Top Cast
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Kazim Hasanov
Stepan Shaumyan
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Heiri Emirzade
commissar
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Alekper Melikov
bolshevik
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Ivan Klyukvin
Petka
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Vasiliy Kovrigin
Vaska - sailor
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Nikolay Kulikov
russian worker
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Ala-Verdy Melikov
azerbaijani worker
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Veriko Anjaparidze
worker's wife
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Petre Morskoi
bolshevik from the front
Overview
Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
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