White sun of the desert catchphrases. Movie catchphrases

The collection includes catchphrases and quotes from the film " White sun desert." Famous Soviet Feature Film, was released in 1970, filmed at the Mosfilm and Lenfilm studios, directed by Vladimir Motyl. The film tells the story of the adventures of Fyodor Ivanovich Sukhov, a Red Army soldier, in the years civil war.

I'm staying at a party, but if I'm not there at noon, you'll come back to pay for the hospitality. Abdullah

Can't you say that Gulchatay is your beloved wife? Will she be offended? Gulchatay

I had customs, there were smugglers. Now there are no customs - there are no smugglers. In general, I have peace with Abdullah. I don't care what is white, what is red, what is Abdullah, what are you. Now, if I went with you ... Vereshchagin

Haven't you heard of Vereshchagin?! He lived ... There was a time - in these parts every dog knew me, that's how he kept me! Now they forgot ... Vereshchagin

You suit my character - I love smart people. Petruha

Vereshchagin! Get off the boat! Sukhov

Only my breath is choking with joy, as if someone had fired at point-blank range from a cannon. Letters

That's right! Sukhov

Abdullah, put your hands down. Sukhov

Hey master! Have a smoke? Sukhov

Abdullah, are you still veiled or dressed as a man? Sukhov

East is a delicate matter. Sukhov

So how about Javdet, can it help? Sukhov

It seems that someone is sneaking! ... Petruha

Sukhov, you say? ... Now we will see what kind of Sukhov it is. Vereshchagin

You will work freely, and each will have a separate spouse. Sukhov

Look, don't dig in anymore! Sukhov

Gulchatay! Open your face! Petruha

Now, Fyodor Ivanovich, let's come closer. Vereshchagin

Yes, he has the wrong grenade system. Semyon

We ask for forgiveness! Sukhov

Javdet is mine... If you meet him, don't touch him... Said

Stop the stupid song! And stand up when talking to you ... second lieutenant! Semyon

Goodbye, ladies! Sorry if that's not the case. Sukhov

Wash up guys. Vereshchagin

My soul yearns for you, beloved Katerina Matveevna, like a crane in the sky. Letters

Peacocks, you say... Heh! Sukhov

I also want to inform you that our deployment is proceeding smoothly, in an atmosphere of fraternal community and harmony. We walk along the sands and sigh about nothing but you, the only and unforgettable Katerina Matveevna. So, we do not advise you to kill yourself in vain - this occupation is in vain. Letters

It should be noted - the people were accommodating, one might say, sincere, with a twinkle. Letters

Why did you kill my people, Sayid?! I sent them to tell you not to look for Javdet in the Dry Creek, he is not there! Abdullah

Again you gave me this caviar! I can't eat it every damn day. If only I could get some bread... Vereshchagin

Hello, fathers! Sukhov

I am writing back to you, dear Katerina Matveevna, because I have a free minute. And I mellowed out in the hot sun, like our cat Vaska on a mound. We are now sitting on the sand near the very blue sea We don't have any worries about anything. The sun here is so white in the eyes ... Letters

And since, perhaps, I will lie down in these sands forever, out of habit, it seems even sad. Letters

I won’t go - there is no Javdet there ... Said

Right... Follow me, ladies. Sukhov

When I light the oil, you'll be fine. Quite good! Abdullah

The dead, of course, are calmer, but it's painfully boring. Sukhov

Mahmud, light it up! Abdullah

It is better, of course, to suffer. Sukhov

My father said before his death: "Abdullah, I lived my life as a poor man and I want God to send you an expensive robe and a beautiful harness for your horse." I waited a long time, and then God said: "Get on a horse and take what you want, if you are brave and strong." Abdullah

Go, go... Good wife, good house What else does a person need to meet old age?! Abdullah

The dagger is good for the one who has it, and bad for the one who does not have it ... in right time. Abdullah

Do not tell anyone. Don't... Said

And after forty-two ka-ak! ... Petruha

Come in. Vereshchagin

Well, what am I to wander all my life through this desert?! Sukhov

And just call me Comrade Sukhov! Sukhov's quote

Here should be underground passage. Abdullah

Leave at least a cartridge, Abdullah! Nothing to shoot. Sukhov

He killed his father, buried me, took four rams - we didn’t have any more. Said

If so, I won't miss. Sukhov

I've been stuck here! Sukhov

The road is easier when you meet a good fellow traveler. Abdullah

Because the revolutionary duty obliges us to do so. Letters

Javdet is a coward, Abdullah is a warrior. They do not love each other. Said

Excuse me generously, a little hitch. I'll finish next time. Letters

Long established? Lucky me for these things! I dug up two of them - nothing ... The third one was caught! He dug it out - and he took me by the throat. The bandit turned up. He was buried by his own. Barely fought back. Now I'll open you, and be healthy! Sukhov

