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00:59:30:00 00:59:35:00 CAPITAL | Running time: 58 minutes | Cue at 01:00:00:00

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In 1998 Kazakhstan relocated its capital

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Hundreds of thousands moved to Astana

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A small town in the steppe | began to grow into a major city

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In 2008 Astana celebrated its tenth anniversary
01:01:15:21 01:01:17:11 There it is. | Where?
01:01:17:19 01:01:19:10 The white one.
01:01:21:00 01:01:22:16 The white one there.
01:01:25:01 01:01:27:02 The one in the picture.
01:03:16:15 01:03:19:21 Here where the Pyramid is
01:03:21:00 01:03:22:10 there were farms.
01:03:22:17 01:03:25:07 In the center by Baiterek tower
01:03:25:12 01:03:30:08 were fields where I dug potatoes.
01:03:30:19 01:03:34:01 No one knew how things would change
01:03:34:06 01:03:37:18 what would life be like in the capital?
01:03:39:01 01:03:40:21 Why don't we make it artistic?
01:03:42:05 01:03:43:11 May I?
01:03:48:12 01:03:50:11 A little closer
01:03:51:11 01:03:53:09 put your arm around her
01:03:54:02 01:03:55:17 We're old!
01:03:55:23 01:03:57:11 But you love each other!
01:03:57:15 01:03:58:14 Well of course we do, but...
01:04:03:23 01:04:08:07 Most visitors are Kazakh citizens.
01:04:11:13 01:04:15:08 A lot of them used to live here
01:04:16:12 01:04:21:12 but moved to Russia or overseas.
01:04:22:05 01:04:27:21 They come back and they're amazed.
01:04:28:07 01:04:29:12 When they left
01:04:30:09 01:04:32:23 pardon the phrase, but they left a shithole
01:04:33:05 01:04:36:14 and return to a pearl in the steppe.
01:04:39:15 01:04:44:07 Every time the bosses show up
01:04:44:20 01:04:48:03 we're sitting around doing nothing.
01:04:51:12 01:04:55:18 Finish it today and don't forget the elevator.
01:04:56:18 01:05:01:02 Run and bring some more chairs.
01:05:01:17 01:05:03:15 What about those?
01:05:04:06 01:05:07:22 Come on, I'll send some people with you.
01:05:13:05 01:05:16:20 Welcome to the Palace of Peace and Concord
01:05:18:06 01:05:20:10 the cultural center of Astana.
01:05:23:08 01:05:27:20 It was designed by the famous architect Norman Foster.
01:05:28:05 01:05:30:06 These are his first sketches.
01:05:31:03 01:05:34:10 The Pyramid sits in the Presidential Park.
01:05:34:14 01:05:38:08 It has four entrances.
01:05:39:17 01:05:43:15 An above-ground tunnel will connect it | to the President's palace.
01:06:03:02 01:06:04:16 They're doing repairs.
01:06:05:21 01:06:07:07 The President's coming.
01:06:09:21 01:06:12:13 You gotta go around.
01:06:14:18 01:06:16:23 Straight ahead.
01:06:17:11 01:06:21:23 There's construction everywhere.
01:06:31:00 01:06:33:02 If you look at Astana from above
01:06:34:04 01:06:35:20 from high up
01:06:36:06 01:06:38:22 it's all construction.
01:06:40:14 01:06:43:03 Nothing but cranes; a city in progress.
01:06:45:22 01:06:50:00 We're working two shifts, one at night
01:06:50:18 01:06:52:08 another during the day.
01:06:53:23 01:06:59:00 The main anniversary celebration will be here.
01:07:00:21 01:07:04:06 We have to finish the plaza by then.
01:07:04:20 01:07:06:06 The schedule is tight.
01:07:06:17 01:07:09:16 With so many of us here, it's like an anthill.
01:07:19:15 01:07:23:20 There was one idea, now we need another.
01:07:24:01 01:07:28:18 After the Soviet idea died, things got crazy
01:07:28:22 01:07:33:06 like in Moscow, first they shoot | at the Parliament, then they
defend it.
01:07:34:18 01:07:36:05 Here the transition was calm.
01:07:36:16 01:07:41:00 Our president's a smart guy, knows how to rule.
01:07:43:05 01:07:45:14 Patriotism is the new idea.
01:07:46:16 01:07:49:06 Take my business for example
01:07:49:17 01:07:52:12 I don't let myself take a bad picture.
