RUSSIAN GEORGIANS. Film Two

The first film ended in 1939. The second part of Leonid Parfyonov’s project “Russian Georgians” will begin with a story of the patriotic upsurge created by Stalin during the Great Patriotic War: non-Soviet rhetoric, medals of honor named after pre-revolutionary military leaders, new national anthem, the restoration of the Russian Orthodox patriarchate, the ribbon of Saint George and the medal “For the Victory over Germany”.

Then begins the post-war period — the Stalinist Russian style and the short-lived tandem of Beria and Malenkov. Then the film takes us to the “thaw” with its new heroes — a poet with a guitar Bulat Okudzhava and film directors Mikhail Kalatozov (Katalozishvili), Marlena Khutsiev (Khutsishvili) and Georgy Danelia. The best Russian TV speaker and unsurpassed storyteller is Irakli Andronikov (Andronikashvili). The north-south disparity in the exchange of goods leads to the rise of the Georgian “shadow” economy — selling fruit and making fortunes by modest Soviet standards. Soviet superstars Nani Bregvadze and Vakhtang Kikabidze — the charm of singing in Russian with a Georgian accent, late Soviet superstars Nani Bregvadze and Vakhtang Kikabidze. Eduard Shevardnadze — and Soviet Foreign Minister and the second apostle of perestroika. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia and Georgia became separate countries with complicated relations. But the tradition of Russian Georgians continued in the post-Soviet years. The journey will end with the stories of Russian stars with Georgian origin — Tsereteli, Tsiskaridze, Leps (Lepsveridze), Tutberidze and Akunin (Chkhartishvili).