Can you give me a gun? Sukhov

Yes, one friend climbed in and does not come out. Abdullah

Listen, Abdullah! Did you take a lot of goods? And all, go, without duty. Vereshchagin

The Lord appointed me his beloved wife! Gulchatay

Completely brutalized Black Abdullah! He spares neither his own nor others. Rakhimov

Are you all singing? Semyon

Sukhov, help me!.. After all, you are standing alone as a whole platoon! And then the companies! Rakhimov

Here's what guys. I won't give you a machine gun. Vereshchagin

Comrade women! Do not be afraid! We will put an end to your husband-exploiter, but for now you are at the disposal of Comrade Sukhov! He will feed and protect you, he good man! Rakhimov

Any questions? No questions! Sukhov

Whose house did you go to? Answer! Vereshchagin

In the old fortress, it had to be taken through a pipe. Sukhov

You are our new husband tell your man not to come. Gulchatay

Aristarchus, negotiate with customs. Abdullah

Do you want us to pay in gold? Abdullah

Abdullah, customs gives the go-ahead! Aristarch

It's unlikely. Sukhov

And what is it, your people, no way to set fire to what they want? Vereshchagin

I don't take bribes. I feel sorry for the state. Vereshchagin

... But who on this earth knows what is good and evil? Abdullah

One wife - loves, one - sews clothes, one - cooks food, one - feeds children, and all alone? ... It's hard! Gulchatay

One of the most popular Soviet films is the "White Sun of the Desert". The premiere took place in 1970. catch phrases and quotes from the characters since then have been loved by everyone, although at that time the movie was censored, which is hard to believe today. The director of the film was Vladimir Motyl, who at one time had to endure many difficulties: the organization of the filming was carried out at a low level, and it took about two years to complete the film! At the end of filming, the film was on the verge of closing due to cost overruns and poor footage.

Leonid Brezhnev was the first person to see footage from their film White Sun of the Desert. Since he was a fan of westerns and action films, he really liked the movie and the tape was allowed to be viewed by everyone.

This selection of quotes from the film "White Sun of the Desert" will remind you of the best moments of the Soviet film.

Go, go... A good wife, a good home - what else does a person need to meet old age?!

When I light the oil, you'll be fine. Quite good!

I'm staying at a party, but if I'm not there at noon, you'll come back to pay for the hospitality.

Why did you kill my people, Sayid?! I sent them to tell you not to look for Javdet in the Dry Creek, he is not there.

The road is easier when you meet a good fellow traveler.

My father said before his death: "Abdullah, I lived my life as a poor man and I want God to send you an expensive robe and a beautiful harness for your horse." I waited a long time, and then God said: "Get on a horse and take what you want, if you are brave and strong."

… but who on this earth knows what is good and evil?

Mahmud, light it up!

Aristarchus, negotiate with customs.

Yes, one friend climbed in and does not come out.

Do you want us to pay in gold?

Jamila, you were my beloved wife, why didn't you die?

Gulchatay

The Lord appointed me his beloved wife!

One wife - loves, one - sews clothes, one - cooks food, one - feeds children, and all alone? ... It's hard!

Can't you say that Gulchatay is your beloved wife? Will she be offended?

You are our new husband, tell your man not to come.

Petruha

Gulchatay! Open your face!

Looks like someone is stealing!

You suit my character - I love smart people.

Don't think I'm not some! If so, I'm being serious.

Sukhov

I've been stuck here!

East is a delicate matter.

Peacocks, you say... Heh!

If so, I won't miss.

Hey master! Have a smoke?

Goodbye, ladies! Sorry if that's not the case.

Hello, fathers!

Here's a video on the subject:

Other Hero Quotes

He killed his father, buried me, took four rams - we didn’t have any more.

Do not tell anyone. No need…

Listen, Abdullah! Did you take a lot of goods? And all, go, without duty.

Again you gave me this caviar! I can't eat it every damn day. If only I could get some bread...

Comrade women! Do not be afraid! We will put an end to your husband-exploiter, but for now you are at the disposal of Comrade Sukhov! He will feed and protect you, he is a good man!

The people crept up accommodating, one might say, sincere, with a twinkle.

The dead, of course, are calmer, but it's painfully boring.

Look, don't dig in anymore!

I can get married.

Leave at least a cartridge, Abdullah! Nothing to shoot.

When I was Abdul's beloved wife, we saw him every day.

The dagger is good for the one who has it, and bad for the one who does not have it at the right time.

A woman is a human too!

And since, perhaps, I will lie down in these sands forever, out of habit, it seems even sad.

Now I'll open you, and be healthy!

Petruha!
- I don't d-drink...
- Correctly! I, too, will finish it now and give it up ... Drink!

How do you finish right away, or do you want to suffer?
- It is better, of course, to suffer.

