Lower Povolzhie № 27 Living Water (1968)

The rider in the Kalmyk steppe.

Steppe landscape.

Flock of sheep grazing.

Panorama of land cracked by drought land (above).

Camel with camel in the desert.

A sandstorm in the desert.

People get buckets of water from the well, poured into your containers.

Buckets and zinc baths.

Look well of the steppe, people take water from the well.

The texts of the decisions of state and party bodies on the development of land reclamation, published in the national press.

Fragments of texts of regulations.

Newspaper articles on land reclamation.

The building of the Volga state design and survey Institute on designing of hydraulic structures.

A sign with the name of the Institute.

Those employees of the Institute.

Institute employees at work.

Equipment in the excavation during the construction of the irrigation canal.

The irrigation system of the Kalmyk ASSR on the map of the Republic.

Chograysky reservoir on the map.

The types Chograysky reservoir and dam.

The construction of the Chernozemelsk irrigation canal.

View of the bed of the channel (top).

The types of irrigation canal.

Sheep flock to the artificial pond.

Sheep drink water.

The type of pump station in one of the farms in Kalmykia Republic.

The water in the irrigation canal.

View of irrigated fields.

Ripening ears of wheat.

Harvesting grain.

The water in the canal.

View of the corn fields.

Watering of the corn, faces of the land.

Panorama of fields with growing tomatoes.

View of the Apple orchard.

The harvest of apples.

Ripe pears on the branches.

The tomatoes in the box.

Watermelons on the plantation.

Bunches of ripening grapes.

View of the rice fields (above).

Harvesting rice in the farm "Voskhod".

The face of the foreman.

Measurement of water level on rice checks.

Taking water and grains of rice on sample.

View of the experimental land-reclamation station.

Employees of the station conducting research.

Deputy Director of the station V. F. Shmatkov talks about forecasts for the development of land Sarpinsky district of Kalmykia as well as prospects of cultivation of rice (synchronously).

The types of the Kalmyk steppe.

Water from the pipe poured into the irrigation canal.

Apple blossoms on a branch.

The face of a structural engineer.

Equipment for construction of irrigation canal.

Workers in the excavation.

Water poured from the pipe of the irrigation system, steppe landscapes.

The different types of irrigation systems.

The harvest of apples and pears.

Sheep at the trough.

View of the wheat fields.

Tomatoes in boxes.

The harvest of watermelons.

Grapes, water pours from the pipe, the faces of the people.