50484 SOVIET PROPAGANDA NEWSREEL LENIN'S LIFE IN KRAKOW, POLAND
Dating to the 1960s, this Soviet propaganda newsreel shows the strong bond between the USSR and Poland and looks at Lenin's life in Krakow in 1912.<p><p>Narrator:<p>Lenin. The Polish nation holds sacred the memory of the time when the great leader of the world’s laborers lived and worked on its land. It was 1912, the year of a new upsurge in the revolutionary movement in Russia. Lenin was abroad in Paris, and from there it was becoming increasingly difficult to monitor the works of the Russian party and the growing revolutionary movement of the workers and peasants. (01.50) In June 1912, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya moved from Paris to Krakow. (02.03) Old Krakow appeared to be particularly quiet and peaceful compared to the bustling streets and boulevards of Paris. (02.18) Lenin and Krupskaya settled far from the city center, where simple wooden fences were bending towards the ground, where sun rays shone through the windows like in a village. This district was called Pulvsya (03.30)<p><p>This is Florchek’s house, where the new citizens of Krakow settled. The nerve center of the revolution moved to this house. (03.59)<p>During his stay in Poland, Lenin wrote 285 articles. Those articles were of great help to the Polish workers’ movement as well. (05.01) <p>Lenin’s wife and associate, Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, took up secretarial duties. The house mistress, Nadezhda Konstaninovna, came here almost daily. (06.02) In the following years, she often recalled the peculiarities of local life. (06.25)<p>Krupskaya and Lenin observed the lives of Krakow craftsmen in this part of the city. Here, they were enjoying the architecture of old houses and picturesque galleries, which reminded Nadezhda Konstantinovna of the town where she had spent her childhood. (06.46) They admired the magnificent beauty of the Collegium Maius. Lenin signed up for Jagiellonian Library. (07.10)<p>Here, within the walls of the People's University, Lenin was presenting his reports and essays, speaking about the wave of protests occurring in Russia, about the sacred rights of the people, highlighting the great power of the united human aspirations. (07.49)<p>Lenin spoke to the Polish students and workers about Poland’s right to be independent, about the necessity of fraternal unity of the Russian and Polish nations. (08.25) After August 1912, Lenin and Krupskaya lived on Lubomirski St. in a city district close to a camp of railway workers and a railway station. (05.53)<p>First, they moved into this house, and then into a neighboring one. Lenin’s comrades in the revolutionary struggle came here to visit him. (09.17) On 13 January, 1913, numerous delegates came to Krakow for the meeting of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party with party workers, and members of the Social Democratic Duma Faction, Bolsheviks. (09.38) Lots of them followed this scheme drawn by Lenin. The scheme depicts the bridge and the streets that the delegates had to take to come to the meeting point. (09.52) This meeting in Krakow was devoted to the conspiracy issues and entitled ‘the February meeting’. It was held under Lenin’s guidance. The main resolutions accepted...<p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com