In Memory of Sergo Ordzhonikidze
Ardent Fighter for the Cause of the Working Class, for the Cause of Communism, Fearless LeninistBolshevik, Friend and Comrade-in-Arms of Stalin the Great
1937 · 55m Documentary
Overview
Archival footage of Ordzhonikidze, scenes from his funeral in Moscow, and speeches by his grieving colleagues, including Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
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