The Brain of Soviet Russia
Apr 30 1919
•0h 14m
•Documentary
This film shows the leaders of organizations that emerged after the Russian Revolution. It is the fragment of ‘Anniversary of the Revolution’ made by Vertov in 1918.
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Vladimir Lenin
Self
Leon Trotsky
Self
Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich
Self
Yakov Sverdlov
Self
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