Vremya

Credits

Compiled by
Tabit and Cattotld

Background

Vremya is the main evening newscast in Russia (formerly the USSR), currently being broadcast by Channel One Russia (formerly known as CT USSR Programme One, Channel 1 Ostankino, and Public Russian Television). It has been running since January 1, 1968, and first broadcasting color in 1974. However, from October 7, 1991 to December 15, 1994, it wasn't broadcasted due to heavy Communist and KGB ties, but returned on December 16, 1994 to cover the First Chechen War.

1st Intro (1968-1970)

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Visuals: On a black background, a radio transmitter with "TV CCCP" in a stacked format on the left is seen releasing radio waves in a leaf-like shape from top to bottom. The transmitter repositions itself to the center as a giant yellow "B" wipes in against the transmitter, followed by the transmitter releasing a giant horizontal grey bar with a white outline, with another line being released, splitting the bar into two. Two sets of text then appear within the bars letter-by-letter, both being "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПРОГРАММА" on the top bar and "ВРЕМЯ" on the bottom.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A nautical string and piano theme, composed by Andrey Petrov.

Availability: Only partial recordings of the Intro have been found, but not the full Intro.

2nd Intro (1970-1974)

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Visuals: On a black background, a model of the Earth rotating counter-clockwise is displayed with three sets of text saying:

информационная
программа
<< ВРЕМЯ >>

zooming in for a short period of time, eventually disappearing after a few seconds. This action repeats twice and after the third time, the Earth shrinks, and as it stops shrinking, two white bars wipe in from the top and bottom ends of the Earth, and curves until it reaches the right side of the globe, forming a stylized "B". "ЦТ" along with the same text from before fading in at the left side and bottom of the "B", respectively.

Technique: Live action and cel animation.

Audio: Same as the previous intro.

3rd Intro (1974-1975)

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Visuals: On a black-blue gradient background, a model of the Earth rotating along with the same "TV CCCP" is first shown. A circular panel comprising multiple orange dots (similar to its channel ident) wipes in from left to right, enclosing the globe, as "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПРОГРАММА" within the panel in black scrolls by right to left and word by word. As it is done scrolling, the same "<< ВРЕМЯ >>" but in white abruptly appears within the panel. It then disappears, causing the globe to suddenly teleport to the left side of the panel, being noticeably bigger than it was before. Another stylized "B" fades in within the globe and gradually expands until it touches the surface of the Earth, which is followed by a black horizontal bar along with the same text from the previous Intro placed on the right-most side to fade in against the globe.

Technique: Live action and cel animation.

Audio: Same as the previous intros.

4th Intro (1975-1979)

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Visuals: On a blue background, a large transmission satellite rotating clockwise with "ВРЕМЯ" constantly zooming in and stopping during this. As the transmitter stops rotating, "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ" and "ПРОГРАММА" appear in the center and both move to the top and bottom portions of the screen, giving space for the same "ВРЕМЯ" to appear in the middle letter-by-letter. The satellite then fades to a point where it starts to slowly turn towards the screen as it also zooms in.

Technique: Live action and cel animation.

Audio: Same as the previous intros.

5th Intro (1979-1980)

Visuals: On a dot-matrix map of Eurasia and Africa, with blue dots for the ocean, red dots for the USSR, and light green dots for the rest of the land, it slowly starts to zoom in closer onto the USSR. After it fully zooms into place, a drawing of the Ostankino Tower, drawn at a high-facing angle, fades in over the picture and then starts to emit white pulses. After the pulses fill out most of the screen, the bold word "ВРЕМЯ" appears and swoops down to the middle of the screen twice in a row. The text "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ" on top and "ПРОГРАММА" on the bottom then appear letter by letter in arcs. The pulses still continue to get released.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A slow, melancholic fanfare that turns more majestic as the text zooms in.

6th Intro (1980-1986)

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Visuals: On a cloudy sky background, the Spasskaya Tower, complete with its Kremlin star, is seen on the left. Below, a string of "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПРОГРАММА" with a white shadow, scrolls continuously for a few seconds. After the text stops, the text "ВРЕМЯ", also with a white shadow, zooms in while also cycling colors, stopping as it hits the right side of the screen

Variant: From 1984-1986, the intro was altered to have a shot of the USSR flag flying in the wind, followed by a shot of the Kremlin complex, and then a zoom out to the Spasskaya Tower. "ВРЕМЯ" also stays red throughout. In 1985, the "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПРОГРАММА" is now white with a black outline, and the Spasskaya Tower is already in place.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A portion of the main theme to Time, Forward!, composed by Georgy Sviridov.

Audio Variant: From 1984-1986, a portion of the Patrioticheskaya Pesnya is used.

7th Intro (1986-1990)

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Visuals: On a starfield background, a CGI spinning earth with a red-colored map of USSR zooms out, and a 3D red star with a yellow web flies out of the map. A white oval draws in as the white words "ТВ СССР" zoom in the right side above. Golden word "ВРЕМЯ" zooms in and leaves a blue feedback trail behind.

Technique: A mix of CGI, 2D computer animation and video feedback effects.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Extinct.

8th Intro (1990-1991)

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Visuals: On a starfield, there is an image of an Earth with a space station above. The camera slightly moves up, and a pink light occurs and points at a space station, and a live-action clip flies out from it. After many footages of live-action clips, the clip dissolves, and the golden futuristic word "ВРЕМЯ" flies out of the space station, slighty tilted. White words "ИНФОРМАЦИОННАЯ ПРОГРАММА" fade in.

Technique: A mix of 2D computer animation and live-action.

Audio: A soft horn and triagle tune, followed by a rapid violin tune and a 5-note synth tune.

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