Any questions? No questions.

Abdullah, you have affectionate wives, I feel good with them.

Abdullah! Customs is OK!

I'm not lucky in death, I'm lucky in love ...

Few people know that the customs officer Vereshchagin from the "White Sun of the Desert" had a real prototype - the commander of the Germab border detachment Mikhail Dmitrievich Pospelov, a man of remarkable strength, whom the smugglers called the "red shaitan" for his fiery red mustache. And his fate was no less dramatic than that of his film double.

On the eve of the Day of the customs officer, which is celebrated on October 25, we met with the grandson of Mikhail Pospelov, Evgeny Popov, who spoke about his famous grandfather.

Monument to customs officer Pavel Vereshchagin, legendary hero film "White Sun of the Desert", stands at the headquarters of the Federal Customs Service in the capital Fili, at the airport - near the building of the Domodedovo customs, near the building of the Kurgan, Lugansk, Amvrosievsk customs ...

The customs boat, named after Pavel Vereshchagin, serves on Far East. The colorful movie character, brilliantly played by Pavel Luspekaev, became a symbol of honor and incorruptibility, and his phrase “I don’t take bribes, it’s a shame for my state” is winged.

“Grandfather hung a checker with signs of six imperial prizes over the bed”

The film "White Sun of the Desert" has a difficult fate. Initially, Andrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky and Friedrich Gorenstein took on the script. But soon the director abandoned the idea, starting to shoot "The Noble Nest" based on Turgenev.

Film writers Valentin Yezhov and Rustam Ibragimbekov continued to work on the script of the domestic western. In the course of his work, Valentin Yezhov met with veterans - heroes of the Civil War. Many of their stories formed the basis of the script.

In particular, one of the cavalry brigade commanders who fought the Basmachi in Turkmenistan told the screenwriter about the harem abandoned by the bandit bai in the sands. Instead of chasing the leader of the gang, he had to escort the "ladies" to the nearest village. Yezhov also heard a story about the legendary head of the former tsarist customs.

But the role of customs officer Pavel Vereshchagin was episodic for the writers. It was supplemented and developed by the director Vladimir Motyl, who undertook to shoot the picture.

"Go to the beach. You will find a white house - the former royal customs. Find out who is there now, ”Sukhov says in the film to the Red Army soldier Petrukha.

The powerful and thorough customs officer Vereshchagin, ready to fight for a cause that he considered right, became a favorite of the public.

Just as sedate and colorful, knowing the price life and death, was Mikhail Pospelov. From real school he was expelled "for free-thinking". But he managed to enter the Tiflis military school, where he was the unchanging champion in wrestling and power sports. After graduating from college, he was appointed treasurer of the military garrison in Orel. But in a calm, dust-free job, he quickly got bored and after three years he achieved a transfer to the 30th Trans-Caspian Border Guard Brigade, which guarded the border with Persia with a length of 1743 versts.

In 1913, Mikhail Dmitrievich Pospelov, with the rank of staff captain, became the head of the Germab border detachment. Into the sands Central Asia Pospelov arrived already with his family - his wife and two daughters, Lena and Vera.

- His wife, my grandmother, Sofya Grigorievna, was the daughter of Major General General Staff Russian Pokrovsky, very stately and slender, - says Evgeny Popov. She was excellent on the saddle and knew how to shoot from all types of weapons.

Turkmen nomads saw how, near the Germab post, under the guidance of a blond, blue-eyed giant, training in combat riding and vaulting took place. The fighters learned to wield a blade, at full gallop a horse cut down a vine.

- Grandfather himself was excellent at these frontier sciences. On the scabbard of his swords were the signs of six imperial prizes for excellent shooting and military awards, - says Evgeny Popov. - He carefully kept this sword until his old age. She, like the most expensive relic, hung over his bed.

Pospelov with his wife Sofya Grigorievna, daughter of Major General of the General Staff of Russia Pokrovsky.

Pospelov often visited the adobe barracks, where his subordinate soldiers and non-commissioned officers lived. The sergeant-major, who was in charge of the economic affairs of the detachment, when the chief appeared, pulled his head into his shoulders. Pospelov's fists were the size of a pot. He carefully monitored that the sergeant-major provided the soldiers with good-quality provisions, and the horses with fodder.

The border post at the suggestion of Pospelov turned into an oasis. Walnuts, apple trees, pears, cherries, dried apricots, and cherry plums were planted near the barracks. Stone dams were made along the riverbed, in which the border guards began to breed carps.

Once, the commander of the border detachment bought milk pigs from the Molokans in the neighboring village of Kurkulab with his own money. And at the post they began to breed pigs. Later, the stolen herd of cows was recaptured from the Basmachi. All livestock was handed over against a receipt for slaughter, and one cow suddenly began to calve. She had to leave. So a cow with offspring appeared on the farm of the Germab border detachment.

