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December 20th

Not Rated History Drama TV Movie

Starring: Kirill Lavrov, Mikhail Kozakov, Andrei Tolubeyev, Emmanuil Vitorgan, Anatoliy Rudakov

Writer: Yulian Semyonov, Yulian Semyonov

Release Date:
May 18, 1982
Ratings:
4.7 / 10
Director:
Grigori Nikulin
Companies:
Lenfilm

Overview

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.