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{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = P.K.P. (Pilsudski Bought Petliura)
| native_name = {{langx|ru|П.К.П. (Пилсудский купил Петлюру)}}
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| director = {{Plainlist|
* [[Aksel Lundin]]
* [[Georgi Stabovoi]]
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| producer =
| writer = [[Georgi Stabovoi]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Teodor Brainin]]
* [[Dmitri Erdman]]
* [[Sergei Kalinin (actor)|Sergei Kalinin]]
* [[Ivan Kapralov]]
* [[Nikolai Kuchinsky]]
}}
| music =
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
* [[I. Gudima]]
* [[Fridrikh Verigo-Darovsky]]
}}
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| released = {{Film date|1926}}
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| country = [[Soviet Union]]
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[[File:Petlura-Piłsudski_Winnica_1920.jpg|thumb|[[Józef Piłsudski]] and [[Symon Petliura]] in a wagon of the [[Polish State Railways]] (P.K.P.) train, [[Vinnytsia]] 1920]]
'''P.K.P. (Pilsudski Bought Petliura)''' ({{langx|ru|П.К.П. (Пилсудский купил Петлюру)}}) is a 1926 Soviet film directed by [[Aksel Lundin]] and [[Georgi Stabovoi]].<ref>[http://rg62.info/index.php/all-news/item/6216-v-ryazani-startuet-okraina-2015.html В Рязани стартует «Окраина – 2015»]</ref><ref>[https://www.novgaz-rzn.ru/novosti/5221.html На юбилейном фестивале «Окраина – 2015» будет показан лучший фильм всех времен и народов]</ref><ref>[https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2575172 Золото Днепра]</ref><ref>[http://www.kreschatic.kiev.ua/ru/3173/news/1193762465.html Уникальный фильм украинского производства увидит Родину]</ref>
==Plot==
In the early 1920s, [[Symon Petliura]] negotiates in [[Poland]] for a joint invasion of Ukraine with Polish forces. The "allied" interventionists openly plunder Ukrainian peasants, sending trains loaded with grain, sugar, and other goods to Poland. Ukrainian villagers mockingly reinterpret the acronym PKP (standing for [[Polskie Koleje Państwowe|Polish State Railways]]) as "Piłsudski bought Petliura." Against the Polish invaders stands the cavalry of [[Grigory Kotovsky]], which defeats the enemy forces and drives them back to Poland.
Petliura's influence among emigrants wanes, and leadership passes to General Yurko Tyutyunnyk, who heads an insurgent staff. Tyutyunnyk (played by [[Yuriy Tyutyunnyk]] himself, who had returned to the [[Soviet Union]] and been rehabilitated) organizes officers from internment camps, under the direction of a Polish spy, Dombrówska, to infiltrate the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]]. These officers are issued "pink tickets," which serve as identification for Polish spies.
Meanwhile, in peaceful Soviet Ukraine, nationalist underground groups conspire against the government. Meeting secretly in the [[Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv|Saint Sophia Cathedral]] in [[Kyiv]], they form the "All-Ukrainian Central Insurgent Committee." Their units attack villages, railroad stations, and [[Kombeds]] (committees of poor peasants), burning telegraph poles and infrastructure. However, Kotovsky's cavalry crushes these insurrectionists.
The underground sends a courier, Fedor Dnistro (alias Ataman Nakonechny), abroad to meet with Petliura and Tyutyunnyk. They task him with organizing an uprising in Ukraine to coincide with a planned invasion. However, a Bolshevik agent infiltrates the network and exposes the plot. Tyutyunnyk launches a new campaign against Ukraine but is intercepted and defeated by Kotovsky’s forces. The anti-Bolshevik rebellion is decisively suppressed.
==Production==
Originally envisioned as a two-part film showcasing the work of the [[Cheka]], the production faced challenges. [[Vsevolod Balitsky]], the head of the Ukrainian Cheka, opposed revealing the organization's methods. As a result, the screenplay was heavily edited, and the film was released as a single part. Nevertheless, the movie was based on accurate historical data.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://golubinski.ru/family/livshits/gudok.htm|title=Замнаркома Яков Лившиц|author=Троицкая Г.|website=Библиотека "Россия и Финляндия"|date=1988-11-29|publisher=«Гудок»|access-date=2017-01-06|archive-date=2016-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221073114/http://golubinski.ru/family/livshits/gudok.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Cast ==
* [[Nikolai Kuchinsky]] as [[Symon Petliura]]
* [[Matvei Lyarov]] as [[Józef Piłsudski]]
* [[Yuriy Tyutyunnyk]] as Yuriy Tyutyunnyk (himself)
* [[Dmitri Erdman]] as Nakonechny
* [[Teodor Brainin]] as colonel Pulkovsky
* [[Sergei Kalinin (actor)|Sergei Kalinin]] as Petrenko
* [[Ivan Kapralov]]
* [[Vasili Lyudvinsky]] as Peasant boy
* [[Nikolai Nademsky]]
* [[Ivan Sizov]] as Nationalist underground
* [[M. Smolensky]] as Petliura general<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7410882/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm П.К.П. (1926) Full Cast & Crew]</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=7410882}}
[[Category:1926 films]]
[[Category:1920s Russian-language films]]
[[Category:Soviet silent feature films]]
[[Category:Soviet black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1920s Soviet films]]
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