum during the May Day demonstration.
Covers of publications of poems by G. Tukai and other Tatar poets.
Faces of poets reading their poems.
Festive events in Kazan dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin.
Monument to Lenin in Kazan.
Columns of the demonstration on the streets of Kazan.
The face of a man pronouncing the words of the oath to Lenin, columns of demonstrators with burning torches in their hands pass through the streets of Kazan.
Views of an evening demonstration with torches at the Lenin monument.
Laying flowers at the Lenin monument.
Summer Volga landscape.
Graduates who have finished school walk along the bridge over the Volga in the morning.
Faces of young men and women.
Graduates climb to one of the towers of the Kazan Kremlin.
Faces of girls.
Volga landscape at sunrise.
Industry, Construction, Architecture, City transport, National culture, Holidays, Music, Anniversaries, Demonstrations, Sculptors, Youth, Museums and exhibitions, Everyday life and leisure
Urmanche Baki Idrisovich - Tatar sculptor, painter, graphic artist, photographer
1970
Republic of Tatarstan
Summer, Autumn, Winter