Theprojectprovisionallytitled“ForgottenLeaders”isaseriesofsevenfilms,eachfeaturinganindividualfromtheleadersoftheSovietstateinpowerduringthetimeperiodfrom1920to1953.Eachepisodeisafilmedportraitdepictingthestoryoflife,politicalandpublicactivitiesofitshero.Theheroesof“TheForgottenLeaders”areindividualsambiguousfromtheperspectiveoftheRussianandworld’shistoryandodiousandoftensharplynegativeintheeyesofpublicconsciousness.Unfortunately,whenlabeling,weoftenforgetthat“eachindividualisatangleofcontradictions”andthat“historyiswrittenbythevictors”.Sevenmen.Sevenlives.Oneera.Whatwasbehindtheirdecisionsandatwhatwasthepricetheypaidfortheirdeeds?