"Moscow region." "Hunting farm "Zavidovo."" "Damn it!" "Did you misfire or did you feel sorry for the wolf, Nikita Sergeevich?" "As for me, I think that to live with wolves is to howl like a wolf." "Who knows?" "N.S. Khrushchev." "The secretary of CC CPSU" "N.V. Podgorny." "A member of the CC CPSU presidium" "L.I. Brezhnev." "The chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR" "A.I. Mikoyan." "A member of the CC CPSU presidium" "A.N. Shelepin The CC SPSU secretary" "N.G. Ignatov." "The chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet presidium." "Member of the CC CPSU" "V.E. Semichastny." "The chairman of the KGB USSR, the member of the CC CPSU" "Look what he's done." "He insulted the party, he cut back the army, he cut off the pensions for the military." "He's wringing the defense army's neck." "It takes the fingers of both hands to count his stupidities." "Why don't you talk about the main thing?" "What do you mean?" "That he's thinking of moving you from being the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet to being the secretary assistant of the CC CPSU." "(D.F. Ustinov." "The chairman of VSNH USSR, member of CC CPSU.)" "I'm not gonna let him do that." "He can wring his own neck." "You can take offence at me, but I'm gonna tell you the truth." "We're all friends here, so we have nothing to conceal from each other." "You know how much I love you, and how much I value you." "I'm sorry, but now... you're just an asshole!" "Why?" "Khrushchev is the one who puts the power in your hands." "Who is the secretary assistant, when the secretary is always away on trips?" "That's everything!" "I counted, he spent 145 days abroad last year." "That's four-and-a-half months." "(N.V. Podgorny." "A member of the CC CPSU presidium)" "So use this!" "Take everything into your own hands." "Leonid, you must think about it." "Maybe you should stop playing Khrushchev's games." "We need to save the country from him." "Maybe you should stop playing Khrushchev's games." "We need to save the country from him." "(A.N. Shelepin." "The CC SPSU secretary)" "What do you think?" "We have a big fish on the hook." "(V.E. Semichastny." "The chairman of the KGB USSR, the member of the CC CPSU)" "It's we, not them, who should save the country." "You mean Leonid is a transitional character for us?" "Well, now let's fish." "You've got a good catch anyway." " He bit." "Yes, he did." "What is in the envelope do you think?" "I guess comrade Abragimov's foreign bank account number." "What status is he?" "A member of CC CPSU." "He might be the secretary soon." "He's Mashitov's man." "And that one is a friend of Leonid Ilyich." "Well, it's not good, Volodya." "Where are they in this photo?" "In Vnukovo." "The toilet for deputies." "What does it mean?" "We catch them, but they rule over us." "It seems so." "Stop it." "We are the counter-intelligence service, who listens to us?" "In our system, in the race for quality, there is no finish line." "I don't think the General will be happy to see this." "Whether the boss likes it or not, I'm gonna tell him of our findings." "The picture will be for dessert." "If the General wants me to retire..." "I'm not gonna shoot myself." "Are you all right?" "My heart hurts." "I'll drink some medicine." " Is your mother sleeping?" "Yes, she is." "You sure?" " I'll check." "Yes, she is sleeping." " How many drops?" " Thirty-two." "She is sleeping then." "What do you think you're doing?" "I'll wake her up if you drink this!" "Don't dare do that." "Sit quiet." "I don't need your help with that." "What are you doing?" "Remember, son." "There are two opinions." "One is mine, the other one is stupid." " How was your trip?" " My trip?" "I was in Sweden besides that...." "Who are you gonna be?" "A candidate in technical sciences." "Tell me then, 'a scientist,' how can there be socialism in Sweden?" "Not here, but there, in Sweden, which looks like a Russian village." "Why?" "Because we are close." "They are just scared, they have to be." "They just want to be different from us." "Socialism without any revolution." "But my hands hurt even until this day." "I did everything for the party!" "We thought we must have everything." "Those were people!" "Those were communists!" "They were different from those of today." "I can't afford to be sick these days." "I can't die!" "Your father needs only ten more years to further communism." "There's nobody around me." "These are not people, They are scum." "They are loafers, bureaucrats." "And what about Nikolay Podgorny?" "He seems to be loyal to you." "Who is loyal?" "Podgorny?" "He must hide somewhere, so I won't see him anymore!" "And Shelepin?" "He's 40, I think." "Shelepin is well-educated." "I gave him an offer to become secretary of the Leningrad committee." "But he took offence." "He considered that as a demotion." "He was in the centre, and he wanted to stay there," "I might get sick and he thinks that he will replace me." "And what about Leonid Ilyich?" "About who?" "Nice fellow." "Do you know how we used to call him?" "A ballet dancer." "He turns where life turns him." "They all think he's Punch." "But he sticks to me, and I need that." "That's exactly what I need." "He's gonna rule the bureaucracy." "That's when I can take revenge!" "I will rule them through him." "To rule the bureaucracy, is to rule the country." "They solve everything, no matter who you are." "The moustached one knew that, he