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Vassa is a wealthy aristocrat in Russia who will do anything to maintain her position and wealth, including blackmail, theft, and forgery. However, her life is turned upside down when her husband dies of a heart attack and she is left to face the changing political landscape of the country.

The Childhood of Maxim Gorky is a gripping portrayal of the early years of one of Russia's most important writers. The film follows Gorky, an orphan living in poverty, as he navigates through the harsh realities of urban life, witnessing the struggles of factory workers and finding solace in his friendships. Despite the hardships he faces, Gorky's passion for writing drives him to overcome adversity and become a renowned author.

Based on the autobiographical book "Ya -sam" (I-myself) by Vladimir Mayakovsky the leading Russian Futurist poet of the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in 1893, into a Russian Cossack family in the Transcaucasian kingdom of Georgia, then part of Russian Empire. There he spent his childhood and boyhood attending a grammar school in Kutaisi. Mayakovsky moved to Moscow at the age of 14, after his father's death. He became a poet, an artist, an actor, a writer/director and public speaker.

Vassa Zheleznova depicts the tragic events that unfold within a wealthy merchant family in the 19th century Volga region. The matriarch, Vassa, struggles to maintain her authority and control over her family's affairs, even resorting to theft. The story revolves around themes of family relationships, marriage, and the consequences of greed and power.