The film showcases the escalating tensions, political intrigues, and class struggles during the revolution, the January uprising of workers in Kyiv, their confrontation with gangs of haidamak paramilitaries serving the bourgeois Central Rada of the Ukrainian People's Republic, and the massacre of the rebels.
The film depicts the intensifying conflicts, political machinations, and social unrest during the revolution, the January workers' revolt in Kyiv, their clash with gangs of haidamak paramilitary groups supporting the bourgeois Central Rada of the Ukrainian People's Republic, and the slaughter of the rebels.