"- Stop! Hands up! Whose house did you go to? Answer! Vereshchagin asks Petrukha in the film.

- I do not know.

Haven't you heard of Vereshchagin? Lived. There was a time when in these parts every dog knew me. That's how he kept it! And now they forgot ... "

The Russian-Persian border was considered restless. Half-savage robber gangs, without fear of resistance, raided the Turkmen settlements on Russian land. Burning the houses of nomads, they drove cattle over the cordon, took away young women and girls for sale in harems.

And more and more often, on the route of the bands of Basmachi, who were preparing another raid, border guards stood up, led by their red-moustached commander Pospelov. Constantly suffered losses because of the "red shaitan" and smugglers. In vain caravaners with expensive textiles, silk, antiques, spices, skins, weapons, medicines and drugs tried to observe necessary measures conspiracies. Mikhail Dmitrievich had an extensive network of agents. He kept in constant contact with local residents not only in Russia, but also in neighboring territories.

Pospelov knew the area well. Having studied the psychology of the actions of the Yomuds and Kurds, he accurately determined their return route. On the way of the retreat of the bandits, the border guards seemed to grow out of the ground...

It was ordered to smash the enemy within seven miles from the border. But the border guards often, pursuing the gangs, found themselves outside this zone. Moreover, the commander of the border detachment believed that it was useful for the fighters to know what and where is located on the adjacent side.

The rumor about the clever and merciless head of the Germab border detachment, captain Mikhail Pospelov, went not only in the district, but also beyond the cordon.

Preparing the next raid, the leaders of the Kurdish tribes tried to avoid the routes passing through the guard zone of the Germab border detachment. And when they prayed, they called on Allah to punish “the shaitan-boyar Pospel, the red devil,” who was the culprit in the death of many kurbashi,” says Yevgeny Popov.

“I knocked out an unprecedented weapon - a bomb launcher”

“Didn’t you take a lot of goods? And that's it, go, without duty, ”Vereshchagin says in the film to Abdullah, nodding at the loaded longboat.

- At the sea border, the border guards were obliged to inspect all ships and fishing boats: both landing on the shore and departing to the sea. And to detain them in case of smuggling, - says Yevgeny Popov. - Also, the border guards guarded ships and goods that were transported aground or ashore by a storm.

On Easter, the border guards received bonuses. The Easter fund was formed by deducting 50% of the smuggled goods sold, detained by border guards.

– Grandfather traditionally bought the best handmade Turkmen or Persian carpet with the cash rewards received for the detention of smuggling.

“Yes, he has grenades of the wrong system,” says Semyon, a White Guard thrown out of a window by Vereshchagin.

Soon revolutionary events overwhelmed and Turkmenia. Taking advantage of the chaos, the Basmachi began to increasingly attack border Russian and Turkmen villages from behind the cordon.

Then my grandfather went to Ashgabat and, as they say, knocked out from the military authorities an unprecedented weapon for border guards at that time - a bomb-launcher, - says Yevgeny Popov. - It was a prototype mortar, a spherical bomb fired from it flew 200-300 meters. It was difficult to get one bomb-launcher; there were none at all in the neighboring border detachments. And my grandfather brought two. He had the gift of persuasion. It was hard for him to refuse.

With victory Soviet power in Turkmenistan, the border guards, yearning for the land, left their rifles and went home. Having changed their oath, almost all the officers of the 30th Trans-Caspian Border Guard Brigade fled. The barracks were empty. Captain Mikhail Pospelov remained true to his duty.

Germab border detachment and its commander - Mikhail Dmitrievich Pospelov (in the center).

“I had customs, there were smugglers. Now there are no customs - there are no smugglers. In general, I have peace with Abdullah. I don’t care what the whites are, what the reds are, what Abdulla is, what you are,” Vereshchagin says to Sukhov.

Mikhail Pospelov was called to his service by the Socialist-Revolutionaries when the provisional Transcaspian government was formed. In response, he cursed them for inviting British occupying troops to Ashgabat. He refused to flee to Persia, as well as to go to the service of General Dutov. In the end, considering Pospelov an eccentric, they gave up on him.

Grandfather repeatedly repeated to his wife, daughters and former colleagues: “I am a border guard. My job is to guard the border. And I won’t go anywhere from here,” says Evgeny Popov.

“Black Abdullah is completely brutalized! He spares neither his own nor others, ”the Red Commander Rakhimov tells Sukhova in the film.

Meanwhile, the border remained open. Border detachments ceased to patrol the border trails and passes. Gangs of kurbashi did not fail to take advantage of this.

In case of a raid by the Basmachi, Pospelov turned his house into a real fortress.