knew everything...." "Iosif Vessarionovich knew that!" "He could rule people skillfully." "And as for me... during the war, I found out about a situation," "I reported it to comrade Stalin:" "that the Germans were gonna come on the 16th." "Time passes, the situation changes." "He calls for me, I'm coming, reporting." "Then he tells me "About turn!"" "I turned around and found myself faced to the wall." "20 minutes passed." "An hour passed." "I'm a human, I'm a state person." "And then he says again:" ""About turn!"" "I turn around and he says:" ""Come to the window." "Where are your Germans?"" "Can you call him a human?" "No, son, I can't die now." "I need ten years." "But I can stand it." "Last night Colonel Glushko shot himself." "What was the reason?" "Do you know?" "No." "Maybe it has something to do with your work?" "Like what?" "Don't think so." "Okay." "We'll figure that out." "Since you put in order all the papers about this case, and turned them in to me, now you can go on vacation." "It will not be easy to find an appropriate man to fill his position." "Do you want to hear an agricultural joke?" "Let's keep the jokes for a while." "Let's discuss our business first." "Did you decide to do it?" "Not yet." "How long are you gonna think?" "You don't know Nikita!" "He only looks simple." "He's wrung many necks." "Molotov, Beriya, Koganovich, Zhukov." "You can be left with nothing, you know that?" "We all can be left with nothing." "Yes." "Two of us." "To Moscow." "Stop chickening out, Leonid." "Nikolay asked all North committee secretaries." "They're all are against Khrushchev." "I'll take the Ukraine upon myself." "You can charm Georgia, Uzbekistan." "They're your people." "The plenum will be ours." "Look at us, we can do it!" "You're all with me, but only until the first militiaman comes." "What red hair!" " How is it going, red-hair?" " Everything's fine, Leonid Ilyich." "I had a red-head once in my motherland." "She was a dashing girl." "She used to write poetry, by the way." "And do you write poetry, red-hair?" "Or do you only write reports?" "I write reports in verse." "Bon appetite!" " Nikolay Grigoryevich." "Yes?" " The telephone call is for you." " Later." "Yes." "Is he yours?" "That fellow?" "Yes, he's mine." "He's approved." "We've been together three years." "Look,.." "check Vorobyov in the south of the Krasnodar Territory." "He's not the one." "Zarabyan needs to be checked too." "And the others too." "This is how a very important person must talk." "Don't devour my every word." "Leonid Ilyich, now it's time for a new agricultural joke." "Please." "The joke is:" "A Chukchi man comes back home from his hunting." "He comes into his house and sees his naked wife and a naked geologist on the bearskin." "And the Chukchi man asks:" ""Dear comrade geologist, what are you doing with my wife?"" "And the geologists answers:" ""Don't you see?" "I fulfill Nikita Sergeevich's decree." "I apply corn in the North."" "Excuse me, father." " Do you remember?" "About what?" "You promised me to see professor Lopatin." "He's here." "What Lopatin?" "He's a historian." "You were under his supervision before the war started." "The one who did time." "Ask him in." "Lopatin has some important conversation and he wants to do it in the street." "It's possible." "I was just thinking about taking a walk." "Thank you, son." "So what did you want to tell me, Vladimir Ivanovich?" " The fact is that..." "Yes, speak." "Some of the big figures in the KGB, behind your back, are doing some wicked deeds." "What do you mean?" "They sell drugs, have their own foreign bank accounts, invest their money in western enterprises." "Who are they?" "For example, comrade Ibragimov." "He's Mashitov's friend." "Do you have evidence?" "The KGB has it." "In the department of counterespionage." "How do you know that?" "The captain of the counterespionage department told me that." "He's the son of a good friend of mine, the former Red commander, who died in the camp--in my arms." "What was his last name?" "I can't tell you that, Nikita Sergeevich." "Why?" "You know, there was a murderous assault upon the captain." "And his boss killed himself after he stated his views on the corruption by government and KGB members." "He didn't want to do that, though." "Excuse me, Nikita Sergeevich, but you don't notice that the highest members of the party have been re-born." "Most of them now are cynics and with bourgeois bias in their hearts." "Yes, listen to me." "Stalin destroyed the best representatives of the party." "Although they started being re-born earlier." "Stop it!" "You became exasperated in the camp." "And now you consider everyone to be a bad person." "You lift your arm against the party." "But that was the party that brought the country up from ruin." "And that was the party that plucked up courage and condemned all Stalin's exaggerations." "That was the party that upturned virgin soil, launched a man into space, and started big construction projects even with great unknowns, and now millions of workers live in separate flats." "And who opened the gates of the prisons and camps?" "That was the party too." "It's a huge list." "I thought you to be better than you are, comrade Lopatin." "And you..." "Good bye." "I have much work to do today." " General Kuraev." " This is Khrushchev." "Yes, Nikita Sergeevich." "I've heard of the Ibragimov case." "What is it about?" "What case are you talking