The ruthless local Soviet commissar and farm director stationed in Smila. During the forced collectivization campaign, he brutally suppresses Ukrainian farmers, weaponizes grain requisition to cause mass starvation, and attempts to assault Natalka. After surviving a poisoning attempt, he orders his troops to violently crush a peasant revolt and imprisons villagers in a church.
Artistic intellectual versus ruthless local enforcer.
Victim of assault who transforms into a fierce rebel leader.
Regional enforcer executing central regime directives.
State apparatus dismantling traditional family leadership.
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