01:07:52:23 01:07:56:01 Someone will take it abroad
01:07:56:13 01:07:59:17 and that picture will represent our whole country.
01:08:06:06 01:08:14:17 Tonight's songs will drown out | the sound of construction.
01:08:15:01 01:08:18:17 We will hear 33 songs
01:08:18:22 01:08:22:13 each one a love letter to the capital.
01:08:23:06 01:08:27:01 Africa, Asia, Europe are calling me
01:08:27:06 01:08:29:19 but I want to be
01:08:30:11 01:08:33:15 in Astana!
01:08:35:16 01:08:42:00 Astana, city of lights | Astana, city of lights!
01:08:42:23 01:08:45:21 Happy Birthday, Astana!
01:08:46:10 01:08:48:15 You make us smile
01:08:49:00 01:08:50:15 we celebrate with you
01:08:51:05 01:08:55:19 Chocolate and a little wine, | a window seat on Astana 109.
01:08:56:13 01:09:00:05 Dreams come to her in the night.
01:09:00:09 01:09:06:06 Proudly reaching for the sky
01:09:08:19 01:09:12:09 I wish Astana had a song like Moscow Nights
01:09:12:15 01:09:15:03 a song everyone knows and sings.
01:09:15:21 01:09:20:22 The world's youngest capital needs a song like that.
01:09:21:22 01:09:29:13 Even though these are just silly pop songs
01:09:30:01 01:09:33:00 it's actually very serious business.
01:09:33:13 01:09:34:22 Zhenia's here
01:09:36:18 01:09:38:11 she's editing.
01:09:45:06 01:09:48:00 Astana's birthday festivities continue today.
01:09:48:11 01:09:51:19 The President attended the opening of Zhostar plaza.
01:09:53:02 01:09:54:13 What's the order of events?
01:09:56:02 01:09:58:06 First, Zhostar with the President,
01:09:58:13 01:10:01:19 then the park with the Prime Minister.
01:10:02:01 01:10:03:07 Then the President again?
01:10:03:11 01:10:05:13 No, the Astana love train
01:10:06:12 01:10:08:01 and the medical center last.
01:10:08:06 01:10:09:11 The President was there.
01:10:09:12 01:10:10:17 He was?
01:10:10:19 01:10:15:07 Make him first and second.
01:10:17:11 01:10:23:22 President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, | Nursultan Nazarbayev.
01:10:58:09 01:11:03:13 The only required item on your schedule
01:11:03:20 01:11:07:00 is to work on the boulevard.
01:11:08:13 01:11:10:00 Every day?
01:11:10:22 01:11:12:01 Yes, every day
01:11:13:04 01:11:17:00 from 4:00 to 10:00 PM.
01:11:17:09 01:11:23:05 The mayor wants you in hats and shirts, | painting at your
canvases.
01:11:24:08 01:11:28:01 But since you're all creative types, | and we can't make you do
anything
01:11:28:14 01:11:32:04 just try to make it recognizable
01:11:32:21 01:11:36:19 and create, you know, an atmosphere
01:11:38:20 01:11:40:17 What are you smirking at?
01:11:42:08 01:11:45:04 So an artistic atmosphere.
01:11:46:10 01:11:48:00 Do we have to wear the shirts?
01:11:48:04 01:11:49:05 Not sure.
01:11:49:09 01:11:51:01 I'm not wearing one.
01:11:51:09 01:11:53:23 There are baseball hats too.
01:12:00:23 01:12:06:01 When was the 50/50 language policy passed?
01:12:08:12 01:12:10:16 Five years ago.
01:12:11:11 01:12:16:00 It's meant to create demand for Kazakh.
01:12:17:13 01:12:23:06 Today there's no real demand for it.
01:12:24:09 01:12:26:07 What do you mean no demand?
01:12:30:21 01:12:33:12 Everything is translated into Kazakh.
01:12:34:02 01:12:39:04 It only exists to translate Russian into.
01:12:40:11 01:12:45:04 I'll prove it. Go into a store
01:12:45:06 01:12:48:14 I'll prove it to you with a shoot
01:12:48:22 01:12:52:11 I get there and people are speaking Kazakh.
01:12:52:20 01:12:54:16 I can understand it, but I can't
01:12:54:19 01:12:55:21 To you?
01:12:55:23 01:12:58:11 All official meetings are in Kazakh.
01:13:04:03 01:13:05:20 You do Kazakh
01:13:06:06 01:13:09:04 she'll take Russian.
01:13:11:04 01:13:12:14 Here for the Kazakh tour?