about?" " I have some information." "What kind of information?" "That's what I wanted to ask you!" "We don't have any cases on Ibragimov and we never had any." "Then why did your colleague kill himself?" "If you mean colonel Glushko, he had some troubles with his family life." "What was the name of the captain whom he supervised?" "Sorokin." "Is he mentally sane?" "Not quite, comrade Khrushchev." "Last time we noticed, he had a morbid imagination." "Why do you keep such people then?" "He's on vacation now." "When he comes back he will have a less responsible job." "We have decided that." "All right." "That's all." " Good bye, Nikita Sergeevich." "Sochi." "State residence of CC CPSU" "Without a fuss, find out who's on vacation now." "N.G. Ignatov." "The chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet presidium." "Zarabyan, the Armenian secretary, the secretaries of Kamchatka, Belgorod and Volhynia committees." "Vorobyov from Krasnodar is going to come tomorrow." "Then we'll talk with him and Zarobyan." "Before I forget, arrange a dinner in two days, for ten people." "Got it." "We'll leave in several days." "So, you don't have enough time to swim, do you?" "Don't worry." "Our day will come." "We've got to live!" "It's too cold to swim in November." "Who told you about November?" "You did, Nikolay Grigoryevich." "Remember, nobody told you anything!" "Your job is to be deaf." "Go." "Yes, Georgiy." "I am offended and I'm not afraid to admit it." "Because it's not the party I'm offended with." "So many lies I heard from him." "He considers everyone as a loafer or a slacker." "And he's a workaholic." "He's worked so much that the country is gonna die from starvation soon." "And what are you planning to do?" "G.A. Vorobyov." "The secretary of Krasnodar CPSU branch" "We'll gather the plenary session, and criticize them for ignoring CC CPSU opinion." "For the sake of agriculture." "I've always been with you, even when Khrushchev chucked you out from the secretariat." "And don't mess with me, tell me the truth." "Yes?" "Yes." "And who?" "Either Podgorny or Brezhnev." "I see." "And when?" "Everything must be done before the November plenary session starts." "What do you need?" "Nikolay Grigoryevich, the Armenian secretary has arrived." "Comrade Zarobyan." "Tell him we're sorry and ask him to wait." "He shouldn't see us together." "Go, go." "What are you waiting for?" "That is good." "I never doubted your people." "I hesitated a lot, but I think that's it." "I'm not a pawn for him." "We need to take him away." "We'll carry out the November plenary session without Nikita." "You sure you don't have an eavesdropping device here?" "R.M. Mashitov." "A member of CC CPSU" "I don't care." "He knows that." "Who?" " The one who installed it here." "Semichastny?" "And Shelepin too." "The whole Komsomol is with us." "By the way, let's go to the balcony." "As for the Komsomol members, Shelepin and Semichastny." "They're good guys, but too quick." "I trust you more than anyone." "Do you have your own service?" "What do you mean?" "I mean you should trust, but verify." "It would be good if you look after them." "Can you?" " I can find people." " That is great." "Keep an eye on them." "A very wise decision, Leonid Ilyich." "Semichasny seems to suspect something." "Sorry?" "Semichastny knows about our friendly relationship." "OK, let him try to sniff this out." "He's not gonna try to remove me, because we work together, but when we finish, we'll find another use for him, without his card index." "As for Nikita, we've got to take him away!" "Urgently." "What about your accounts?" "Are they okay?" "Everything's spread out in over five countries." "How much?" "Three hundred million." "It's enough." "Don't spend it." "It's for the party." "It's for the support of national liberation movements." "You know what I mean." "As for Nikita, we've got to take him away!" "Zheleznovodsk." "KGB state residence." "Alexander Nikolaevich is waiting for you, comrade General." "Sasha!" "What happened?" " Nothing." "I'm flying to Moscow, and decided to call upon you." "Why don't you have dinner with us?" "The trout is going to be ready soon." "No, let's better have a walk and talk." "This is my place, so you have nothing to conceal here." "Thank you." "Khrushchev decided about vacation." "He's going to Pitsunda soon." "It's time to go to Moscow." "I've been here for three days." "Give me time to have some rest." "I have friends there, I've got everything settled." "Wanna look at the situation report?" "The whole country tells jokes about Nikita." "We'll take the products as we agreed." "I think Lyonya is gonna appreciate this." "Stop talking about him." "Brezhnev is a temporary figure." "You know that better than me." "Don't get angry and don't doubt." "Whatever happens, I'm your man." "Okay." "Be quiet." "When Khrushchev leaves, Pitsunda must be well isolated." "Block all information, cut off all means to Khrushchev." "The circle of people has been extended." "It's very dangerous." "Hold a gun on the Ukrainians and Leonid." "They can set us up." "Got it." "A.I. Adzhubey. "Izvestiya" editor-in-chief, a member of CC CPSU, Khrushchev's son-in-law." "Hello." " Is this Alexey Ivanovich Adjubey?" "Yes, who are you?" "I'm from the counter-intelligence service." "You called the wrong person then." "Talk to Semichastny." "Don't hang up." "I know you're both friends, but now I rely on your family bonds