The Secret Diary of Symon Petliura

The Secret Diary of Symon Petliura

2018 · 123 min · ★ 7.0 · History, Drama

The Secret Diary of Simon Petliura takes an unprecedented look at the short-lived Ukrainian People's Republic, which declared an independent Ukraine in 1918, and the later assassination of the UNR's chairman, Symon Petliura in Paris in 1926, orchestrated by the Kremlin at the start of the Soviet occupation of Ukraine.

Directed by Oles Yanchuk

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