01:13:12:20 01:13:13:19 Which is this?
01:13:14:05 01:13:15:21 Russian.
01:13:16:05 01:13:18:18 We're Kazakhs, but Russian's fine.
01:13:25:12 01:13:33:00 Our elevators move diagonally along the Pyramid.
01:13:33:19 01:13:36:07 There are only 3 of them in the world.
01:13:57:08 01:13:58:17 We'll be there.
01:13:58:18 01:13:59:09 All done?
01:14:02:01 01:14:05:04 Our town used to have a museum
01:14:05:17 01:14:08:13 that had all the Soviet-era material.
01:14:08:18 01:14:11:22 When they built the Presidential Cultural Center
01:14:12:20 01:14:16:16 and back then the city needed office space
01:14:18:17 01:14:23:08 that museum's collection was moved
01:14:23:15 01:14:27:17 to the Cultural Center, that was the official version.
01:14:28:23 01:14:33:05 But the thing is, when a museum is moved
01:14:33:10 01:14:35:13 it is usually destroyed.
01:14:39:11 01:14:43:17 Now huddle together and paint.
01:14:44:05 01:14:47:00 It's an open-air exhibit, and everyone should know it.
01:14:47:09 01:14:50:02 But we respect your creativity
01:14:50:14 01:14:52:13 artists aren't sheep
01:14:52:18 01:14:58:08 We get it Roza, we'll act like free artists.
01:15:00:13 01:15:03:18 They just want a show for the public.
01:15:06:00 01:15:07:23 It will take some time.
01:15:09:00 01:15:13:06 Culture isn't a flower bed that you just replant.
01:15:13:14 01:15:15:17 It has to emerge on its own.
01:15:16:01 01:15:18:17 Maybe something new will grow here.
01:15:24:19 01:15:26:06 Cut 'em straight.
01:15:27:06 01:15:29:11 Why aren't they straight?
01:15:36:09 01:15:39:07 Are we unloading by hand?
01:15:39:10 01:15:41:01 What choice do we have?
01:15:44:20 01:15:48:17 Let's go unload.
01:15:48:21 01:15:51:11 We have to do it by hand.
01:15:52:22 01:15:55:08 The crane broke down.
01:16:05:12 01:16:07:23 Get up there.
01:16:12:00 01:16:14:08 Unload everything.
01:16:17:12 01:16:21:08 After college I went into the army.
01:16:21:22 01:16:26:13 I got out and applied for a job at the courthouse.
01:16:27:23 01:16:30:03 Now I'm on their wait list.
01:16:33:17 01:16:38:13 I'm running this brigade until there's an opening.
01:16:43:14 01:16:49:00 For a job like that you need connections.
01:16:54:15 01:16:56:11 Is that a tattoo?
01:16:57:10 01:17:00:08 He did it himself.
01:17:01:06 01:17:04:13 I thought it was just dirt.
01:17:06:01 01:17:07:04 He's a moron.
01:17:22:17 01:17:27:07 Tomorrow is fucked, they're closing off the road.
01:17:38:07 01:17:39:17 Your eyes are sparkling.
01:17:39:22 01:17:43:03 Knock it off, Bulat. I'll kill you.
01:17:44:10 01:17:46:10 Alia's always trying to leave early.
01:17:50:14 01:17:51:18 Little Alia
01:17:52:13 01:17:55:01 the boss was too easy on her
01:17:55:21 01:17:58:20 didn't test her, just had her start doing tours.
01:18:21:18 01:18:24:02 Why did she have to take it?
01:18:25:11 01:18:28:12 She knew I wanted that tour.
01:19:14:01 01:19:16:06 She's still doing the 2030 model.
01:19:17:21 01:19:19:08 She takes forever.
01:19:21:05 01:19:23:07 Make them join her tour.
01:19:33:12 01:19:34:11 You see it?
CAPITAL – A film by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Joe Bender – Dialogue list 6
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01:19:36:15 01:19:37:10 They raise it?
01:19:37:12 01:19:38:18 No, they just brought it out.
01:19:39:01 01:19:40:03 They're getting ready.
01:19:40:23 01:19:42:08 To raise it up?
01:19:49:20 01:19:51:03 From Astana TV.
01:19:54:02 01:19:56:09 Another hour and a half.
01:20:26:05 01:20:29:15 My brigade is mostly from Uzbekistan.
01:20:32:04 01:20:35:05 They come every spring.
01:20:37:19 01:20:39:10 I rent them an apartment.