- Grandfather strengthened the shutters and doors, distributed weapons and ammunition among the rooms, placed a bomb-thrower at the doors. I put anti-grenade nets on the windows,” says Evgeny Pospelov. - Once again I checked how my grandmother, Sofya Grigoryevna, shoots from a rifle, a revolver and a machine gun, and also throws grenades.

- "Petruha! - Vereshchagin addresses the Red Army soldier.

- I don't d-drink...

- Correctly! I, too, will finish it now and give it up ... Drink!”

During the period when Pospelov was left without personnel, there was no longer any customs or powers, a civil war was raging all around, he began to increasingly resort to moonshine. It was a shame for the state! To reconcile him with reality then could only be a pot-bellied decanter with pervach, which stood in the sideboard.

But active nature Mikhail Pospelov took up. Unable to see how the Basmachi were rampaging, he decided to restore the border guards from local Turkmen volunteers. And soon, on the parade ground of the Germab detachment, horsemen from nearby auls and villages were already learning how to use weapons. Pospelov was assisted by several watchmen who remained in the border detachment.

“Again you gave me this caviar! I can't eat it every damn day. If only I could get some bread…” Vereshchagin says to his wife Nastasya.

“Bread during the civil war was really tight,” says Yevgeny Popov. “The new border guards had to be fed, and the stocks of stored provisions were quickly running out. When the sergeant-major reported that there was only three days of bread left, grandfather removed all nine of his carpets made by Teke and Persian craftswomen from the walls, packed them in chuvals and went with his armed detachment to the Persian shopping center, located fifty miles from the Russian border. There he exchanged carpets for wheat. A caravan of camels delivered sacks with a ton of wheat to Germab. Before the new harvest, my grandfather fed 50 Turkmen soldiers at his own expense.

By February 1920, the Trans-Caspian counter-revolution was crushed. The Red Army detachment, which set out from Ashgabat in the direction of Germab, was greeted by the head of the border detachment Pospelov with a bell ringing, as if on Easter. The barracks shone with cleanliness, oiled weapons stood in the pyramids, smoke was smoking on the parade ground. camp kitchen with borscht.

Pospelov had prepared an acceptance list, which listed all the property of the detachment, right down to the last horseshoe. But there was no need to pass it on to someone else. Mikhail Dmitrievich became the head of the already Soviet border detachment.

"Old Desert Wolf"

“Now, Fedor Ivanovich, just come closer,” Vereshchagin says to Sukhov, having dealt with the smugglers. He shouts furiously:

- Vereshchagin! Get off the boat! Don't start the car! Explode! Stop!

In the film, the head of the former tsarist customs, Pavel Artemyevich Vereshchagin, dies.

Mikhail Pospelov had a happier fate. He was appointed head of the 1st district of the 35th border brigade of the Cheka, he had the 213th border battalion under his supervision and the entire Soviet-Persian border was under supervision. Pospelov took part in the defeat of the Basmachi gangs, in particular the main forces of Enver Pasha and the gang of Ibrahim Bek. In 1923 he became head of the border training school in Ashgabat. After receiving a promotion, he moved with his family to Tashkent.

“A good wife, a good home - what else does a person need to meet old age ?!” says Abdulla Vereshchagin.

These words just can be attributed to the border guard Pospelov. Until the end of his days, Mikhail Dmitrievich was next to his wife Sofya Grigoryevna. They lived in the old part of Tashkent, in a solid three-story house No. 29 on Uritsky Street.

Screenwriters Valentin Ershov, Rustam Ibragimbekov and director Vladimir Motyl could well have made a sequel to the film "White Sun of the Desert", referring to the further biography of Mikhail Pospelov.

Academicians Alexander Fersman and Dmitry Shcherbakov turned to the experienced border guard, who knew local customs and customs well, who was well versed in the endless sands. To revive the industry Agriculture and the defense of the country needed sulfur. The sulfur monopolists, the Sicilian industrialists, inflated their prices exorbitantly. The USSR Academy of Sciences organized an expedition to the Karakum to search for sulfur for its industrial development.

With daughter Lena.

During the persecution of the Basmachi, Pospelov more than once stumbled upon lakes with hot hydrogen sulfide healing water. The scientists asked him to become the head of the caravan.

Mikhail Dmitrievich participated in two expeditions: in 1925 and 1926. He invariably wore a Turkmen hat. Scientists called it the "old wolf of the desert."

The adventures of the caravan before they found sulfur in the desert is a real thriller. In the Black Sands, as the local residents of the Karakum called it, the Basmachi were still in charge at that time. Scientists had a chance to face the gangs of Durda-Murda and Ahmed-bek. By secret paths they left the robber tribes. They searched for fords and horse crossings across the rivers Atrek, Sumbar and Murgab. They fell into sandstorms, they were overtaken by tornadoes in the desert ... And often only Pospelov's great authority among the Turkmens helped the expedition to avoid losses.