and your senses." "Sorry?" "A coup d'etat is being prepared against your father-in-law, and Semichastny is a member." "Just a minute." "You have proof?" " Tell me when and where." "You'll have them." "I need guarantees you're not a carpet-bagger." "No guarantees, but I take the risk, not you." "If you don't come now, in an hour Semichastny will not let us meet." "This is might be the last time I'm talking to you." "I'm being hunted." "What do you have?" "A tape." "About what?" "A conversation at the Brezhnev's flat." "You gotta understand me, Khrushchev is in great danger." "If he's disconnected at Pitsunda, it will be too late." "Don't you understand..." "Who let you bug the Brezhnev's flat?" "Who are you working for?" "What are you talking about, Vladimir Efimovich?" "Tolya, I know one of your people did that." " How do you know that?" " It doesn't matter." "If it wasn't you then which of your gangsters decided to do that?" "It's impossible, comrade General." "I think that there is complete chaos in your department." "Was it Sorokin?" "Who do you mean?" "Don't play games with me." "The one who Khrushchev called to ask about Ibragimov." "You told Khrushchev that he had a morbid imagination." " Did you say that?" "Yes." "But he disappeared." "What do you mean, disappeared?" "By himself?" "He didn't come back from holiday and disappeared without a trace." "Why didn't you tell me?" "We're looking for him." "Tolya, you'll receive a reprimand because of your people." "But for now, get him wherever he is." "And who can hunt for that Sorokin?" "I have no idea." "If I find out that you are bluffing," "I'll cut off your balls." "Now go!" " Sasha, it's me." "What do you have?" "Adzhubey has some information." "Don't worry, he won't say a word." "Why?" "That pig thinks he will be the Minister for Foreign Affairs." "Should I tickle Leonid, Mashitov and Ibragimov?" "Too early." "We'll nail them afterwards." "For now, you can frighten them." "That means Kuraev has time-off." "You're right." "They'll go deeper." "Hello." "Can I talk to Nikita Sergeevich?" "He's not in Moscow." "Who am I talking to?" " This is his son." "Hello, Sergey Nikitich." "This is Malkov from Ignatov's guard." "Please, don't hang up." "It was very hard to get to the phone." "What's the matter?" "There's a conspiracy against Nikita Sergeevich." "Hello, do you hear me?" "Comrade Malkov,.." "you have to tell your department." "It is impossible." "Semichastny joined the conspiracy too." "I want to ask you to meet me." "I'm a little sick." "Okay, what is your address, I'll come over." "Let's meet outside." "Tell me your car license number." "I'll be standing at Kutuzovskiy Prospect." "At the corner of the house 10/12." "Black "Volga", 1328." "I'll be there in 30 minutes." "Are you Malkov?" "Yes, it's me." "Get in." "So where are we going?" "Let's go somewhere outside Moscow." "To a forest." "Let's go to a forest then." "Anyway, thank you for your information." "Tomorrow my father comes from Ural." "I promise you to tell him everything." "How can I get in touch with you?" "This is my phone number." "We talk on the phone about a place and time of the meeting only." "Tell me, why did you decide to take such a dangerous step?" "If Ignatov finds out, he will never forgive." "I guess you're right." "Do you believe in decency?" "I do." "Besides that I'm tired of being a servant, a flunkey." "That's it." "It's nonsense!" "It is impossible!" "Because it can't happen." "Tell me those names again." " Ignatov." "Yes." " Podgorny." "Yes." " Brezhnev." "Yes." "Semichastny and Shelepin." "Ignatov can be the man, he's never happy." "You can always see him." "But Brezhnev and Podgorny can't do that ever." "I took them out of shit." "They must help me all their lives!" "Semichastny, Shelepin are very different people." "They look down on them." "They call them Komsomol members." "I wasn't insane when I appointed them." "There are mice and there are rats." "They are both rodents." "Right?" "But in spite of that, they can't live together." "They eat each other." "You didn't tell people about this, did you?" "Of course, I didn't." "Good." "Don't tell anyone about this." "It's dangerous, my son." "You can die of an unknown disease." "Just in case, introduce that man to Mikoyan." "Anastas is very experienced." "He'll figure that out." "By the way, do you know the joke about Mikoyan?" "It's raining." "Somebody tells him: "Take the umbrella."" "And he answers: "I don't need one, I'll go between squirts."" "I can't work on that now." "I have serious things to do." "A new constitution." "The main law of the state." "Then I'll go on vacation." "To Pitsunda." "Malkov Viktor Vasilyevich, the officer of Ignatov's guard." "A.I. Mikoyan." "A member of the CC CPSU presidium" "Tell me only what you know." "We'll draw conclusions by ourselves." "Yes, comrade Mikoyan." "Let me report only facts." " Sergey, take notes." " Okay." "Constant meetings with Podgorny and Brezhnev, their mysterious calls." "And finally, the unexpected friendship of my boss with Semichastny and Shelepin." "For some reason I heard "November" in every talk." "What must be done before November?" "And now I think that the constant talking about November is connected with Nikita Sergeevich's vacation." "That is it!" "I asked you to keep yourself away from your own speculations." " The things you told me, comrade..." " Malkov." "...Malkov, are very serious." "I hope