"This is an extended series of movies. It is difficult to say who the protagonist of" The Soviet Elegy "is. Our compatriots have over a hundred faces.". But, of course, the film with a special accent is not about the fate of the famous political figure Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin. Although he came to power in a very typical way, his unusual personality made him unique, which in the author's opinion may be determined by his unusual human nature. Our heroes exist in the tragic pattern of socialist life in the Soviet Union. He is a character in a play and one of the authors of the play. "Soviet Elegy" is difficult to be called a true documentary. "Of course, the author guarantees the accuracy of the chronology, but he insists on artistic thinking, not political or historical investigations."