Petrograd 1918: A group of military men; among them L. D. Trotsky, J. M. Sverdlov, G. E. Zinoviev, M. M. Lashevich. A group of people at the gates of the Peter and Paul Fortress, leaving the Summer Garden, stand on the embankment of the Neva. LD Trotsky gets into the car; boats are at the pier.