The Adjutant of His Excellency
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The Adjutant of His Excellency is a Soviet television mini-series which was produced in 1969 and is set during the Russian civil war
. The plot revolves around Captain Pavel Koltsov, an agent working for the Soviet secret police
who is spying on the white Volunteer Army
, posing as an adjutant to a chief commander, general Kovalevsky.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
. The plot revolves around Captain Pavel Koltsov, an agent working for the Soviet secret police
Cheka
Cheka was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by aristocrat-turned-communist Felix Dzerzhinsky...
who is spying on the white Volunteer Army
Volunteer Army
The Volunteer Army was an anti-Bolshevik army in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920....
, posing as an adjutant to a chief commander, general Kovalevsky.