Memories of Pavlovsk (1983)

Documentary №59940, 3 parts, duration: 0:29:21
Production: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio
Director:I.Kalinina
Screenwriters:B.Dobrodeev
Camera operators:N.Volkov
Composers:Sh.Kallosh
Sound mixer:N.Vinogradskaya
Other authors:E.Maljcina

Annotation:

The film, based on memoirs of the Director of the Pavlovsk Palace-Museum of Anna Ivanovna Zelenova, tells the story of this unique monument of Russian architecture and landscape art of catastrophic destruction in the Palace during the Second world war and the long restoration work. Nomination for “Oscar” Academy award - 1985

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Sculptures of lions in Pavlovsk Park.

Pavlovsk Park in the fog.

Turkish gazebo in the park.

Views of the paths of the park in the morning fog.

Park sculpture muse Clio.

Visconti Bridge.

Triple linden alley in front of the Pavlovsk Palace.

Anna Ivanovna Zelenova.

Chronicle of 1930.

Views of Leningrad.

Monuments of Leningrad.

Photos of Anna Zelenova.

People walk through the iconic places of Leningrad and Peterhof.

People meet the heroes of Soviet Russia.

Young people leave for the construction of the national economy.

Photos of A. Zelenova of the 30s.

The interior of the Pavlovsk Museum.

Photos of A. Zelenova next to the exhibits of the museum.

Types of Pavlovsky Park.

Chronicle of 1941:

Air defense sound traps over Leningrad.

Fire.

Children save books.

Photo of museum employees, among them A. Zelenova with keys in her hands.

Chronicle of 1941:

Troops are marching on the streets of Leningrad.

Children glue posters on the walls.

Traffic on the streets of Leningrad.

Evacuation of the museum.

Air defense forces are guarding the train.

Photos of A. Zelenova next to the exhibits of the museum and the park.

Employees pack antiques.

A German air raid.

View of Pavlovsk from the plane.

Military operations near Pavlovsk.

The place where ancient sculptures were immured.

Burial of a park sculpture.

Chronicle of 1941.

Battles for Pavlovsk.

Chronicle of 1941-1944.

Tanks are moving along the Palace Square.

Types of besieged Leningrad.

St.

Isaac's Cathedral.

Pavlovsk exhibits in the cellars of St.

Isaac's Cathedral.

Photos of A. Zelenova in the cathedral, at her new place of work.

Photo of museum workers in the basement of the cathedral.

An article in a fascist magazine with photographs of Pavlovsk.

Chronicle of 1941-1944:

Shots taken in besieged Leningrad.

The sentry is on the street.

Anti-aircraft gun.

Guns are firing.

Air defense searchlight.

Photo by A.I. Zelenova and historian A.A. Chernovskov.

Chronicle of 1941-1944:

Residents of Leningrad get water from the Neva.

The announcement of the sale of boiling water to the residents of the house.

A resident of besieged Leningrad carries a coffin down the street.

Chronicle of 1930:

The library's reading room is crowded with readers.

Chronicle of 1941-1944.

The reading room of the library is under siege.

The reader eats bread crumbs at the library table.

Artistic paintings with views of Pavlovsk.

Chronicle of 1941-1944:

Residents carry a corpse on a sled down the street of Leningrad.

Tanks are driving through the streets of the city.

Footage of the movie "The Big Waltz".

Alley in Pavlovsk.

Park sculptures.

Chronicle of 1941-1944:

Residents of Leningrad clear the sidewalks of ice.

Spring.

The cellars of the Hermitage and St.

Isaac's Cathedral were flooded.

Anti-aircraft gun on the background of the cathedral.

Workers take out Pavlovian furniture from the basement, clean carpets.

Farewell letter of the historian Chernovsky.

Chronicle of 1941-1944:

Pedestrians on the streets of besieged Leningrad, carrying a helpless man on a sled.

An old lady is resting on a broken bed.

Loudspeakers on the street.

Prisoners of war are being led around the city.

Residents look at them.

Chronicle of 1944:

The end of the blockade.

Salute on the occasion of the end of the blockade.

Tanks are driving through the environs of Leningrad.

The column of the military.

A horse-drawn cannon is riding.

Pavlovsk is burning.

The order of the German command in Pavlovsk about the forbidden zone on the territory of the museum.

The Gestapo was stationed in Pavlovsk.

View of Pavlovsk immediately after liberation.

View of the park destroyed in the battles.

Damaged Turkish gazebo.

Pre-war photographs by A.I. Zelenova.

Certificate of the director of the museum A.I. Zelenova.

Chronicle of 1944:

The ruins of the museum buildings.

Workers are removing snow.

Schoolchildren living in the city of Pavlovsk move their desks to school.

Passes of A.I. Zelenova to Leningrad.

Snowstorm.

Photo of A.I. Zelenova with a woman who saved her in a snowstorm.

Chronicle of 1945:

Black cars are driving along the alleys of Pavlovsk.

The state commission has arrived at the museum.

The ruins of the museum.

Pavlovsk suffered the most from all museums near Leningrad.

Museum workers.

Photo by A.I. Zelenova.

Photos of military builders, to whom A.I. Zelenova turned for help.

Photos of museum workers sorting out hidden exhibits.

The same sculptures in 1983.

Chronicle of 1945:

The return of the monuments of Leningrad to their places in the city.

Return of paintings to museums.

Scientists are studying the plans of museum buildings.

Photos of the architect F.F. Oleynik, a connoisseur of Pavlovsk architecture.

Photo of restorers.

Chronicle of 1945:

A local resident gets out of the dugout with a child in her arms.

People living in a downed German plane.

Chronicle of 1946:

The Red Arrow train.

Passengers at the train station.

Moscow grocery store.

Metro.

The Kremlin at night.

Photographs by K.E. Voroshilov.

Types of winter Moscow.

Restorers work at the Pavlovsk Museum.

Photos of specialists who took part in the restoration of Pavlovsk.

A.I. Zelenova walks through the rooms of the revived Pavlovsk.

Modern Pavlovsk.

Alternating frames with the interior of modern Pavlovsk.

Chamber music concert in the Pavlovsk Hall.

Photo by A.I. Zelenova in 1977 during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Pavlovsk.

Key words

Museum.
Restoration.

Personnel:

A.I. Zelenova, direktor muzeya. A.A. Chernovskij, istorik. F.F. Olejnik, arhitektor. K.E. Voroshilov, gosudarstvennij deyatelj.

Calendar: 1930 1941 1942-1944 1945 1946 1977

Locations: Pavlovsk Leningrad [848] Leningrad region [785] Moscow [820]

Objects:

Pavlovsk Museum-reserve. St. Isaac's Cathedral.

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