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1956 · drama · war · Юрий Егоров

1918. Tense in Petrograd. The enemy's ring tightens around the revolutionary city. Workers' battalions head for the front. The struggle against the enemies of the Soviet power is not only on the outskirts of the city but also in the rear. During this harsh and difficult period for the revolution, the Bolshevik party establishes communist youth organizations on the working-class outskirts. The first to join the Communist Youth are young workers — Stepan Barabash, Sanya Chizhik, Glasha, Kuzma. After some hesitation and deliberation, the Communist Youth also includes the peasant boy Fyodor, who arrived from a remote village to work in Petrograd, and the high school student Zhena Goryovsky. On days of intense battles, these young patriots, together with the workers' guard units, go to defend Petrograd…