"Peace Cycle": Kyiv — Warsaw — Berlin — Prague

The program "Messengers of Peace and Friendship" is dedicated to the report from the 39th international "Peace Cycle".

In the video: landscapes of Kyiv, panorama, a poster on the building of the Kyiv Conservatory "Hello to the participants of the 1986 Peace Cycle!" (in russian); the beginning of the sports festival, the opening ceremony, the solemn procession of athletes; a welcoming speech by a representative of the Kyiv city government, Viktor Klimov reads an appeal to the youth of the world; the start of the competition, various plans of the teams; the USSR national team — Vasily Zhdanov, Viktor Klimov, Asiat Saitov, Vladimir Pulnikov, Ivan Romanov, Sergey Uslamin; Vyacheslav Tikhonov shares his impressions of the cycle race; the winner of the cycle race from the GDR Olaf Ludwig, the pedestal of honor; a new stage of the competition in Warsaw; preparation of the Soviet team for the start, in the frame the team coach Alexander Gusyatnikov; cycling race in Berlin, another victory of Olaf Ludwig; flash interview of French journalists with Soviet colleagues; monument to Lenin in the German city of Halle, laying of flowers; finish of Vasily Zhdanov in the individual start; end of the Czechoslovak stage, victory of Antonin Novosad; flash interview with residents of the city of Pilsen; victory of the Soviet athlete Ivan Romanov; video tour of Prague; final standings — first place Olaf Ludwig (GDR), second place Vladimir Pulnikov (USSR), third place Asiat Saitov (USSR); flash interview with the USSR national team.

Comments: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Kyiv Valentyn Zgursky; representative of the organizing committee of the cycling race Mykhail Ekel; world champion Viktor Klimov; People's Artist of the USSR Vyacheslav Tikhonov; veteran of the Soviet-German war Ivan Trachenko; correspondent of the French newspaper "Humanité" Emile Besson; cycling champion Olaf Ludwig.

The program is voiced in russian, contains elements of Soviet propaganda.

Reference: The Peace Cycle Race is an international multi-day amateur road race of the countries of the socialist bloc, launched in 1948. In 1986, the route ran according to the scheme "Kyiv — Warsaw — Berlin —Prague" with a length of about 2138 km with 15 stages, the start took place in Kyiv. The winner of the individual competition was Olaf Ludwig (GDR), the team competition was won by the USSR national team.