In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction...
Autumn 1941. German tank troops are making another attempt to break through to the Uritsk and Pulkovo Heights. During heavy fighting, Soviet troops managed to stop the offensive of fascist tanks one and a half kilometers south of the Pulkovo Observatory. The 900 days of the blockade and the...
"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.
A middle-aged magician Pyotr Tarasov vegetates in the circus, receiving a meager salary. But he is a magician, he has a professional family secret: he can take out of a hat not only birds and rabbits, but also any amount of food. To use his opportunities, on the advice of friends, he opens a...
At one court hearing, a witness, who is engaged in prostitution, refused to take the oath, cause she didn't consider herself as a Christian. That incident caused great excitement in the hall.
Unlike her sisters, Larisa Ogudolova refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry, but falls in love with a dashing scoundrel who soon betrays her.
Aspiring photographer is courting a relative of a man who holds a high official position for careerist reasons. In the name of that, he breaks up with his bride, but his plans weren't destined to come true.
A film is based on the novel by a Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov. It shows Kazakhstan in 1916-1917 and how people reacted to tough times, the World War I and the ideas of the revolution and Bolshevism. Botagoz is a girl who never stopped believing in justice, despite numerous trials. She performed a...
The class teacher invited fathers about whom the children wrote essays to a parent meeting. This is how everyone found out what their son or daughter thought about him. This gave rise to an interesting and serious conversation.
Three candidates for deputies of the republican and local Soviets are awaiting the election results. There is a heated discussion between them about the present and future of Russia. And voters, contrary to all forecasts and expectations, gave the party boss a ride in competitive elections and...
1940s Arctic, a new boss arrives to build a port. They are waiting for him impatiently, they greet him with joy, but the one who arrives is not the one they were expecting. He begins his acquaintance sternly: "Less chatter, we must get down to business!" - proclaims the new government.
