Kotovskiy. 8 Seriy

Grigoriy Ivanovich Kotovsky was born in 1881 in Hincesti (now in the Republic of Moldova) and died in 1925 in Birzula (now Kotovsk in the Ukraine). One of the most prominent figures in Russia's October Revolution, the legendary Red Army Commander's life and death remain shrouded in mystery to this day.
Quickly advancing through the army ranks, Kotovsky became a reputable and respected commander. However, he had begun resisting tsarist rule since 1902 and after deserting the Imperial Russian Army and leading two Moldovan rebellions in 1905 and 1915, he was imprisoned and sentenced to death. In 1916, he escaped and joined the Bolsheviks in their fight to gain control of Ukraine, leading a battalion, which remained undefeated.
As well as Kotovsky's military achievements, this film also recalls his childhood days. Old school friends remember a determined and brave young man with a strong sense of loyalty and duty - characteristics, which hinted at the exemplary military leader and civil war hero that he was to become.

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1900 god. Kishinev, Selskohozyaystvennoe uchilishche. Chetvero vypusknikov
klyanutsya drug drugu v vechnoy druzhbe i predannosti. No, svyazannye na vsyu
zhizn, oni eshche ne znayut, kak silno razoydutsya ih puti... Oles Chemanskiy stanet politikom i zhenitsya na krasavitse Anne; Aleksey Zilberg dosluzhitsya do kapitana zhandarmerii, a Viktor Vayner budet razboynichat so svoim drugom Grigoriem Kotovskim - «bessarabskim Robinom Gudom», glavarem banditov.
V yunosti Kotovskiy – vlyubchivyy i romantichnyy huligan, on beskonechno uchastvuet v ulichnyh drakah, promyshlyaet zhulnichestvom i vorovstvom. Igrayuchi on budet grabit samye bogatye doma i derzhat v strahe ves Yug Rossii. Za ego golovu naznachat nagradu, no on, nesmotrya ni na chto, budet bezhat iz tyurmy i prodolzhat grabit, virtuozno obhodya lovushki zhandarmov. Neobychaynaya smelost, otvaga i razboynichya udal napolnyat ego zhizn yarkimi kraskami, a vmeste s tem i dramatizmom. Vokrug ego imeni vozniknut legendy. Kotovskiy uznaet i nastoyashchuyu lyubov, i verolomstvo, i predatelstvo, no navsegda ostanetsya veren svoemu lichnomu kodeksu chesti i obeshchaniyu, odnazhdy dannomu druzyam.

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