01:20:40:22 01:20:43:05 They work until the cold comes.
01:20:49:04 01:20:51:17 There are Kazakh workers too
01:20:54:10 01:21:02:10 but with so much demand for builders now
01:21:04:12 01:21:07:12 guys come from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
01:21:07:18 01:21:10:20 Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia
01:21:49:16 01:21:52:09 Hello, please wait at the bar.
01:21:54:04 01:22:00:03 I moved here to work a year ago.
01:22:02:11 01:22:07:08 Back home we have foreign companies too
01:22:11:03 01:22:15:01 but who wants to sit in an office and translate?
01:22:16:16 01:22:17:19 There's a future here.
01:22:18:00 01:22:19:22 All my relatives said that in Astana
01:22:20:06 01:22:23:15 they're building our young capital
01:22:23:17 01:22:26:19 and so I came here.
01:23:06:12 01:23:09:05 I close at midnight or one.
01:23:10:01 01:23:12:11 That's when I get home from work.
01:23:18:23 01:23:21:04 We're all newcomers here.
01:23:22:17 01:23:25:01 Where we come from there are no jobs
01:23:25:14 01:23:26:17 here there are.
01:23:28:02 01:23:31:08 My dad's an electrician
01:23:31:21 01:23:33:17 building that building
01:23:35:06 01:23:36:19 my mom works at the store.
01:23:38:21 01:23:40:08 It's easy to make friends here
01:23:41:08 01:23:46:03 no one knows anybody, so you just introduce yourself.
01:23:48:17 01:23:51:22 That sidewalk wasn't there five days ago.
01:23:52:09 01:23:54:11 They're paving real fast.
01:23:55:13 01:24:01:02 Another week and they'll finish the rest.
01:24:15:21 01:24:16:19 Where you work at?
01:24:17:03 01:24:18:12 I run a constructon brigade.
01:24:23:05 01:24:24:15 How is it?
01:24:25:23 01:24:27:02 How many guys you got?
01:24:27:16 01:24:31:12 It varies, 10 or so.
01:24:35:16 01:24:37:18 You need people?
01:24:39:04 01:24:40:01 You know someone?
01:24:40:06 01:24:41:03 Me
01:24:41:19 01:24:44:04 You? For construction?
01:24:44:22 01:24:46:16 You should come upstairs
01:24:47:02 01:24:50:23 see how I'm fixing up the place.
01:25:10:22 01:25:12:14 We're from the provinces
01:25:13:04 01:25:16:12 and always dreamed of living in a big city.
01:25:17:14 01:25:20:00 Each city has its own spirit.
01:25:20:20 01:25:25:18 New buildings, people arriving from all over
01:25:26:03 01:25:27:09 all sorts of opinions
01:25:27:14 01:25:28:16 it's a rhythm.
01:25:29:23 01:25:32:08 It's like when you see a newborn
01:25:36:13 01:25:40:00 you see it, smell it,
01:25:41:20 01:25:43:04 hear the baby's voice.
01:25:43:21 01:25:45:10 A city's just like that.
01:26:48:20 01:26:52:08 Is it taller than the gold ball?
01:26:56:00 01:26:57:12 Maybe, this one's 91 meters.
01:27:16:21 01:27:19:01 Want to come with me?
01:27:20:10 01:27:25:00 It'll be good. Nomads, horses...
01:27:25:11 01:27:26:09 Want to come?
01:27:58:05 01:28:03:06 This festival shows us our nomadic origins
01:28:03:10 01:28:05:22 by bringing them to life in the present.
01:28:08:06 01:28:10:18 Can you say it in Kazakh now?
01:28:22:15 01:28:24:21 Stay put, the mayor is coming.
01:28:26:20 01:28:28:00 Everyone together.
01:28:28:05 01:28:29:12 Where are your shirts?
01:28:29:20 01:28:31:00 You're in the back.
01:28:31:03 01:28:32:09 You with shirts stand in front.
01:29:06:14 01:29:08:16 Let's work!
01:29:37:08 01:29:41:18 The town had a lot of these wild currant bushes.
01:29:42:01 01:29:46:02 I think they tore them out.
01:29:49:16 01:29:55:13 We will remember our childhood and say, | it was you, my country,
who cared for us.
01:29:55:22 01:29:56:23 That's how it is.
01:29:57:04 01:29:59:03 Here are a few more.
01:30:00:07 01:30:01:14 Horses.
01:30:02:04 01:30:03:16 Simpler pleasures.
01:30:04:10 01:30:08:06 This was the town honor board.
