The Kremlin Chimes

Another ideological rarity from the Soviet era:
April 1920. The young Soviet republic enters its third spring.

Prominent scholar Zabelin is forced to sell matches at the bazaar in order to feed himself during the hungry and difficult time.

He is summoned to the Kremlin, where he is offered to join the work on a strategically important project for Soviet Russia—the Lenin plan for electrifying the country…