First All-Union referendum.

First All-Union referendum. , 1991 (19:23)

Annotation: About First Union referendum in various republics of the Soviet Union, which decided the fate of the existence of the USSR.

Film description: Issue devoted to the I-th All-Union referendum passes in different republics, which decided the fate of the existence of the Union. Photos of the tragic events that occurred in the republics of the Caucasus and the Baltic states. Moscow. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Woman carrying flowers to the Eternal Flame. The polling station. Reporter conducts interviews with voters (synchronously). Belarus. Eternal flame. Honor guard at the Eternal Flame. One of the streets of Minsk. Construction of multi-storey buildings. Movement of public transport. Says Belarusian sculptor (synchronously). Ballot referendum on the Belarusian language. Working members of the Electoral Commission. Living at a rally near the city executive committee. Posters. Moscow. Meeting at Pushkin Square (synchronously). The polling station in Turkmenistan. Vote Turkmen and Russian girls. Interview elderly Turkmen (synchronously). Streets of Tallinn. Referendum March 17, 1991 The people at the polling station. Interviews voters (synchronously). Chairman of the Supreme Council of Estonia Rüütel gives interviews (synchronously). Vilnius. Catholic Cathedral. Monument to victims of the events of 1989. Interview residents (synchronously). The polling station. They say voters (synchronously). The polling station in Kyrgyzstan. Voting on the site. Interviews voters (synchronously). Interview Gorbachev foreign journalists (synchronously). Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbachev at the polling station. Boris Yeltsin answers questions of correspondents (synchronously). Vote Yakovlev, chatting with reporters. Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission Golovko said on the outcome of the referendum (synchronously).

Source description 1: Photo:
Refugees: a woman with a child - Wed
Destroyed house - commonly.
The people on the street, the ruins, a child's face, the soldiers on the APC, weeping women, a funeral procession in Lithuania, the child holds a poster with the inscription: "For what killed my dad?", The departure of the coffin with the deceased child's face, through broken glass - Wed, cr., total.
Tomb of the Unknown soldier, helmet on the grave, lit the Eternal Flame - cf.
An elderly woman carries flowers to the grave - Wed
Editor TSSDF A. Rozov takes on the street interview with an elderly woman, a woman answering the question, how she sees the expanded Union (synchronously) - cr., Wed.
The city of Minsk, burns eternal flame at the monument in Victory Square, an honor guard at the Eternal Flame - cf.
On the day of the All-Union referendum at a polling station editor HND conducts interviews with Belarusian sculptor about his attitude toward the expanded Union (synchronously) - cr., Wed.
On the table lay sheets - Wed
Political rally in Minsk, the people with slogans against the Communist Party - Wed, total.
Rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow, the people at the rally evinces frustration (synchronous) - cf.
Turkmenistan.
The people on the street - Wed, total.
Votes Turkmen girls and boys - cf.
The old elder its attitude to the Union (synchronously in the Turkmen language) - cf.
Street in Tallinn - Wed, Poland.
The sign on the building where the polling place, the people at the polling station - commonly., Wed.
Give an interview for the referendum, saying that they voted for the Union (synchronously) - cr., Wed.
Man-Estonians spoke about why he does not participate in the referendum for the preservation of the Union (synchronously in Russian) - kr.
Street of Tallinn - Society.
Outside the President of the Supreme Council of Estonia Rüütel commented on the position of Estonia in the All-Union referendum (synchronously) - kr.
The people of Estonia goes to the polling station and vote boys and girls - Wed, cr.
Lithuania, Vilnius city street - Society.
Man paints a cross-monument to the victims of the events of Vilnius - Wed, cr.
Vilnius residents are interviewed on the street, explain why they did not take part in the All-Union referendum (synchronously) - Wed, cr.
The polling station in Vilnius: come to vote give interviews (synchronously) - Wed, cr.

Source description 2: The polling station in Kyrgyzstan: voters receive a ballot and puts them in a box - cf.
Woman and man are interviewed at the polling station (synchronously) - kr.
The polling station in Moscow: people vote - cf.
A. Rozov conducts interviews with voters (synchronously) - Wed, cr.
Near the polling station, Gorbachev gives an interview to the Soviet and foreign journalists (synchronous) - cf.
Boris N. Yeltsin gives an interview near the polling station (synchronous) - cf.
Yakovlev down the ballot in the ballot box and responds to questions from a (synchronous).
Muscovites at the polling station give interviews about the election (synchronous) - Wed, cr.
The results of the vote tells the deputy of the Central Commission Golovko (synchronously) - kr.
Fountain "Friendship of Peoples" in VDNKh - Wed
It takes a woman with a pram - Wed, Poland.
Children on a swing - cf.
It takes a young soldier with his father - cf.
The parents walk with children - Wed, cr.
Married laying flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Wed, cr.

Directors: Vermisheva E.

Text writers: Rozov A.