The film includes the shooting of V. I. Lenin during his lifetime in 1918-1922, including: V. I. Lenin with Bonch-Bruyevich on the territory of the Kremlin; V. I. Lenin at the opening of the monument to Marx and Engels, the funeral of M. T. Elizarov, Ya. M. Sverdlov; speaks from the rostrum on May 1, 1919; at the Vsevobuch parade, the laying of the monument to "Liberated Labor", the 2nd Congress of the Comintern, the 3rd Congress of the Comintern; in Gorki; office in the Kremlin.