On his own initiative, the border guard compiled the exact topographic maps Karakums, drawing on them caravan routes and camel trails, noting the villages, wells and the quality of the water in them.

- Mom said that grandfather often said: “The worse, the better!”. In general, it was interesting for him to live, - says Evgeny Popov. - He was immeasurable in strength. Unbend the horseshoe, tie a crowbar around his neck - it was generally time for him to spit.

On holidays, he liked to come from his remote settlement to Chardzhou or Ashgabat. There, in the parks, during festivities, there were always attractions, including power meters. Grandfather, knowing how strong he was, loved to put on a whole show. I walked around the power meter until its owner said: “Well, soldier, let's show how much strength you have.” Grandfather honestly warned: "I will break your attraction!". It caused backlash, the owner started up: “Come on, try to break it. It turns out - I'll give you a hundred rubles.

A crowd gathered around them, onlookers made bets. Grandfather strained and, of course, broke the force-measuring system. Then he took the winnings and led the whole crowd to drink in the nearest tavern.

Mom often recalled how on Easter, “taking it on his chest”, grandfather went out into the street and shouted “Christ is risen!” kissed all the girls he met. Out of the corner of my eye, managing to mark the most beautiful and ruddy.

“Became a personal pensioner of the Uzbek SSR”

During the war, when men of military age were taken to the front, Colonel of the Border Troops Mikhail Pospelov worked in the fire department of the Uzbek SSR, was awarded the medal "For valiant labor in the Great Patriotic war 1941-1945".

Until his death, Mikhail Pospelov did not part with military uniform and a border cap.

Later I was asked more than once: “How did Mikhail Dmitrievich manage to avoid repressions? Still the former white officer... "And grandfather spent his whole life professional activity, guarded the border. He did not seek power, did not participate in any conspiracies or political games, - says Yevgeny Popov. - When I was visiting them, I remembered how my grandfather cleaned silver. They did not live well with their grandmother. He had gas masks under his bed. He quietly sold all this stuff, bought himself vodka.

The last time I saw my grandfather was in July 1962. I was then studying at Suvorov School, my mother took me from the camps, and we went to Tashkent to visit my grandparents. Grandfather did not get up then, he had a sarcoma of the leg. A malignant tumor made itself felt.

He lay there, he didn't want to talk to anyone. When I approached him, he showed me three fingers. It was a traditional gesture, meaning three rubles. That's how much a bottle of vodka cost in the store. Thus, my grandfather asked me to run for the "forty-degree". Grandmother, seeing this, folded a fig out of her grandfather's fingers.

- How was the fate of his daughters, Elena and Vera?

– Aunt Vera lived all her life next to her grandparents in Tashkent. She was a master of sports in bullet shooting. She kept a TOZ-8 rifle in her closet, from which it was possible to periodically shoot out of the window into the air. She was an architect by profession.

Mom recalled how, during the Tashkent earthquake in 1937, she abandoned her 4-year-old son Edik and rushed headlong to the factory pipe, which had just been completed according to her project. Aunt Vera stood under this pipe and prayed that it would not fall. And if she fell, she would crush her ...

My mother, Elena Mikhailovna, worked in the NKVD, in the 4th department of the border troops in Tashkent, as a senior stenographer. There she met my father, Leonid Konstantinovich Popov, who was the head of the operations department. Before the war, my older brother Valery was born to them. My father went to the front, participated in the battles near Moscow and in the Caucasus. Miraculously survived. In 1943, he took over the border detachment in the Far East, where my brother Oleg and I were born.

There my mother organized a movement. The women of the frontier detachment began to sew mittens for the soldiers of the front. My father went to Chita and got eight sewing machines. In several shifts, around the clock, replacing each other, they scribbled on typewriters. After the war, during the period of mass demobilization, at the age of 40, my mother mastered the profession of a driver, received a license. I managed to register driving courses in the border detachment. And in two years she taught all the soldiers to drive.

- Mikhail Pospelov never wanted to leave Central Asia for Russia?

Almost all of his life passed in Central Asia. He knew both Turkmen and Uzbek languages. I talked a lot with the locals. He was a respected person. In the 1950s, he was given the status of a personal pensioner of the Uzbek SSR.

When he walked through the streets of Tashkent in an old border cap, everyone he met respectfully greeted him. Before recent years During his life he retained a military bearing. Grandfather died on August 10, 1962, when he was 78 years old. The painting "White Sun of the Desert", which became a cult film, was released 8 years later.

In Vereshchagin's film, photographs hang on the walls in the house, where Pavel Artemyevich is depicted in the form of an officer of pre-revolutionary times. In the pictures, he is surprisingly similar to the gallant border guard Mikhail Pospelov.

