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The legendary Marshal Semyon Budyonny – a hero of the Civil War or a bloodthirsty maniac? This is the story of three women who knew the terrible truth. His first wife, Nadezhda, fought with him through the trenches of the war, but died from a gunshot under mysterious circumstances. The official version is an accident. But Mikhail Bulgakov himself wrote in his diary: "They say he killed her..." His second wife, Olga, was a prima donna at the Bolshoi Theater. Budyonny sent her to the Gulag for 19 years and never said a word in her defense. And then he married her sister! His third wife, Maria, was 33 years younger than the Marshal. He lived with her alone until his death. Why? This film tells the incredible story of three destinies, intertwined with the fate of a legendary man. It's all here: passion and betrayal, war and repression, love and calculation. This is a true "Santa Barbara" of the Soviet elite, kept silent for 50 years. For the first time – the full story of Marshal Budyonny's family drama!

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Timecodes

1:35 – Nadezhda the Cossack: 20 Years of Waiting
6:40 – Birth of the Beast: When Budyonny Stopped Being Human
9:48 – ⚠️ WHO REALLY CREATED THE 1ST CAVALRY ARMY?
12:46 – Public flogging of the marshal: a humiliation that is not forgiven
14:15 – "The first saber of the republic" is headed to the firing squad
16:24 – How Budyonny stole Dumenko's glory
19:29 – Fatal meeting in Yessentuki: 41 years versus 19 years
23:29 – "I will solve this problem" – the verdict on the first wife
25:17 – December 8, 1925: Nadezhda's last evening
29:52 – Three versions of one shot
30:40 – Bulgakov's version: "It turns out he killed her"
34:08 – The killer's shadow: Olga enters the secret house
39:19 – Nadezhda's diary: "I gave 20 years – got emptiness"
40:34 – The maid: "I heard a scream... and then a shot"
46:09 – Jealousy Marshal: "You'll regret this!"
50:13 – Threat: "She died. You will live if..."
56:17 – ⚠️ How Budyonny betrayed Tukhachevsky
58:39 – "I betrayed... because I was afraid"
1:02:38 – "The Marshal's wife is a Polish spy"
1:04:32 – Arrest of the prima ballerina: straight from the stage of the Bolshoi Theater
1:06:04 – The Marshal cries: "I removed the woman... with a signature"
1:09:10 – 19 years of hell: from 32 to 51 years old
1:09:44 – The prima ballerina cleans school toilets
1:11:08 – Letter: "I didn't believe... but I signed"
1:12:32 – ⚠️ The Kiev Cauldron: 660,000 dead
1:17:25 – ⚠️ MOTHER-IN-LAW-MATCHMAKER: Third Wife
1:20:00 – "But she's my sister!"
1:21:36 – Miracle at 55: "I'm a father! I have a son!"
1:24:54 – Last Words: "Nadya... Olya... I'm sorry."
1:26:23 – Why did only the third wife survive?

⚠️ MOST CLICKABLE MOMENTS:
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9:48 – WHO CREATED THE 1ST CAVALRY? (myth debunked)
25:17 – SHOT ON DECEMBER 8 (three versions of death)
56:17 – TUKHACHER'S BETRAYAL (vote for execution)
1:04:32 – ARREST FROM THE STAGE OF THE BOLSHOI THEATRE
1:12:32 – 660,000 DEAD IN THE KIEV CAULDRON
1:24:54 – LAST WORDS: "Forgive me"