01:30:08:16 01:30:13:02 Factory workers, farmers, they were on it.
01:30:16:07 01:30:18:07 This entrance was for foreigners only.
01:30:19:09 01:30:22:05 Citizens went in another door
01:30:22:09 01:30:23:23 but not here.
01:30:24:19 01:30:26:05 Here's the Youth Palace.
01:30:26:16 01:30:28:12 Know how it was built?
01:30:30:23 01:30:33:04 Every pioneer in town
01:30:34:04 01:30:36:10 had to give a ruble.
01:30:38:10 01:30:42:15 No, pioneers 50 kopek, party members 3 rubles.
01:30:43:12 01:30:45:02 Maybe 5?
01:30:46:23 01:30:49:10 Everybody chipped in and began building.
01:30:50:04 01:30:51:22 Naturally, the money ran out.
01:30:52:10 01:30:55:10 Either it wasn't enough, or someone stole some
01:30:55:17 01:30:57:01 it took forever.
01:30:58:17 01:30:59:22 1983
01:31:00:12 01:31:02:07 I recognize the dress.
01:31:03:02 01:31:04:21 This was '83
01:31:05:06 01:31:07:15 there's Lenin, the fountains
01:31:08:15 01:31:10:00 a little patch of grass.
01:31:11:01 01:31:15:22 Lenin stood like this.
01:31:20:23 01:31:22:17 My whole life
01:31:23:01 01:31:26:02 They must have cleaned him a lot
01:31:26:20 01:31:30:05 because there was never pigeon shit on him.
01:31:31:22 01:31:33:17 When they took him away
01:31:33:21 01:31:35:18 and what else could they do?
01:31:37:00 01:31:38:18 it was kind of sad.
01:31:39:00 01:31:41:05 Nothing ideological
01:31:43:06 01:31:45:09 He was just our Lenin.
01:31:46:11 01:31:48:17 He was ours.
01:31:49:14 01:31:52:13 It was a little empty without him.
01:31:53:06 01:31:55:07 This is only 12 years ago.
01:31:55:15 01:31:58:21 These were the gates of the city
01:31:59:04 01:32:01:05 9 and 12 stories high.
01:32:01:20 01:32:03:01 Look at the left bank.
01:32:05:11 01:32:06:22 There's nothing.
01:33:00:05 01:33:02:05 When they were playing
01:33:02:11 01:33:05:11 I saw party meetings, jails, camps,
01:33:05:17 01:33:09:07 like a whole movie.
01:33:10:07 01:33:15:07 And when they finished
01:33:15:23 01:33:19:06 I had a scene before my eyes.
01:33:19:23 01:33:22:04 A Stalin-era high-rise in winter
01:33:22:12 01:33:23:23 an open window
01:33:24:04 01:33:26:06 a woman standing on the ledge.
01:33:26:22 01:33:28:13 The music stopped
01:33:29:10 01:33:33:06 and I waved my hands so no one would clap.
01:33:33:21 01:33:39:02 I wanted to see how her story would end.
01:33:43:05 01:33:48:14 The Pyramid's layers represent | our past, present and future.
01:33:49:07 01:33:54:12 Black, white and blue; | underworld, earth and sky.
01:33:59:03 01:34:05:01 The white marble tells us we are above ground.
01:34:05:13 01:34:09:02 Stand in the center, make a wish, | and take in the positive energy.
01:34:15:02 01:34:20:02 Now let's look at Astana's future projects.
01:34:32:09 01:34:38:02 130m tall with an area of 100,000m2
01:34:38:17 01:34:42:00 it will have no analogue in the world.
01:34:42:09 01:34:49:06 At the top will be golf courses, mini-rivers and beaches
01:34:49:10 01:34:53:01 where people will sunbathe all year round.
01:34:53:16 01:34:56:08 The ground level has been built
01:35:08:18 01:35:11:00 Some people are impressed
01:35:11:03 01:35:13:03 by the beautiful new buildings.
01:35:14:09 01:35:18:02 Others ask “What's it all for?”
01:35:18:17 01:35:23:00 There's so much debt already.
01:35:23:06 01:35:25:20 Who needs these beautiful new buildings?
01:35:26:07 01:35:28:21 No one can afford to live there.
01:35:30:16 01:35:34:04 Most of the developers now
01:35:34:09 01:35:39:00 They went bankrupt and construction stalled.
