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War in the Western Direction

War in the Western Direction

19906.01 Season6 EpisodesEnded

Overview

A military epic based on Ivan Stadnyuk's novel of the same name about the tragic events of the first months of the WWII.

Created by Eduard Volodarskiy
Written by Eduard Volodarskiy, Ivan Stadnyuk, Hryhorii Kokhan

Top Cast

Archil Gomiashvili

Archil Gomiashvili

Stalin

Andrei Tolubeyev

Andrei Tolubeyev

Рукатов

V

Vladimir Sichkar

Берия

Viktor Uralsky

Viktor Uralsky

Калинин

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

командир мехкорпуса, генерал-майор Фёдор Ксенофонтович Чумаков

Nikolay Zasukhin

Nikolay Zasukhin

Молотов

Ivan Matskevich

Ivan Matskevich

Павлов

Mikhail Ulyanov

Mikhail Ulyanov

Жуков

Georgi Lapeto

Georgi Lapeto

Мехлис

V

Vitali Rosstalnoy

Тимошенко

About War in the Western Direction

War in the Western Direction is a war & politics series that first aired in 1990. Created by Eduard Volodarskiy, it stars Archil Gomiashvili, Andrei Tolubeyev, Vladimir Sichkar. A military epic based on Ivan Stadnyuk's novel of the same name about the tragic events of the first months of the WWII.

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