Historical film about the dramatic event in the southern regions of Azerbaijan during the 1917 Soviet Revolution.
Social & External
The people behind it
Yashar Nuri
Ajdar
Viktor Kosykh
Andrei
Hadji Khalilov
Tarigulu
Samandar Rzayev
Tomar bey
Ivan Kosykh
Hamlet Xanizadeh
Rizvan
Boris Rudnev
Ulyantsev
Alla Panova
Tatyana
Anatoliy Falkovich
Ilyashevich
Yuriy Sorokin
Sukhorukov
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