01:35:40:18 01:35:43:18 Maybe the government will help
01:35:46:12 01:35:49:18 start giving their people apartments
01:35:50:16 01:35:52:16 to drive up demand
01:35:52:21 01:35:58:10 or else make the banks start lending.
01:35:58:18 01:36:05:01 Without credit there is no construction.
01:36:25:08 01:36:29:12 Because of this crisis all the cranes are frozen.
01:36:29:22 01:36:33:02 Only recently they started again
01:36:33:21 01:36:36:13 for four or five months they were still.
01:36:37:02 01:36:41:19 They started them up again for the anniversary.
01:36:42:18 01:36:46:09 Nazarbayev doesn't admit that there's a crisis.
01:36:46:19 01:36:49:10 Nazarbayev says there is no crisis.
01:36:51:08 01:36:54:14 Says “What crisis do you have?”
01:36:54:21 01:36:56:20 It's the banks that have the crisis.
01:36:57:22 01:37:00:13 It's the banks that have the problem, not you.
01:37:01:01 01:37:03:19 You go back to work.
01:37:05:18 01:37:09:00 How do you work? The crisis hit everything.
01:37:09:17 01:37:11:08 Food prices.
01:37:11:23 01:37:13:17 Wages.
01:37:14:20 01:37:18:04 What can you do without money?
01:37:36:08 01:37:38:19 Think it will fall?
01:37:39:00 01:37:39:14 Why?
01:37:43:19 01:37:46:18 There's no cushion under the egg.
01:37:48:16 01:37:51:13 The eagle is a symbol of many nations
01:37:52:04 01:37:58:01 it has been used by many governments.
01:37:58:23 01:38:01:16 Why was it chosen here?
01:38:03:18 01:38:08:09 This bird has always stood for pride
01:38:08:18 01:38:11:17 bravery and sovereignty.
01:38:13:00 01:38:16:08 Ours is unique in that its wings point upward.
01:38:16:17 01:38:25:05 Nazis, Fascists, Russians, Americans, | all their wings point down.
01:38:25:20 01:38:30:06 But as Tengrians
01:38:31:15 01:38:34:03 we obey the sky.
01:38:47:07 01:38:50:18 This, my friends, is the spirit of art:
01:38:51:06 01:38:54:08 rain or shine the artist
01:38:56:15 01:38:59:09 This is Astana's unique spirit.
01:39:01:22 01:39:04:02 Broken dishes bring good luck.
01:39:21:02 01:39:23:15 Wind, rain, hail
01:39:24:11 01:39:27:01 umbrellas and canvases flying everywhere.
01:39:28:05 01:39:30:09 And then it just stopped.
01:39:31:01 01:39:35:13 Nature's just like art, always changing.
01:40:43:16 01:40:48:13 There is only one big party in power
01:40:57:16 01:41:00:08 That Finnish journalist asked me
01:41:01:05 01:41:04:20 “How do you judge the President?”
01:41:04:22 01:41:07:03 Well, how should I judge him?
01:41:07:12 01:41:10:01 He's done a lot for the country.
01:41:10:11 01:41:13:09 He moved the capital here.
01:41:14:02 01:41:16:23 Do journalists have problems here?
01:41:34:01 01:41:38:13 When she heard that I support our president
01:41:39:17 01:41:40:20 she was disappointed
01:41:41:21 01:41:46:22 because she was looking for a scandal.
01:41:47:16 01:41:51:01 She got excited that I'm a journalist: “Is the press free?”
01:41:51:06 01:41:54:23 The press is fine, I say what I want.
01:41:55:17 01:42:00:07 She just wanted to go home feeling superior.
01:42:06:20 01:42:08:16 Palace of Peace and Concord.
01:42:11:21 01:42:14:21 I'm trying to explain it to you.
01:42:15:19 01:42:19:09 I didn't tell them to leave.
01:42:23:11 01:42:25:14 Fuck her!
01:42:27:02 01:42:28:19 You always get me in trouble.
01:42:28:23 01:42:30:20 She didn't write it down.
01:42:31:09 01:42:33:18 The boss says we kicked them out.
01:42:33:23 01:42:36:17 I only said to come back later.
01:42:40:10 01:42:42:12 It wasn't in the book.
01:42:43:07 01:42:46:16 I couldn't answer when she called earlier
01:42:47:07 01:42:50:00 I was on a tour.
01:42:52:08 01:42:56:11 Why do I always pay for your mistakes?
01:43:22:19 01:43:26:05 Around us are 130 doves
01:43:26:15 01:43:30:22 representing all of Kazakhstan's 130 nationalities
01:43:31:04 01:43:33:02 living in peace and concord.