you understand about the responsibility you take upon yourself." "I do, comrade Mikoyan." "That's good." "You acted like a real communist." "But I must state that comrades Podgorny, Brezhnev and other comrades you mentioned are honest people too." "They have devoted their hearts and souls to the welfare of the people and to the communist party." "That's why we treat them as our companions-in-arms." " Sergey, did you write that down?" " No, it was too quick." "Take your time." "...as our companions-in-arms." "Are you going on vacation with your father?" "Yes, but later when I finish with my work." "Then decode the notes and take them to Pitsunda." "You've got a nice eavesdropping device here, Sukhov." "I hear unimportant things and I don't hear important ones." "Scumbag." "Anastas is like a fox." "As always, he takes both sides." "He's a strategist." "What is it?" "The personal file of the captain Malkov, comrade General." "I'm not gonna look at that." "Why not?" " Because." "It's you who overlooked it, so it's you who's gonna deal with that." "Got it." "He didn't believe me." "I think everything was fine." "And as for those words..." "He just didn't want to cast a shadow on CC CPSU members before he could check on them." "Or maybe even worse." "Worse than what?" "I'm sorry for dragging you into this." "Don't call me anymore." "They know about me." "Stop it." "Don't worry." "Nikita Sergeevich knows about you already." "Where are you going?" " I overslept." "Check the other platforms, I'm gonna check the station." "Yes." "Your ticket?" " I'll settle this." "I need the internal phone." "The First, it's the Seventh." "The object has left the station in Kharkov." " Is this the last train for today?" "Yes." "Where to?" " To Mariupol." "Where do you need to go?" " The same city." " Insane." "Why didn't you come earlier?" "601, wait a minute." "There's a passenger here." "Thank you." "Moscow." "Airport Vnukovo-2." "October, 2." "As we Russians say, dear Nikita Sergeevich, this one is for the road." "Don't worry, we're guarding here." "I see." "What's your rank now?" " Colonel-general, Nikita Sergeevich." "Colonel-general." "I was a lieutenant-general earlier today, and now I'm a private." "So, our supreme commander-in-chief, have some rest;" "and then, relaxation..." "It would be good to be relaxed, private." "But why do I need to be relaxed, when, as I heard, you're gonna remove me in November?" "Nikita Sergeevich, this is not funny." "How did you think of such things, Nikita Sergeevich?" "Who could've told you that?" "Who is trying to force a wedge into the leadership?" "Nikolay, did you lose your sense of humor?" "Nikita Sergeevich is teasing us." "He likes doing that." " Our dear Nikita Sergeevich!" " Stop it." "It's time." "Dad, I'm sorry, I've just escaped." "My son." "I was laughing here because of you." "What do you mean?" "I told them about the conspiracy." "You did?" "And what about Malkov?" "OK, let's not talk about this." "Good bye." "Let's step aside." "Did you hear that?" "Yes." "He knows everything." "He does, but he doesn't believe it." "Otherwise he wouldn't leave." "We've got to do something!" " Like what?" "We need to do something." "Inaction could be fatal for us." "You're right with that." "Hold on, where did he get that information?" "Are you with us?" "Yes, with you, Leonid Ilyich." "We've found the source of the information." "Everything's fine." "He flew to the Crimea." "Maybe do something with the plane?" "Stop worrying!" "The point of our actions is to make it look legal and easy." "And not to make it look like a coup d'etat." "I feel uneasy for some reason, Volodya." "You're surprised that I found you?" "It's not that hard for someone like you." "But why?" "What if you're here with another man?" "I'd choose a better place." "But this one seems good enough for me." "I don't believe you." "You always look for me when you feel bad." "Yes, you're right." "But now I'm driven into a corner." " By whom?" " Doesn't matter." "I only know that there's no one closer than you." "Anastas Ivanovich." "Sergey, I dozed off." " How was your flight?" " It was okay." "I brought you the record." "Good." "Come on in." "Why didn't you write down my words?" "What words?" "What I told you at that time." "About Brezhnev and Podgorny." "About everybody." "That we trust them." "Did you forget?" "No, actually I thought you said those words for that man." "Why did I have to write them here?" "Write them down." "When?" " Now." "Sit down and write them down." "Do you have your notebook?" "Yes." " That's good." "Are you writing?" "Yes, I am." "Okay." "Check." "Have you finished?" " I think yes." " Okay then." "You see this?" "Yes, I do." " Sign it." "Why?" "This is a document." "But this is not for administrative use." "You're young." "Everything seems strange to you." "Sign it." " Okay." "Very good." "I'll need that for my memorandum." "What do you think about getting married in November?" "Why did you choose that month?" "It's autumn." "An autumn wedding." "But it was May." "Now you won't get away from me." "It's not the worst thing in a woman's life." "Come on in, friends." "So, it's time, Nikita Sergeevich." "They're gonna report now." "The launch was started five minutes ago ." "I must prepare a new edition of the constitution for the November plenary session." "I dictated something." "Take a look." "Okay." "It's strange." "If there had been a delay or an