There is no documentary evidence that the grandfather became the prototype of Vereshchagin. But my mother told me that a group of filmmakers came to Aunt Vera in Tashkent. She showed them documents and photographs. She kept a tin box of pre-revolutionary oriental sweets, which was filled to the brim with documents and photographs.

Where is the grave of the eminent border guard Mikhail Dmitrievich Pospelov, now no one knows.

It is only known that he was buried in the old Tashkent Christian cemetery on Botkin Street, says Yevgeny Popov. - I managed to get in touch with a local resident Lilya. She lives in the same house where her grandparents had an apartment. She wrote that she remembers them well.

Enthusiasts living in Tashkent are now trying to find the grave of Mikhail Pospelov. Customs officer Pavel Vereshchagin from the "White Sun of the Desert", whose image is largely based on the legendary border guard, has become a real folk hero. There should be an opportunity to bow to Mikhail Dmitrievich Pospelov himself.

Svetlana Samodelova

Film "White Sun of the Desert"

A film collection that includes quotes and phrases from the film "White Sun of the Desert":

I'm staying at a party, but if I'm not there at noon, you'll come back to pay for the hospitality. Abdullah
Can't you say that Gulchatay is your beloved wife? Will she be offended? Gulchatay
I had customs, there were smugglers. Now there are no customs - there are no smugglers. In general, I have peace with Abdullah. I don't care what is white, what is red, what is Abdullah, what are you. Now, if I went with you ... Vereshchagin

Haven't you heard of Vereshchagin?! He lived ... There was a time - in these parts every dog knew me, that's how he kept me! Now they forgot ... Vereshchagin
You suit my character - I love smart people. Petruha
Vereshchagin! Get off the boat! Sukhov
Only my breath is choking with joy, as if someone had fired at point-blank range from a cannon. Letters
That's right! Sukhov
Abdullah, put your hands down. Sukhov
Hey master! Have a smoke? Sukhov
Abdullah, are you still veiled or dressed as a man? Sukhov
East is a delicate matter. Sukhov
So how about Javdet, can it help? Sukhov
It seems that someone is sneaking! ... Petruha
Sukhov, you say? ... Now we will see what kind of Sukhov it is. Vereshchagin
You will work freely, and each will have a separate spouse. Sukhov
Look, don't dig in anymore! Sukhov
Gulchatay! Open your face! Petruha
Now, Fyodor Ivanovich, let's come closer. Vereshchagin
Yes, he has the wrong grenade system. Semyon
We ask for forgiveness! Sukhov
Javdet is mine... If you meet him, don't touch him... Said
Stop the stupid song! And stand up when talking to you ... second lieutenant! Semyon
Goodbye, ladies! Sorry if that's not the case. Sukhov
Wash up guys. Vereshchagin
My soul yearns for you, beloved Katerina Matveevna, like a crane in the sky. Letters
Peacocks, you say... Heh! Sukhov
I also want to inform you that our deployment is proceeding smoothly, in an atmosphere of fraternal community and harmony. We walk along the sands and sigh about nothing but you, the only and unforgettable Katerina Matveevna. So, we do not advise you to kill yourself in vain - this occupation is in vain. Letters
It should be noted - the people were accommodating, one might say, sincere, with a twinkle. Letters
Why did you kill my people, Sayid?! I sent them to tell you not to look for Javdet in the Dry Creek, he is not there! Abdullah
Again you gave me this caviar! I can't eat it every damn day. If only I could get some bread... Vereshchagin
Hello, fathers! Sukhov
I am writing back to you, dear Katerina Matveevna, because I have a free minute. And I mellowed out in the hot sun, like our cat Vaska on a mound. We are now sitting on the sand near the very blue sea, we do not feel anxiety about anything. The sun here is so white in the eyes ... Letters
And since, perhaps, I will lie down in these sands forever, out of habit, it seems even sad. Letters
I won’t go - there is no Javdet there ... Said
Right... Follow me, ladies. Sukhov
When I light the oil, you'll be fine. Quite good! Abdullah
The dead, of course, are calmer, but it's painfully boring. Sukhov
Mahmud, light it up! Abdullah
It is better, of course, to suffer. Sukhov
My father said before his death: "Abdullah, I lived my life as a poor man and I want God to send you an expensive robe and a beautiful harness for your horse." I waited a long time, and then God said: "Get on a horse and take what you want, if you are brave and strong." Abdullah