01:43:34:18 01:43:39:01 Now let's look at a panorama of the city.
01:43:39:06 01:43:41:13 There's our new left bank.
01:43:49:06 01:43:50:18 I tell them about the future
01:43:51:13 01:43:53:17 say life will be great
01:43:53:22 01:43:57:18 we'll have malls and cultural centers
01:43:59:08 01:44:03:18 but how will I afford an apartment?
01:44:04:02 01:44:06:04 I want to stay but don't know if I can.
01:44:06:15 01:44:08:05 You could always get married.
01:44:08:17 01:44:12:10 This guy I've been seeing
01:44:13:01 01:44:15:01 sure, I'd like to get married
01:44:15:09 01:44:17:09 he has an apartment
01:44:17:20 01:44:20:11 but I want something else.
01:44:21:23 01:44:25:15 He's not that rich, even though he's local.
01:44:25:21 01:44:30:07 I tell the girls at home my guy is from Astana
01:44:30:19 01:44:34:07 they assume he's rich.
01:44:36:04 01:44:38:08 They hear Astana
01:44:40:00 01:44:41:10 a northerner
01:44:42:18 01:44:46:00 but I can't marry him.
01:44:51:10 01:44:55:02 I'll build a house here someday.
01:44:55:23 01:44:59:07 Go to another city, build one there too.
01:44:59:21 01:45:02:17 Another country? Build another.
01:45:03:12 01:45:06:03 Be like the oligarchs.
01:45:06:14 01:45:09:05 They got real estate everywhere.
01:45:10:11 01:45:12:12 I want to get to their level.
01:45:13:17 01:45:17:01 Europe? Get a place there.
01:45:17:11 01:45:22:03 It doesn't have to be by the sea or anything.
01:45:22:12 01:45:24:19 That's real expensive.
01:45:25:07 01:45:28:08 At least something in a city.
01:45:29:22 01:45:33:02 In Soviet times it was prestigious to be a soldier.
01:45:33:20 01:45:38:17 Yeah, Soviet officers made $500 a month.
01:45:39:03 01:45:42:23 It wasn't about money, they had authority.
01:45:43:06 01:45:47:14 Now girls won't even look at a soldier.
01:45:47:22 01:45:53:23 Back then all the girls would flirt when one walked by.
01:45:54:13 01:45:57:18 Like in old Soviet movies on TV.
01:45:59:16 01:46:04:12 No, civil service isn't for us yet
01:46:05:07 01:46:10:01 even though we're a good fit: education, army
01:46:11:06 01:46:15:15 but we want more than that.
01:46:17:19 01:46:21:09 We need to build up some capital first.
01:46:27:06 01:46:29:05 Where the fuck is he?
01:46:30:22 01:46:31:15 Who?
01:46:33:11 01:46:35:03 I'll call him.
01:46:37:02 01:46:38:13 You coming?
01:46:39:14 01:46:41:19 We're all done here.
01:46:54:12 01:46:56:08 You want to swim in that fountain?
01:46:58:00 01:47:01:05 Wanna go for a swim.
01:47:01:14 01:47:04:02 What am I, a five year old?
01:47:04:07 01:47:05:15 It's not just for kids.
01:47:05:20 01:47:07:10 I'm almost forty.
01:47:12:16 01:47:15:09 It feels good to be done eh, Murza?
01:47:16:04 01:47:19:11 It was totally bare when we got here.
01:47:19:15 01:47:22:15 Just piles of sand and gravel.
01:47:25:04 01:47:27:00 Now there'll be couples here on dates
01:47:27:17 01:47:30:11 all kinds of events.
01:47:33:10 01:47:35:15 I might even bring a girl here.
01:47:37:09 01:47:38:14 Call me when that happens.
01:47:39:01 01:47:40:07 Yeah, I'll call you.
01:47:40:13 01:47:41:20 You can carry the umbrella.
01:47:45:03 01:47:49:03 We gotta get paid first.
01:47:50:08 01:47:52:14 The city's just going to keep growing.
01:47:55:11 01:47:58:00 Like Nazarbayev said, when two cultures meet
01:47:58:05 01:48:00:03 a great nation is born.
01:48:01:00 01:48:03:00 A great nation and a new culture.
01:48:04:00 01:48:07:16 It will combine Asia and Europe
01:48:08:03 01:48:09:12 and will be
01:48:10:06 01:48:11:19 in short,
01:48:12:23 01:48:14:08 how do you say it?