accident, we would've been informed." " Put me through with Kosygin." " Okay, Nikita Sergeevich." "Nikita Sergeevich, Kosygin is out." " Then with Smirnov." " He's out too." "They're looking for him." "I'll find everyone when I return." "An important message." "There's a new three-seater piloted space aircraft "Voskhod" in orbit." "Today on the 12th of October, 1964, at 10:30 am, Moscow time, the Soviet Union launched the space aircraft "Voskhod"" "which was taken to space by a powerful launch vehicle." "There are citizens of the Soviet Union on board..." "Why?" "No interview today." "Smirnov is on the phone, Nikita Sergeevich." "Comrade Smirnov, why didn't you report about the launch?" "What do you mean didn't have time?" "You have time to get rations?" "You should have reported to me immediately!" "The leader of the country finds out about that on TV!" "Are you crazy?" "You're a scumbag, comrade Smirnov!" "I reprimand you!" "Dad!" "Look, what if we go on a pre-wedding trip?" "Let's go to Pitsunda, for example." "My conspiritor." "That's why you dreamed-up the wedding?" "I'd go to the end of the world with you." " Let's pack then." " Let's." " Let's." " Let's." "Barvikha." "Brezhnev's residence." "Don't think something bad." "We just didn't want to worry you." "But we were sure that our thoughts are united, and that you support us, our dear Mikhail Andreevich." "M.A. Suslov." "A member of the CC CPSU presidium" "What are you doing?" "That is a civil war!" "Come to your senses!" "R.Y. Malinovskiy." "Minister of Defense, a member of CC CPSU" "There will be no civil war." "You said several times that the people are tired of Khrushchev." "It's time to apply our talks to reality." "We must do that immediately, Mikhail Andreevich." "Before the cosmonaut returns." "He shouldn't meet him." "I mean it's not him who should meet him." "And who should?" "Here." "The heart of our presidium, our beloved Leonid Ilyich." "Does he suit you?" "Well, completely." "Okay." "If you all do that, I agree." "We thought a lot yesterday and we decided that it's you who should call Khrushchev and ask him to come to the CC CPSU presidium, Mikhail Andreevich." "Why me and not you?" "You are his old companion-in-arms." "He won't suspect you of anything." "Besides we rely upon your political experience." "Experience matters of course, but in this case authority is more important." "Mikhail Andreevich, you certainly don't need authority." "Maybe." "But you have more authority than any of us." "That's right." "It's maybe even better." "No, anyone can call, but not me." "But why, Leonid Ilyich?" "No, no, no." "My voice can give myself away completely." "You underestimate yourself, Leonid Ilyich." "You are quite an artist." "Then you, Alexander, call." "You're made of iron." "This is not serious, Leonid Ilyich." "What if Khrushchev asks why it's him, but not Suslov or Brezhnev?" "What are you afraid of?" "Everything's perfect." "The army...the KGB." "And also, no one is as hospitable as you, Leonid Ilyich." "I said no!" "If anything happens I'll be the one who they ask after." "Yes, Mikhail Andreevich, it's Lebedev." "Yes, he's in the swimming pool." "Nikita Sergeevich, it's Suslov." "He asks if he should call you back or if you can talk to him now." "What does he need?" " I don't know." "Okay." "I'll talk." "Here it is, Nikita Sergeevich." "I'm listening, comrade Suslov." "Why is it so urgent?" "I'm on holiday." "There's always work." "Why don't we discuss it at the plenary session?" "What do you mean you gathered?" "I don't know." "Okay, if you can't do that without me, I'll try to come tomorrow." " Did you hear that?" "What is it?" "They decided to hold a plenary session." "Why?" "Maybe they have something to discuss?" "Nonsense." "They have nothing to discuss." "Nothing." "Why do you think so?" "Because." "I think he was right." "I'm sorry, Nikita Sergeevich, you're an emotional man." "You exaggerate alot." "And what is that?" "Is that an exaggeration again?" "Did you call the frontier post?" "Yes, Nikita Sergeevich." "And?" "They said that Semichastny decreed that the boats should come." "What can you say now?" "Semichastny decreed." "What shall we do about the plane?" "Shall we prepare it?" "Yes." "Approximately for the morning." "What?" "I must warn you." "We can meet on the way to Pitsunda, we'll have some different surprises." "I knew that." "I can't tell you everything now." "Marina..." "The most important state secret is in this." "Because of this package, I'm being hunted." "I put it here." "Come here, look." "You see?" "Marina, just in case, if something happens to me..." "Happens?" "You must deliver this package to the state residence, to the chief of the guard, colonel Litovchenko." "You got it?" "Yes." "You didn't change your mind about going with me?" "No." "And you know, I love you, even when you do things like this." "Calm down." "Everything's gonna be fine." "This place is kind of ours, and we forgot about our sign." "Let's leave two coins for luck." "Let's swim after all." " I just put on make-up." " Oh, women!" "Okay." "Take it." "Then I'll dig our coins by myself." "Volodya, there's only enough oxygen for ten minutes." "That's enough for me." "The First to the Fifth." "Intercept a grey "Moskvich." 