Volga lights № 10 Day of protest (1989)

Types of streets in Astrakhan.

Boats on the shore.

Fishermen on the ice near the shore.

Ships at the pier in the winter Parking lot, view of the Cathedral of the Astrakhan Kremlin.

People on one of the streets of Astrakhan, the janitor sweeps the asphalt.

A representative of the public organization "Green world" speaks about the difficulties encountered in obtaining permission to organize a protest against the construction of the Volga-Chograi canal, about the lack of awareness and passivity of city residents (synchronously).

Flower shop on one of the streets, people pass by.

Panorama of the protest rally on February 12, 1989.

Participants of the rally are protesting against the construction of the canal, arguing among themselves, banners with slogans protesting against the construction of the canal.

Collecting signatures by participants of the rally against the construction of the canal.

A protest demonstration moves through the streets of Astrakhan, types of demonstrations.

Faces of demonstrators, slogans in the hands of demonstrators.

Speeches of participants of the environmental rally at the House of political education in Astrakhan.

Panorama of the rally.

Banners with slogans and homemade posters in the hands of the rally participants, the faces of the rally participants.

One of the participants of the rally speaks.

Panorama of the rally, people applaud the speaker.

Faces of the rally participants.

The representative of the initiative group announces the decision to send telegrams to the relevant authorities with a demand to stop the construction of the canal (synchronously), people applaud.

Banners with slogans, panorama of the rally.

People on the streets of Volgograd.

Entrance to one of the construction sites of the Volgodonsk canal.

Excavator for the construction of the Volgodonsk-2 irrigation canal.

Panorama and views of the channel bed that is not filled with water.

Panorama of the concreted section of the channel bed.

Panorama of the embankment in Saratov and view of the bridge over the Volga.

Ice floes in the water.

A member Of the public Committee for saving the Volga, Professor Anisimov, talks about the reasons why the protest rally in Saratov did not take place and the inevitability of environmental rallies in the future, about environmental problems in the Volga zone and the need to solve them as soon as possible, and the economic problems that arise (synchronously).

Spring Volga landscapes.

Water from the gutter on the embankment pours into the Volga.

People on the streets of Saratov.

Panorama of the environmental rally in Astrakhan, a representative of the initiative group speaks with a demand to stop the construction of all channels and disband the Ministry of water management.

The faces of the rally participants, banners with slogans in the hands of people.

Participants of the rally applaud, panorama of the rally.