December 20th 1982

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History Drama

Set in December of 1917 after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin and the communists are making every effort to strengthen their power. Lenin appoints Felix Dzerzhinsky the Commissar for Internal Affairs and the head of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (CheKa). It became the predecessor of GPU and KGB.

Release Date 1982-05-18
Runtime 4h 36m
Director Grigori Nikulin
Producer
Writers Yulian Semyonov, Yulian Semyonov