The delta, giving life

Ivan Zatevakhin. Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev
Ivan Zatevakhin. Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev

The 2nd of December the premier of auteur film of famous TV-presenter, biologist Ivan Zatevakhin, «The delta, giving life» took place at the regular meeting of the Youth Club of the Russian Geographical Society. A new media project, created with the support of the Russian geographical Society, narrates about the delta of the great Russian river – Volga – the biggest river delta in Europe.

121.jpg

Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev
Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev

 «The delta of Volga was created in many ways due to the fluctuations in the level of the Caspian Sea. It increases and falls, and as the result of it the biocenose is fickle enough, but quite formed at the same time. The climate is sharply continental there, the summer is quite hot, and the winter is being not very cold for last time, that is why the vegetation resembles that we can see in tropics and equatorial zones – the same plants and landscapes. This place is unique because of its climatic qualities. This is some kind of «aerodrome», where several migratory birds hibernate. And in summer we can see some kind of a riot of colors. And we have captured all that we were able to capture», - Ivan Zatevakhin told before the premiere.   

 

1213.jpg

Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev
Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev

The guests of the Youth Club dived into wonderful atmosphere of the «Russian tropics» for the whole hour. The bright pictures were accompanied by the detailed telling about the flora and fauna of the downstream of Volga. After watching the participants of the event had an opportunity to discuss that the author of the project had seen and give their questions to him. Ivan told with great pleasure about all the difficulties of shooting in the wild.

 

121314.jpg

Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev
Photo by Nikolay Razuvayev

«Unexpectedly for us the film found out to be more ecologically oriented than usual, because in spite of the fact that this is unique place, there are a lot of threats there. There should be someone to watch the ecosystem attentively. If we want our children and grandchildren to see all that magnificence, we must stand up for it. We must protect nature, study it, learn much from it, and, of course, enjoy its striking pristine beauty», - the author of the movie resumed.