Shortly before the December uprising of 1825, officer Pavel Bestuzhev was exiled to a distant northern garrison for insolence. Soon, he gets a chance to help a wounded Decembrist who intends to cross the border. Bestuzhev saves the fugitive and his beloved at the cost of his own life…
About the great Czech satirist Jaroslav Hašek, who was captured by the Russians during the First World War. Not wanting to fight for the interests of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, Hašek enters the Red Army and, as a commissar of the international brigade, goes the military way from Samara to...
The head of the regional inspectorate of architectural and construction control, Veprev, writes a critical article to the central newspaper about shortcomings in local construction, thereby causing dissatisfaction with the regional leadership. They find an excuse to release Veprev from his post....