2602 LIS." "Copy that. 2602 LIS." "Over." "Lady, put me through with the Minister of Defense Malinovskiy." "Call his home then." "Hello, I'm listening." " Rodion, is that you?" "Yes, it's me, Nikita Sergeevich." "Why are they collecting the presidium?" "I don't know, Nikita Sergeevich." "Why?" " They didn't tell you?" " Not yet." "I hope you didn't forget that I saved you from Stalin in 1942." " How could you think such a thing?" "Anything can happen, Rodion." "Why did you remember that?" " Can I rely on you?" " Of course, but what do you mean?" "Just what I just said." "I might need your forces." "I can do anything you say, but after it's verified at the plenary session." "What do you mean?" "But if it's without the session?" "I can't do it without." "It's not supposed to be that way." "Who said that?" "I'm the commander-in-chief!" "You're the commander-in-chief when it's a war." "When it's peace, CC CPSU decides what to do." "I'm sorry, Nikita Sergeevich, but there must be discipline." "You determined that." "Fuck you." "Damn legalist." "I gave birth to you, it's me then, who will kill you." "Lady, put me through to Kiev, with the commander-in-chief." "Call his home." " Koshevoy?" "Yes." "Hi, Peter!" "It's Khrushchev." "Nikita Sergeevich?" "I dreamt about you last night." "Now I'm starting to believe in mysticism." " How are you?" " I'm OK, Peter." "I'm calling you from Pitsunda." "Where did you go on holiday?" " In Yalta." " In Yalta?" "It's good in Yalta." "It is the pearl of the Ukraine." "I have a question for you." "Can you do me a favor?" "Anything you want, Nikita Sergeevich." "Don't hurry to answer." "If I need your help, you know what I mean, will you ask for directions from CC CPSU?" "Why do I need it?" "You're the boss, I will do anything you say." "Is anyone treating you badly?" "No, I asked just in case." "If anything happens let me know, I'll do anything." "Okay." "I was glad to hear from you." "Are you leaving for somewhere?" " For training." "When?" "In a week." "You can go in a week." "I'm asking you because tomorrow I might call you again." "I'll be sitting next to the phone the whole day." "Alright, good bye." "If anything happens let me know, I'll do anything you ask." "Okay." "I was glad to hear you." "Are you leaving for somewhere?" "The rest is not that important." "You're not sleeping, Vladimir?" "No, Leonid Ilyich." "I'm at my post." "Okay." "How is he?" "It seems he's leaving tomorrow." "You're sure?" "Right now I only know that he ordered his plane prepared." " Is everything okay with you?" " No doubt of it!" "That's good." "He can do something during the night." "He's a commander." "You're just a prophet, Leonid Ilyich." "Two hours ago he called Malinovskiy." "Say what?" "And what?" "Rodion did everything that he was supposed to do." "Very good." "And where else did he call?" "Nowhere." "You should've disconnected him." "How would we know what he thinks about?" "I don't know." "If you've got him covered, what are you afraid of?" "I'll think about it." "You can go to bed." "Malinovskiy commanded the troops not to leave their units." "I changed the guard in the Kremlin and in the residence." "Go to bed." "What bed are you talking about?" "Go to Kiev, Sukhov, take Koshevoy under your supervision." "Act deliberately." "Pitsunda" "Excuse me, do you have anything to eat?" "Kebab. 2.20." " Thank you." "You're welcome." "A white "Moskvich." 2602 LIS." "A blonde, 25-30 years of age." "Kind of pretty." "Keep your eyes open." "We never overlook pretty blondes." " Prepare to go to Plan 3." "Yes." "The First, I'm the Twelfth." "The object is found." " Copy that." "Yes." "So?" "Couldn't find her." "OK, let's block her car." "The First, I'm the Twelfth." "The car is parked." "We're waiting for the blonde." "Copy that." "Wait!" "What are you doing here?" "I need colonel Litovchenko, the head of Khrushchev's guard." "Why?" "I need to tell him some very important information." "What information?" " I don't know, take me to Litovchenko." "I'm Litovchenko, the chief of Khrushchev's guard." "You are?" "Show me your ID, please." "I just need to you to hand it over." "I'm sorry." "Litovchenko, colonel." " This is for you." " Unwrap it." ""For Khrushchev: personal"." " Take this." "What is it?" "I don't know." "Good bye." "Thank you." "Who sent this?" " It doesn't matter anymore." "I am the Twelfth." "She left and she talked to Litovchenko." " Proceed to the operation, plan 3." "Yes." "You heard it?" "Plan 3." "Pitsunda." "Khrushchev's residence." "October, 13" "May I come in, Nikita Sergeevich?" " Bon appetite, Nikita Sergeevich." " Thank you." "The plane is ready, when do you want to fly?" "Let's fly at 12." "What is it?" "A tape, marked Personal." "For you." "Who brought it?" "A girl, just this morning." "She didn't explain." "To Khrushchev, personal." "Who brought it?" " Did you listen to this?" " I didn't have the right to." "Okay." "You can go." "Nikita Sergeevich, as a human being I thank you for my father's rehabilitation." "As an officer I regard it as my duty to show you this recording." "I'm the counter-intelligence service man, whom Lopatin told you about." "You didn't believe him." "Then listen to the conversation between your secretary assistant and Mashitov." "That is good." "I never doubted your people." "Let's drink for your blossoming territory and for your faithful dzhigits." "I hesitated a lot, but I think that's it." "I'm not a pawn for him." "We need to take him away." "We'll carry out the November plenary session without Nikita." "You sure you don't have an eavesdropping device here?" "I don't