A film about the preparation and course of elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. December 12, 1993. Moscow city. Passers-by on the streets of the city. Beggars beg for alms. The queue at the exchange office. Passers-by are giving interviews, talking about the upcoming elections (synchronously). Interview of candidates for the State Duma of the Russian Federation E. Gaidar, B. Fedorov, St. Fedorov, G. Zyuganov, G. Popov V. Zhirinovsky (synchronously, video). Voting at polling stations in the cities of Khabarovsk, Leningrad, Moscow, a rural settlement. Boris N. Yeltsin, E. Gaidar, N. Travkin, G. Zyuganov and other voters give interviews at polling stations. Rally of the Liberal Democratic Party. V. is speaking. Zhirinovsky (synchronously). Press conference. Boris N. Yeltsin is speaking (synchronously). January 11, 1994. The first meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. V. Chernomyrdin is speaking (synchronously). Boris N. Yeltsin opens a meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly (synchronously). Personnel chronicles: deputies of the State Duma of Russia: A.F. Kerensky and others.