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The Russian Empire entered the twentieth century as one of the most powerful world powers. Russia was in danger from rapidly developing countries that were eager to redistribute the world, but an even greater danger was posed by the revolutionary movement within the empire. After the granting of freedoms, a new generation grew up, wanting more and ready to use any means for their own purposes. But new leaders of the new era have also emerged. One of them is Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, who became the youngest governor of Russia, earning the gratitude of Emperor Nicholas II for this post.
An unknown writer, Paul Dubois, wins the prestigious Prix Goncourt for his novel. However, the author does not attend the award ceremony, and it is soon revealed that the murder described in the novel is real. Reporter José Roben conducts his own investigation and identifies the author and the murderer.
The plot is based on events that took place in St. Petersburg in May 1901, when workers at the Obukhov military factory rebelled against the tsar.
A portrait of the era of "Red Terror" during the civil war that followed the Bolshevik revolution, The Seventh Companion offers a character study in General Adamov (Andrei Popov), a law professor in the tsarist army, who is incarcerated by the Bolshevik secret police along with many other members of the bourgeoisie. Finally released into the new world of the Soviet Union, the resigned officer finds that he has lost everything from his old life except a mantel clock that he carries through the night from place to place, until he ends up back where he started.
A television play chronicling the lead-up to the assassination of diplomat and playwright Alexander Griboyedov, dubbed “vazir mukhtar” in his position as Russia's ambassador to Tehran.
The film takes place in a pioneer camp during Khrushchev's "thaw." It's the story of a boy's entry into life. The hero's first love, for a beautiful girl named Sonya, is not so much love as a premonition of love—a premonition of something important that the world around him reveals to him.
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