Russian led the space race form the moment they launched the first man-made satellite -Sputnik - in 1957. Between then and the death of pioneer rocket scientist Sergey Korolev came the first triumphant manned space walk. This visual account shows how Korolev's rackets launched Russia into space. The first ten years in history of Sivet soace program - the time of Kololev. During those years the first sputnik was sent to an orbit, Yori Gagarin made hid first flight into the space, the first connection of ships on an orbit and the first entrance of a man into the outer space. Archived movie shots of that time - chronichals of inpressive space victories. In the late 1960's the ones flawless Soviet space program spiraled into a disaster. The early missions of the Soyuz spacecraft brought four fatalities. An ambitious manned lunar landing project ended in shambles. The "assault on fortress space" was gradually replaced by every day work in orbit but no less dramatic. About the author: Arkady Yakovlevich Aizenberg. Born on Nevember 7, 1921 in Ukraine. Professor of chair of librarianship in Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. Ph. D in pedagogical sciences. Had over 100 publications. Self-education in history, theory and modern conflicts. In 1996 Aizenberg released a book called "Library Service: Theory and Principles" that was later used in the university. Took part in military action in World War II and got two medals for victory over Germani and victory over Japan. Received orders of Great Patriotic War (WWII) second degree and of Red Labor Banner. The movie contains unique and rare documents of Russian state archive of video and photo documentation.