01:48:15:23 01:48:17:10 A culmination
01:48:18:00 01:48:19:15 of the zeitgeist.
01:48:27:07 01:48:29:22 Open up the stride!
01:48:31:10 01:48:33:00 Make it even!
01:48:42:00 01:48:43:21 Come on, hold the diagonal.
01:48:44:15 01:48:46:08 Where is the diagonal?
01:49:21:13 01:49:23:19 Get your photos here!
01:49:28:19 01:49:33:15 This monument competes with the clouds.
01:49:34:00 01:49:38:07 It means our nation is moving
01:49:39:09 01:49:42:12 onto the world stage.
01:49:52:17 01:49:54:21 What's that, a stadium?
01:49:57:00 01:49:59:13 It's a monument, we're here for the opening.
01:50:00:01 01:50:02:16 The President is making a speech.
01:50:08:13 01:50:11:17 Here's the invite.
01:50:13:05 01:50:14:14 Listen up!
01:50:14:22 01:50:18:17 Triumphant opening of the “Kazakh Eli" monument.
01:50:19:11 01:50:20:20 You got that?
01:50:21:17 01:50:23:20 Repeat what I just said.
01:50:28:02 01:50:30:19 Astana is 10 years old.
01:50:31:06 01:50:39:18 Celebration at the new Kazakh Homeland Plaza
01:50:40:21 01:50:44:16 sixth of July, promptly at noon.
01:50:46:09 01:50:47:21 You have two minutes, okay?
01:50:48:02 01:50:50:17 Stick to your places
01:50:50:22 01:50:53:12 and don't try to film too much.
01:50:53:22 01:50:56:00 When the President appears, move this way.
01:51:00:20 01:51:04:13 The President's Press Corps should just give them copies.
01:51:04:18 01:51:07:16 Next time no one's getting press passes.
01:51:09:08 01:51:12:12 They can come to us and get the footage.
01:51:12:17 01:51:15:05 The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
01:51:16:13 01:51:18:14 Nursultan Nazarbayev
01:51:29:21 01:51:32:17 May the land that unites us all
01:51:33:07 01:51:35:20 be blessed for all eternity.
01:51:37:00 01:51:42:20 In times of light and times of darkness
01:51:43:16 01:51:46:20 I ask you, brothers, to protect it.
01:53:17:11 01:53:18:06 Ladies and gentlemen
01:53:18:17 01:53:20:14 cities don't grow overnight.
01:53:20:17 01:53:24:17 Each generation writes a page in the city's history.
01:53:25:06 01:53:29:14 This is our city, our capital, our Astana.
01:53:29:20 01:53:32:02 Happy anniversary!
01:53:33:04 01:53:37:23 I wish us health and prosperity.
01:53:38:16 01:53:40:09 Viva Kazakhstan!
01:53:43:08 01:53:44:22 Viva Astana!
01:53:56:05 01:53:57:23 No, thank you.
01:54:01:06 01:54:04:10 You're missing out on a masterpiece.
01:54:09:22 01:54:13:17 Hi sweetie, come over here.
01:54:14:22 01:54:18:03 I'm going to play you a song from the contest
01:54:20:17 01:54:23:09 the song that won first place.
01:54:39:02 01:54:40:16 Have you started to learn English?
01:54:41:21 01:54:43:15 Do you know any English words?
01:54:44:16 01:54:46:02 Not many.
01:54:47:09 01:54:48:21 At least you've started.
01:55:04:19 01:55:09:09 A friend said an interesting thing.
01:55:09:19 01:55:15:05 There are buildings here, but no people.
01:55:22:08 01:55:25:15 It will take at least 10 more years
01:55:28:03 01:55:32:03 before this city has a life of its own.
01:55:32:15 01:55:34:11 Not less than that.
01:55:36:10 01:55:41:19 It's grown so fast that each day it's a new city.
01:55:42:12 01:55:45:04 It's not our own yet, not yet family.
01:55:45:09 01:55:49:12 Your family, you know them well.
01:55:52:09 01:55:58:23 You can predict their behavior
01:55:59:14 01:56:01:21 you know their ways.
01:56:02:07 01:56:05:18 Their stories are also yours.
01:56:07:18 01:56:11:01 You're connected, that's what family is.
01:56:11:09 01:56:15:17 But for most, this city's not their own yet.
01:56:16:23 01:56:20:11 Their emotions aren't connected to it.
01:56:23:02 01:56:25:22 Their stories are just beginning.