Ioakim Maksimov-Koshkinskiy

An elderly woman reproaches her husband for his carefree attitude. In truth, she is worried about their children, who have moved to the city and no longer write. The husband does not deny her accusations. In fact, he is willing to do whatever it takes to make her happy.

Set in the high North, this tale of a Russian teacher who begins to educate the children of the Chukchi tribe reinforces the director's firm belief in the power of education to overcome distrust and establish a shared civilizational foundation for all human beings.

The inhabitants of Chukotka are shown to be cruelly exploited before the revolution. Once Chukotka is visited by the representative of the Kamchatka Revolutionary Committee, Los, and the ethnographer Zhukov. The news of the arrival of the Russians immediately disperses along the coast. Contrary to the pressure of the American Thomson and the local "oligarch" Alitet in Chukotka, fair trade laws are established, as a result of which the Americans and Alitet leave Chukotka.

Young geologist Sergei Nesterov, having returned from the army, intends to continue his work, interrupted by the war, on exploring industrial deposits of Ural diamonds. His enthusiasm surprises his boss, puts his fiancée Varvara in an awkward position, and gives other geologists a perfect excuse to mock him. But he is warmly supported by the district committee secretary Salomatov. Sergei steadfastly pursues his goal and, in the end, finds the richest diamond deposits.

The struggle of the Chuvash peasants against the large landowners for the implementation of the Land Law. Partially lost.

Based on Nikolay Garin Mikhailovsky's work Zora, which tells about the struggle of Chuvash peasants against the landowners.

The struggle of the Chuvash peasants against the large landowners for the implementation of the Land Law. Partially lost.

The film shows the struggle of the Chuvash people for their rights at the beginning of the 20th century.

The love story of Tevlet, a revolutionary who escaped from prison, with Urkka, the daughter of a rich peasant in the Chuvash village where he settled.

A Chuvash washerwoman named Taisa joined the ranks of the revolutionaries against the White Guards during the civil war.

About the struggle of collective farmers for the expansion of sown areas.

About the struggle of collective farmers for the expansion of sown areas.

The struggle between the collective farmers and the kulaks and sectarianists.