Ngesonto elidlule, uNikita Mikhalkov ubephakathi kwehlazo. Umqondisi ohloniphekile wagxekeza izinhlelo zeYeltsin Centre, eYekaterinburg. Umqondisi wefilimu wathi isiko ngeke sikhona ngaphandle komlando. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngokusho kukaMikhalkov, e-Yekaterinburg Center "imijovo" yenziwa nsuku zonke, ebhubhisa ukuqaphela abantu.
Ngemva kokuvakashela i- "Yeltsin Center" uNikita Mikhalkov washintsha ingqondo yakhe kanzima
Ngemuva kwesihlamba uNaina Yeltsin, uNikita Mikhalkov waya eYekaterinburg. Ummemezeli wefilimu wavakashela isikhungo saseYeltsin, kodwa ukuhambela kwakhe akuzange nje kushintshe imibono yakhe kule nkinga, kodwa kwaqinisa umbono wakhe ngokuphambene nomlando ngabahleli bezokuveza.Luhlobo luni lweRussia esikhathini esidlule lapho umvakashi azobona khona? Emakhulwini eminyaka, iRussia ibanjwe ubugqila, egcwele igazi, igcwele ukukhohliswa, ukukhwabanisa, ukwesaba nokwehluleka, okungazange kuphumelele impi eyodwa, futhi ayikho hero eyodwa. Futhi lapho umlando obonisiwe kangaka waseRussia esiphethweni se-cartoon uphonswa ezinyaweni zikaBoris Nikolaevich Yeltsin, oyisithombe njengomphumela ohlala yedwa kuphela owakusindisa iRussia ebugqilini obufanelwe inhlonipho, akukhona nje ukuthi amanga, kodwa futhi kuyinkimbinkimbi yokukhumbula insizakalo Boris NikolayevichU-Nikita Mikhalkov uphawula ukuthi zonke izinto eziqoqiwe kulezi zikhangiso ziyizithunywa zabomphakathi ovulekile, okwakubo bonke amalungelo abo, ikakhulukazi amandla abo ezweni, isayensi, isimo sokuphila kwabantu kanye nokuzimela kwezwe.