How does the last of the great Soviet construction sites live today? / Redaktsiya

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Today is a premiere of a big Redaktsiya movie about BAM. BAM stands for Baikal-Amur Mainline, the last of the great construction projects of socialism. At one time, this mainline was called the "highway of courage", the whole country knew about it. When the USSR collapsed and its ideology disappeared, the mainline and its builders were almost forgotten. But recently it was announced that BAM will be completed and expanded. It was decided to even involve convicts in this process. Our film is about this mainline and about a special caste of people who once came to build it and stayed there to live, creating a unique social phenomenon — the Bamovtsy. Contents: 00:00 Intro 01:20 The last great Soviet construction site 04:18 How did it all start? 13:20 BAM cost more than a trillion rubles! 16:00 BAM builders arrived in the taiga and lived in tents 21:05 "Injection of sincerity" — why was this construction site really needed? 24:50 Prohibition on BAM 26:20 How did the American singer become the main star of BAM? 28:35 Discos and 150 grams of cognac — what was an armored train? 30:30 The first theater on BAM 31:05 Not only the road, but also personal lives were built there — was it so? 32:50 Why did the railway station built in Armenian style appear on BAM? 34:20 How was BAM built during Stalin's reign? 40:35 How did Arbat and Krasnaya Presnya appear on BAM? 44:00 Are the builders of BAM still living in barracks? 50:10 Was there a big salary on BAM and was it possible to sell everything that could not be found anywhere else? 52:40 Who was called chekists on BAM? 58:58 "Come to me on BAM and I'll rail you on the rails" — reaction to the propaganda 1:05:20 Why was imported equipment used on BAM? 1:05:45 BAM's main problem 1:07:10 There is no asphalt on BAM at all 1:08:22 The Severomuysky tunnel is the longest tunnel in Russia, which was built in 26 years with dozens of victims 1:14:00 Why would we need another such tunnel? 1:17:18 What is the Devil's Bridge? 1:20:30 How is the village of the tunnel heroes surviving now? 1:24:57 What is it like to work on BAM now? 1:27:00 How people are defending from bears on BAM 1:28:30 Why did trains start running only 5 years after the completion of construction? 1:33:05 How has the life of BAM builders changed after the end of construction? 1:42:25 Does someone need BAM now? 1:45:13 And what about BAM-2? 1:47:34 Are prisoners building BAM again? 1:48:30 "The Bamovtsy are offended" 1:52:10 Why is everyone so nostalgic for the past?