Go, go... A good wife, a good home - what else does a person need to meet old age?! Abdullah
The dagger is good for the one who has it, and bad for the one who does not have it ... at the right time. Abdullah
Do not tell anyone. Don't... Said
And after forty-two ka-ak! ... Petruha
Come in. Vereshchagin
Well, what am I to wander all my life through this desert?! Sukhov
And just call me Comrade Sukhov! Sukhov's quote
There must be an underground passage here. Abdullah
Leave at least a cartridge, Abdullah! Nothing to shoot. Sukhov
He killed his father, buried me, took four rams - we didn’t have any more. Said
If so, I won't miss. Sukhov
I've been stuck here! Sukhov
The road is easier when you meet a good fellow traveler. Abdullah
Because the revolutionary duty obliges us to do so. Letters
Javdet is a coward, Abdullah is a warrior. They do not love each other. Said
Excuse me generously, a little hitch. I'll finish next time. Letters
Long established? Lucky me for these things! I dug up two of them - nothing ... The third one was caught! He dug it out - and he took me by the throat. The bandit turned up. He was buried by his own. Barely fought back. Now I'll open you, and be healthy! Sukhov
Can you give me a gun? Sukhov
Yes, one friend climbed in and does not come out. Abdullah
Listen, Abdullah! Did you take a lot of goods? And all, go, without duty. Vereshchagin
The Lord appointed me his beloved wife! Gulchatay
Completely brutalized Black Abdullah! He spares neither his own nor others. Rakhimov
Are you all singing? Semyon
Sukhov, help me!.. After all, you are standing alone as a whole platoon! And then the companies! Rakhimov
Here's what guys. I won't give you a machine gun. Vereshchagin
Comrade women! Do not be afraid! We will put an end to your husband-exploiter, but for now you are at the disposal of Comrade Sukhov! He will feed and protect you, he is a good man! Rakhimov
Any questions? No questions! Sukhov
Whose house did you go to? Answer! Vereshchagin
In the old fortress, it had to be taken through a pipe. Sukhov
You are our new husband, tell your man not to come. Gulchatay
Aristarchus, negotiate with customs. Abdullah
Do you want us to pay in gold? Abdullah
Abdullah, customs gives the go-ahead! Aristarch
It's unlikely. Sukhov
And what is it, your people, no way to set fire to what they want? Vereshchagin
I don't take bribes. I feel sorry for the state. Vereshchagin
... But who on this earth knows what is good and evil? Abdullah
One wife - loves, one - sews clothes, one - cooks food, one - feeds children, and all alone? ... It's hard! Gulchatay

The collection includes catchphrases and quotes from the film "White Sun of the Desert". A well-known Soviet feature film, released in 1970, filmed at the Mosfilm and Lenfilm studios, directed by Vladimir Motyl. The film tells the story of the adventures of Fyodor Ivanovich Sukhov, a Red Army soldier, during the Civil War.

Completely brutalized Black Abdullah! He spares neither his own nor others.

East is a delicate matter.

Good afternoon, funny moment. Hello, priceless Katerina Matvevna. Do not blame me for the past delay, it is clear that this is my fate. However, none of this is foreseen anymore, and therefore I hasten to inform you that I am alive and well, and I wish you the same.

He killed his father, buried me, took four rams - we didn’t have any more.

What did you say, huh? What vows did you make? Fooled in old age?
- Nastasya!
- Is it not enough for you, accursed one, that you ruined my youth, and now you want to make me a widow? Oh Pasha! Pashenka! Pasha! Pashenka! Pashenka! Forgive me, by Christ God I ask, forgive me! Pasha, don't go! Don't go with them! They will kill you for nothing!
- That's what, guys, I won't give you a machine gun.

And if it’s not our destiny to see each other, Katerina Matveevna, then know that I was and am, until my last breath, devoted only to you alone.

Whose house did you go to? Answer!

Vereshchagin: Petruha!
Petruha: I don't d-drink...
Vereshchagin: Right! I, too, will finish it now and give it up ... Drink!

Have you seen peacocks in the yard? Here I replaced them with ... a uniform.

That's what, Sukhov, I had customs. There were smugglers. Now there is no customs. There are no smugglers. In general, I have peace with Abdullah. After all, everything is the same for me, that white, that red, that Abdullah, that you. Now, if I went with you, then another matter.
- Well, what's the matter? Went.

Down with prejudice! A woman is a human too!

Listen, at least take the women.

My soul yearns for you, beloved Ekaterina Matvevna, like a crane in the sky. However, we had a slight hitch. I guess three days, no more.
Namely, as a conscious fighter, I was instructed to escort a group of comrades from the fraternal East.

Yes, one friend climbed in and does not come out.

Listen, Abdullah! Did you take a lot of goods? And all, I suppose, without duty?
- So there is no one in customs. Whom to pay - is unknown. Do you want us to pay in gold?

Said: They will deceive you, they will board the boat, you will let Abdullah go, they will return.
Sukhov: It's unlikely...

Sukhov, you say? .. Now we will see what kind of Sukhov he is.

What are you?
- Tomorrow Abdullah will be here, go away!
- Now I can't. I saw how everything turned out. Stay Sayid.
- Javdet is not here.
- Well, then happily.

Looks like someone is stealing!

Pages: