1915 Europe is captured by the fire of the Western World War. At this time, the revolutionary theorist, political émigré and adventurer, Alexander Parvus held importance with the German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow
to Russia to lead the revolution, as well as the agent of the imperial counterintelligence Alexei Mezentsev, risking his life in order to prevent the inevitable end of one era and the beginning of a new one.
Lenin has a difficult situation in his personal life. Wife Nadezhda Krupskaya is jealous of Inessa Armand. Armand, in turn, is dissatisfied with her position as a faithful ally under Lenin. Armand decides to leave .
Sofya hesitates, but nevertheless names the place where the cargo should arrive. Lenin, along with his closest associates, moved from Bern to Zurich. Here he meets a circle of Dadaist poets and their leader, Tristan Tzara.
January 1916. As Parvus had promised, large-scale strikes began in Russia. Tens of thousands of workers took to the demonstrations. Parvus coordinates the actions of the strikers from his residence in Copenhagen.
In February 1917, a new uprising spontaneously began in Petrograd. Emperor Nicholas II abdicates the throne, power passes to the Provisional Government. This time, Lenin does not want to delay.