“…Incomplete The first part of the documentary traces the first twenty years of the Red Army through the Civil War, fighting against the Japanese in Manchuria, Stalin's purges and the Finnish campaign. …”

“…The work was commissioned by Stalin himself, who asked Dovzhenko to make "a Ukrainian Chapayev", the Russian Red Army commander.…”

“…During the civil war in Russia, the Red Army takes a small southern town. Between the two battles commissar Vavilova gives birth and stays with the Jewish family of a craftsman, who himself has many children. …”

“…Stalin goes to the Petrograd front to lead the Red Army. Personality cult film, magnifying' Stalin's role in the history of the October Revolution and the Civil War.…”

“…Vassilii Ivanovich Chapayev is a Red Army hero. This illiterate head of a cavalry unit is portrayed as a protector of the common folk and a brave soldier, a menace to the evil White Army.…”

“…At the same time, the army of general Krasnov is approaching the revolutionary city. Shadrin joins the Red Army.…”

“…The film is set in the Spring of 1944, when the Red Army is pushing back the German forces to the Soviet border. …”

“…A teenager, who lost his family during the WWII, has joined the Red Army. As he collects information about the location and movements of enemy detachments, he has to live the life of a grown-up soldier and to cope with the stress and pains of war. …”

“…Poor sound Adaptation of Andrei Platonov's short stories. Red Army soldier comes back to his native town after the Civil war is over. …”

“…He is accompanied by Red Army soldier Gusev, who dreams of accomplishing a socialist revolution on Mars, and detective Kravtsov, who suspects that Los' murdered his wife and is trying to escape. …”

“…By pushing Nazi troops back by 150 to 400 kilometers, the Red Army staved off the threat on the Soviet capital and it also drastically changed the situation on the front.…”

“…The film draws on numerous archival documents, which were previously classified and inaccessible to researchers, and on a series of interviews conducted with former members of the Russian Liberation Army (known as ROA), Red Army officers and diplomats, as well as former officers of the British and German armies.…”

“…It took secret police and red army units well into March to crush the uprising. …”