Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. Actor Yevgeny Mironov shares his memories of meetings with him. Solzhenitsyn's friend Nikita Struve talks about how he published The GULAG Archipelago abroad. The widow Natalia Dmitrievna Solzhenitsyn tells about the last days of Alexander Isaevich's life, thoughts, goals and plans. The authors of the film offer rare shots of foreign chronicles and exclusive interviews of Alexander Isaevich, which have not been published so far.
This Soviet general was in a special account with Stalin and was known as his favorite. In December 1941, together with Zhukov and Rokossovsky, he was more
This Soviet general was in a special account with Stalin and was known as his favorite. In December 1941, together with Zhukov and Rokossovsky, he was called the "savior of Moscow." In 1942, the Leader entrusted him with a new, responsible mission. No one could have imagined that very soon the name of this general would become as common as the name of Judas. close
Alexey Pivovarov and NTV channel present the documentary “June 22”. Fatal decisions, timed to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic more
Alexey Pivovarov and NTV channel present the documentary “June 22”. Fatal decisions, timed to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
The film continues the military theme that Alexey Pivovarov has already developed in such films as "Second percussion. Vlasov's betrayed army", "Rzhev. Unknown Battle of Georgy Zhukov", "Brest. "Serf heroes". However, unlike previous projects, in this, in addition to recreated large-scale historical reconstructions and computer graphics, which allows, along with newsreels, better to imagine the events of those years, there are some features. The most important thing is that in the making of the film "June 22." Fatal decisions were also taken by German historians and journalists, whose views on the causes of the outbreak of the war may differ somewhat from those adopted in official Soviet history.
So how did the Soviet Union become completely unprepared for war on June 22, 1941? Is it true that Stalin believed Hitler and rejected any reports from Soviet intelligence, which was claimed to have given the exact date of the attack months before the war began? Authors of the film "June 22". Fatal decisions trace the whole chain of events that began in 1938, with the Munich Treaty, and led to the beginning of one of the bloodiest wars in world history.
The original documents of that era will be read in the film actor Mikhail Efremov. close
One of the bloodiest tragedies of the Great Patriotic War was the battle in the Rzhev direction, in which more than a million people died, Rzhev and nearby more
One of the bloodiest tragedies of the Great Patriotic War was the battle in the Rzhev direction, in which more than a million people died, Rzhev and nearby cities were destroyed. History is silent about this event, since there was no major victory at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk. After 13 months of fighting, the Germans left on their own, moving their troops and equipment to Kursk.
The archives are still classified. NTV journalists, having conducted a documentary investigation, actors, stuntmen, caring people, using the military
equipment (tanks, aircraft), created the film "Rzhev". The unknown battle of Georgy Zhukov.” Documentary-fiction film Alexey Pivovarov was filmed on the swamps near Rzhev for more than a year ... close