Road to Siberia, 1941

The film “Road to Siberia, 1941” is an emotional and sad message. It tells about people who return to the places of deportation in Siberia, Yeniseysk, Karaula, Ustjport, Biriliyus, Suhanoy, Penkov. How does it look now? How are these people welcomed and what do the local people in Siberia think? “Don’t forget, don’t betray, don’t forgive in our name,” – so say the children of Siberia.
(c) StudioSB. Latvia, 2021.
Director: Dzintra Geka.
Text author: Valdis Lūriņš.
Cinematographer: Aivars Lubanietis.
Composer: Pēteris Vasks.

The distant land of Siberia. Born there.

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The distant land of Siberia Why March 25, 1949?

The film “The distant land of Siberia Why March 25, 1949?” now is available with English subtitles. The film was shown on Latvian Television 1 on March 25, 2021.

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Events of 14 June 2022

June 14 marks the 81st anniversary of the deportations of June 14, 1941.

10:00 In the Palace of the President of Latvia, President Egils Levits met with the repressed, winners of the drawing and writing competition. The winners of the drawing and writing competition had arrived from all over Latvia as well as from France, who received cash prizes, gifts from the President’s Chancellery, the book “Siberian Children 1949”, as well as jury prizes. Singers Armands Birkens sang and played a psaltery ensemble. The jury of the drawing competition was chaired by sculptor Regīna Deičmane, the jury of the drawing competition was chaired by teacher Liveta Sprūde.

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Photo from the President’s Photo Archive. 

15:00 at Cinema KSuns and 22:00 LTV1 could watch the documentary film from the cycle “Far Land Siberia. Born There ” can be watched on the LSM portal

18:00 A concert for Deportees took place in Old st. Gertrude Church, the Latvian Radio Choir sang, Kristīne Adamaite, organist, soloist Jānis Kurševs, musicians performed compositions by Latvian composers (J. Ivanovs, L. Garūta, P. Vasks, etc.)

Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc1949. gada 25. marts?

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Ir pienācis laiks, lai atgādinātu un nākamajām paaudzēm izstāstītu par 1949. gada 25. marta deportāciju, lielāko Latvijas vēsturē- vienā naktī vairāk kā 42 tūkstoši iedzīvotāji, viņu vidū 7 tūkstoši bērnu, arī vecu, pat paralizētu cilvēku, tika aizvesti uz Amūras, Tomskas un Omskas apgabaliem.
Iepriekšējās “Tālā zeme Sibīrija” sērijās rādījām braucienus un emocionālos pārdzīvojumus, apmeklējot izsūtījuma vietas, tikšanos ar bērnības biedriem. Filmā hrestomātiski parādīta vēsturiskā situācija, kāpēc tas notika, kādos apstākļos ģimenes nokļuva, kā bērni mācījās vai nemācījās skolās, atgriezās Latvijā bez izglītības, kā Dzimtenē nācās cīnīties par atgriešanos savās mājās. Materiāli ir izvilkumi no Sibīrijas bērnu intervijām, plašs foto materiāls un Sibīrijā filmētie materiāli.

Ar cieņu,Dzintra Geka-Vaska

Tālā zeme Sibīrija. Kāpēc1949.gada 25.marts?” Studija SB (c) 2021. 52′ 
Scenārijs Valdis Lūriņš
Autori Valdis Lūriņš, Dzintra Geka
Režisore Dzintra Geka
Montāžas režisors Artūrs Hnikins
Operatori Viktors Gribermans, Aivars Lubānietis
Mūzika Pēteris Vasks
Režisora asistente Madara Filipova

Fragmenti no filmas “Ceļš uz Sibīriju 1941” kura iznāks LTV1 14 . jūnijā 21.05.

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Mums ir liels prieks, ka sabiedrība šogad tik plaši atspoguļo 1941. gada deportācijas, paredzēti plaši pasākumi daudzās pašvaldībās. Pirms 20 gadiem, kad iznāca pirmā filma par Sibīriju, bija ļoti liela pretestība no tā laika valdošo partiju puses, lai par šiem notikumiem vispār runātu. Piedāvājām vēl 2 fragmentus no filmas “Ceļš uz Sibīriju 1941” kura iznāks LTV1 14 . jūnijā 21.05. Šī filma ir interesanta ar to, ka būs redzami HD kvalitātē kadri no visām Gulaga nometnēm, kurās pabijusi filmēšanas grupa pēdējo 20 gadu laikā. 

