Film
Safir.A journey through a thousand years. (1990)
Availability of videosources
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Reel №1
Three teenagers are walking on a tightrope.
A man is walking down the street (Yu.
Zadneprovsky), passes by the Atlanteans of the Hermitage, walks through the autumn park.
Winter Palace.
The man sits down at the desk in the room.
Shelves with books in the room.
Drawings from an Arabic book.
Map: the route of the expedition "Safir-89".
A man walks along the embankment of the Winter Groove.
Palace Square.
Neva Embankment.
Sphinxes on the University embankment (evening).
Derbent fortress.
Expedition cars are traveling along the seashore.
Gabustan rocks.
Rock paintings.
Sandy desert (Kara-Kum).
The lizard burrows into the sand.
The remains of an ancient city.
A camel caravan is walking through the desert (evening).
Personnel
Zadneprovskij Yu.A. -arheolog, krupnejshij issledovatelj drevnostej Srednej i Centraljnoj AziiLocations
Leningrad
The Republic of Dagestan
Azerbaijan
Turkmenistan
Seasons
AutumnReel №2
Ruins of an ancient city.
The expedition car is traveling on a mountain road.
The mausoleum.
The inside of an empty mausoleum.
The ruins of the feudal city of Serakhs.
Turkmen women bake bread according to an old recipe.
Embroidered patterns on women's clothing.
Women drink tea.
The girl pours tea.
The eldest woman of the family drinks tea with her grandchildren.
The faces of the Kurds.
The Baloch community.
The villagers came out to meet the guests.
Ritual men's game with sticks.
The faces of the Baloch.
The girl embroiders national patterns.
Personnel
Zadneprovskij Yu.A.arheolog, krupnejshij issledovatelj drevnostej Srednej i Centraljnoj AziiLocations
Turkmenistan
Reel №3
The ruins of the medieval city of Merv.
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchronously).
Drawings from an ancient Arabic book.
Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar.
Panorama of the ruins of the city.
A "holy" bush with strips of cloth.
Expedition cars are driving through the desert.
Fortress walls of ancient Amul.
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchronously).
Personnel
Zadneprovskij Yu.A. -arheolog, krupnejshij issledovatelj drevnostej Srednej i Centraljnoj AziiLocations
Turkmenistan
Reel №4
Amu-Daria.
The expedition is crossing the river.
The mausoleum of Cheburdan Baba.
Bukhara.
The mausoleum of the Samanids.
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchronously).
Drawings from an Arabic book.
Reception of the Embassy of Ahmet ibn Fadlan.
Architectural monuments of Bukhara.
Bukhara Bazaar.
The faces of the inhabitants of Bukhara.
The coppersmith's workshop.
The blacksmith's workshop.
Ancient kumgans.
Thickets of reeds.
Camel caravan (evening).
Locations
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Reel №5
Expedition cars are driving through the desert.
Dust storm.
Dunes.
Caravanserai Daya-Khatyn.
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchronously).
Yurts near the caravanserai.
Autumn holiday in Daya-Khatyn.
Traditional costumes of Kazakh girls.
Jewelry of Turkmen girls.
Performance of musicians.
Folk dance.
Women knit.
The boy is a tightrope walker.
Performance of tightrope walkers.
Personnel
Zadneprovskij Yu.A. -arheolog, krupnejshij issledovatelej drevnostej Srednej i Centraljnoj AziiLocations
Turkmenistan
Reel №6
Camel caravan (night).
The ancient city of Dargan.
Khorezm.
The Tower of Silence (funeral tower) on the top of the conical hill Chilpyk.
The settlement of Kunya-Urgench.
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchronously).
The settlement of Shamakhi.
The ancient city of Wazir.
Ruins of the fortress.
Camel caravan (night).
Zadneprovsky Yu.A. (synchron)
Ustyurt desert.
Arabic miniatures.
Beliuli Caravanserai.
Ancient necropolis.
Underground mosque Beket-Ata.
Personnel
Zadneprovskij Yu.A.-arheolog, krupnejshij issledovatelj drevnostej Srednej i Centraljnoj AziiLocations
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan