Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
In this clip, a Stalker ventures into the mysterious zone left behind by unknown and incomprehensible alien civilization, a place of terrific danger where incomprehensible technological wonders can be found. Despite all the unfamiliarity that the science fiction genre could generate, Soviet viewers recognized the sense of alienation felt by the stalker as he ventured into the pseudo-police state, where he and others were forced to create a livable life in a world of senseless rules.
In this clip, a Stalker ventures into the mysterious zone left behind by unknown and incomprehensible alien civilization, a place of terrific danger where incomprehensible technological wonders can be found. Despite all the unfamiliarity that the science fiction genre could generate, Soviet viewers recognized the sense of alienation felt by the stalker as he ventured into the pseudo-police state, where he and others were forced to create a livable life in a world of senseless rules.







![Mine Field of Perestroika (1991)
Moscow, August 20-22, 1991. Tanks on Manege Square, armored vehicles on the streets of Moscow, wrecked trolleys, the barricade by the White House [Parliment Building] on Krasnopresnenskaia Embankment. Panorama of the White House and square filled with people. Flowers on the spot where defenders of the Russian White House were killed. Mine Field of Perestroika (1991)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B2QvhXLpB44/mqdefault.jpg)


