Fire Revenge
On the struggle of artisanal peasants against the economic oppression by the kulaks.
On the struggle of artisanal peasants against the economic oppression by the kulaks.
Oleksii Kharlamov
Volynskiy, old kulak
Vladimir Voyshvillo
Volynskiy's son
V. Kritskiy
Chairman of the village committee
Aleksandr Chuverov
Demobbed Red army soldier
G. Rostov
Rogulko, peasant
Ivan Franko
Forester
Petro Masokha
Student
Yevgenia Petrova
Daughter
Ivan Malikov-Elvorti
Peasant
On the struggle of artisanal peasants against the economic oppression by the kulaks.
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