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Aleksandr Parkhomenko

Aleksandr Parkhomenko

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 20, 1942

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

War, Drama, History

User Score

42%

Original Title

Александр Пархоменко

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Director

Leonid Lukov

Description

About the life and heroic death of the old Bolshevik-Lugansk resident, participant in the civil war, Aleksandr Yakovlevich Parkhomenko. In 1918, capturing Ukraine, the German occupiers sought to use the Haidamaks, the White Guards and the Greens in their struggle. By order of Voroshilov, Aleksandr Parkhomenko from Lugansk arrives in Tsaritsyn. At the same time, the Germans launched an active offensive. The "red" battalions are poorly armed, however, Parkhomenko manages to raise them to the attack and put the enemy to flight.