December 20th

Overview

Set in December of 1917 after the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin and the communists are making every effort to strengthen their power. Lenin appoints Felix Dzerzhinsky the Commissar for Internal Affairs and the head of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage (CheKa). It became the predecessor of GPU and KGB.

Network

• Central Television USSR

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

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  Kirill Lavrov

  Lenin

  4 eps

• 

  Mikhail Kozakov

  Dzerzhinsky

  4 eps

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  Andrei Tolubeyev

  Latsis

  4 eps

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  Emmanuil Vitorgan

  Lazarev

  4 eps

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