 

 

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Filmas “Ceļš uz Sibīriju1941” pirmizrāde LTV1 14. jūnijā 21:05

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Filma ”Ceļš uz Sibīriju1941” stāsta par cilvēkiem, kuri atgriežas izsūtījuma vietās Sibīrijā, Jeņisejskā, Karaulā, Ustjportā, Biriļusos, Suhanojā, Peņkovā. Kā tur izskatās tagad? Kā sagaida un ko domā vietējie iedzīvotāji Sibīrijā. Filma ir emocionāls un skumjšs vēstījums. Pirmizrādi skatieties  LTV1 14. jūnijā 21:05https://ltv.lsm.lv/lv/tieshraide/cels-uz-sibiriju-1941/live.360/

“Neaizmirstiet, nenododiet, mūsu vārdā nepiedodiet.” Tā saka Sibīrijas bērni.

Ieskatam piedāvājam 2 klipus no filmas.

 

 Režisore Dzintra Geka
 Teksta autors Valdis Lūriņš
 Montāžas režisors Artūrs Hnikins
 Operators Aivars Lubānietis
 Komponists Pēteris Vasks
 Režisora asistente Madara Fiļipova
 Filma veidota ar KM atbalstu

Rīta Panorāmā intervija ar Dzintru Geku-Vasku un Valdi Lūriņu

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Šorīt Rīta Panorāmā intervija ar Dzintru Geku-Vasku un Valdi Lūriņu. Šovakar 21.05 skatieties pirmizrādi LTV1 filmai “Kapēc 1949. gada 25. marts?”

 

Filmas “1949. gada 25. marts” pirmizrāde LTV1 21:05

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25. martā 21:05 LTV1 aicinam visu noskatīties jauno Dzintras Gekas-Vaskas filmu “1949. gada 25. marts“. Šajā datumā no Latvijas uz Sibīriju tika izsūtīti vairāk kā 42129 cilvēki. Lielā slepenībā vienas dienas laikā tika izsūtīts 31 vilciena sastāvs ar lopu vagoniem.

We are preparing a film and a book about deportation to Siberia in 1949

In the Foundation “The Children of Siberia” we are preparing a film for Latvian television about the deportation on March 25, 1949. The film “Far Land Siberia. March 25, 1949” will be aired on LTV1 on March 25. In the film, we will tell in detail how the exits took place, where the families got to, how the children went to school, how they worked, how they hoped to return, how their relatives died. We have interviewed 280 people who were deported to Siberia as children. Excerpts from interviews, photo material and footage in Siberia will form the film’s drama.

Brigita Raševica(Insone)
Brigita Raševica (Insone)

We are also preparing a book “The Children of Siberia. 1949” about places in Siberia, where families were taken in 1949. Tomsk, Omsk regions and the Far East were routes. We hope that the book will be published in April, the work is very big.

Pēteris Simsons
Pēteris Simsons

The deportation of 1949 is one of the most tragic points in the history of Latvia’s modern times. 43,000 people were deported to life in Siberia, including 10,000 children and infants, the elderly and even those raised from the deathbed. Many of the deportees died, others spent long and distressing years in the northern areas of Siberia, in inhumane conditions, fighting for their own lives and the lives of their children. Those who managed to return had lost their health, lost property, lost their roofs over their heads, and had morally and physically destroyed people. Even after the so-called release, the regime treated them with suspicion, did not give them the opportunity to get an education, did not give them the opportunity to build a career or choose a place to live. And it could be seen as a continuation of the genocide. Long before the deportation date itself, lists of deported Latvian families were carefully prepared. With Moscow instructions and local service activities. This will be seen in this film. The property of the deportees was hijacked and distributed to collective farms and state farms, but part of the property was appropriated by those who carried out the deportations. This will also be seen in this film. 75 perpetrators of the Red Flag were awarded to the perpetrators of the 1949 genocide for carrying out deportations in general and for committing inhumane crimes. Of those deported in 1949, 52% were farmers, children and the elderly 18%, and students 16%. Of those deported in 1949, 12% or 4,941 died. The deportations of 1949 were, in a sense, even more brutal than the deportations of 1941. Because, every fourth person deported for life was a child. One in six was over 60 years old. The deportations of 1941 were an attempt to behead the Latvian intelligentsia. The deportations of 1949 were to destroy agriculture and the most active and diligent Latvian farmers, from whom the totalitarian regime feared the most, because the free state of Latvia was based on them.

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