The Bolshevik-built kingdom collapsed 20 years ago, many myths about the revolution dissipated, but the debate still persists about how Lenin and a handful of comrades managed to completely upend the whole life of Russia on an autumn night in 1917. In February 1917, the 300-year-old monarchy fell. The Provisional Government and the Soviets began to fight each other, clearing the way for a third power. At that time no one knew that the third force, the Bolsheviks, was the only revolutionary party
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The Bolshevik-built kingdom collapsed 20 years ago, many myths about the revolution dissipated, but the debate still persists about how Lenin and a handful of comrades managed to completely upend the whole life of Russia on an autumn night in 1917. In February 1917, the 300-year-old monarchy fell. The Provisional Government and the Soviets began to fight each other, clearing the way for a third power. At that time no one knew that the third force, the Bolsheviks, was the only revolutionary party to the end, that Lenin was the future leader of the world proletariat, and that October 17 was a historical inevitability.
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
Alexey Pivovarov’s film “Brest, Serf Heroes” touches on one of the most painful themes of Soviet history – the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The more
Alexey Pivovarov’s film “Brest, Serf Heroes” touches on one of the most painful themes of Soviet history – the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The heroic defense of the Brest Fortress became a traditional symbol of the heroism of the Soviet border guards, who defended it in full encirclement, in the deep rear of the German troops almost to the last soldier. How to choose between loyalty to the order, love for the Motherland, the desire to survive?
In the film "Brest. Serf heroes" starred famous actors Alexei Serebriakov, Ekaterina Guseva, Marcus Kunze, Konstantin Smirnov. close
Painting "Moscow." Autumn 41, created according to eyewitnesses, direct participants in the hostilities, tells the historical truth about the events of more
Painting "Moscow." Autumn 41, created according to eyewitnesses, direct participants in the hostilities, tells the historical truth about the events of the autumn of the forty-first year, when Hitler's troops approached the capital of the Soviet Union at 80-100 kilometers. It was at this point that the GKO issued an order to impose a state of siege in Moscow and nearby areas.
This film Sergei Ivanov, shot using the latest technologies, with maximum accuracy shows not fictional, but the real situation in Moscow at that time. These are the many stories of those who personally participated in these tragic events. close
Mikhail Gorbachev is an ambiguous figure. In history, he left a bright trace of the man who “gave free rein” to the Soviet people. He grew out of the moreMikhail Gorbachev is an ambiguous figure. In history, he left a bright trace of the man who “gave free rein” to the Soviet people. He grew out of the “Khrushchev thaw” and at all stages of his career, rising to the very heights of power, remained true to his belief that the Soviet system can make its citizens free. Documentary film "Mikhail Gorbachev:" He came to give us freedom" - reflection Leonid Parfenov about the personality of Mikhail Gorbachev, about his deeds and deeds and about the role he played in the history of our country.
Asked what goals Gorbachev saw in the reformation he was pursuing, whether the collapse of the Soviet Union was inevitable, and how Mikhail Sergeyevich managed to preserve his dignity by leaving power, Mikhail Gorbachev: He came to give us freedom" tries to understand the main thing - how did the Stavropol guy grow up in himself and carry his inner freedom throughout his life and share it with all citizens of the country? And yet there was so much will that many of us even thought it was too much. Freedom, for which most citizens did not fight, was gratuitously gained and just as gratuitously left. What does the “freedom giver” think of it today? close