care." "He knows that." "Who?" " The one who installed it here." "Semichastny?" "And Shelepin too." "The whole Komsomol is with us." "By the way, let's go to the balcony." "What about your accounts?" "Are they okay?" "Everything's spread out over five countries." "How much?" "Three hundred million." "It's enough." "Don't spend it." "It's for the party." "The support of national liberation movements." "You know what I mean." "As for Nikita, we've got to take him away!" "Urgently." "You're eating porridge?" "Yes, I do." "I'm waiting for a glass of juice." "This is for you, instead of juice." "I've listened to it." "I can't listen to this for the second time." "It's good juice." "Spiced." "And with jam." "I'll be waiting for you at the arbor in 20 minutes." " Good morning, Nastas Ivanovich." " Hello." "Wait." "Stop it, Nikita." "We didn't lose anything." "That's it." "They've disconnected me!" "Scumbags!" "What didn't Khrushchev do for them?" "This is my fault." "I relaxed my vigilance." "They besieged me, as a wolf." "I guess they forgot about the moustached one." "That's okay." "I'll put them in their places." "I'll show them who's in charge here." "They're going to regret this!" "I have loyal friends in Kiev." "We'll give them their gruel!" "Those who understand will need to hide somewhere in Africa, and those who don't..." "we'll go overboard on them!" "And Leonid with his traitors, the Komsomol members, we will execute!" "I will tear away their heads!" "Why did you give me the tape?" "I gave you the tape because I believe in you." "I trust you." "I wanted to ask you for advice." "Then why don't you ask?" " I know what you are going to say." "What?" "Submit to this and don't be a fool." "But I can't do that." "I was the one who opened the 20th congress!" "I can't do that." "But something else interests me." "What the fuck did Nikita Sergeevich do?" "What are they getting at?" "Did you hear at the end of the tape about the money they are dealing with?" "They're fooling the whole world!" "And it's under the guise of 'saintly international duty!" "'" "The fact they want to dethrone me doesn't bother me." "Maybe they won't even succeed." "The thing that bothers me is that even the best Russian people are scoundrels!" "If that is so, what kind ofcountry we have built?" "What kind of society is it?" "If that's the truth then we are all dead!" "And I'm dead then too." "But I'm not afraid of blood!" "Are you finished?" "Yes." "Then listen to me." "First, if you connect with Koshevoy, there will be a civil war." "Second, you know better than me that the race for power exists even with socialism." "What socialism?" "There is socialism in Sweden, but there's only visibility here." "It will be." "Of course you're right." "We built something we didn't plan to in 1917." "Some hybrid of high falutin ideas and stupid deeds." "And everyone has a part in that." " Ilyich, Stalin, you and me." "And me." "Do you know who we are?" "We are Mitchurins." "I've understood that." "And you didn't tell me?" "Why?" "The party is our life and we must keep it." "If we don't, then we'll be dead as you said." "What party?" "The 'party' which we heard on that tape?" " Maybe it doesn't exist anymore." " Leave your emotions." "And your story about it coming from a counter-intelligence service man?" "They believe it." "To undermine the party's authority means putting the party in doubt." "You stroke everybody with Stalin." "Now you want to do it with yourself." "Calm down, Nikita." "And it doesn't matter if we believe in that or not." "So what did you decide?" "Moscow or Kiev?" "They are stupid people.." "Why don't they like Nikita Sergeevich?" "What are they without me?" "Who do they think they are?" "They're gonna shit themselves and put the country in shit." "We're the last people who remember what it all started for." "No." "We gotta keep it going for just ten more years." "And then they'll see who Nikita Sergeevich is." "And who's gonna follow the party." "To Moscow, of course." "I don't have a choice." "Very important." "To addressee only." "Moscow." "The Kremlin." "To Brezhnev." "Leaving for Moscow." "Secure against Kiev." "Mikoyan." "Thank you." "Thank you." "We're glad you had a safe trip, Nikita Sergeevich." "Why are there so few of you?" "Everybody's in the Kremlin." "They're waiting for you." "Waiting?" "Let's go then." "Get in, Nikita Sergeevich." "You get in first." "Shurik, I hope you didn't freeze anything." "It's gonna be even better." "Happy Epiphany." "And the red-haired one again." " So, red-hair?" " Everything's fine, Leonid Ilyich." "Bon appetite." "Let's play some foolish game." "We've already played a foolish game." "After the coup d'etat:" "A.N. Shelepin was removed from the CC CPSU secretaries." "V.E. Semichastny was dismissed from the KGB office." "N.V. Podgorny was removed from the CC CPSU secretaries." "A.I. Mikoyan was released from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet." "N.G. Ignatov died in 1966." "H.Y. Malinovskiy died in 1966." "L.I. Brezhnev became:" "The general CC CPSU secretary," "The chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet." "The Commander-in-Chief of USSR armed forces." "Marshal of the Soviet Union." "Four times a Hero of the Soviet Union." "A Hero of Socialistic Work." "A 'Knight of Victory.'" "The Lenin and other prizes laureate..." "He remained in charge of the party and the country for 18 years and 26 days...."