The life and fate of Fedor Ivanovich Chudakov could serve as the basis for a dramatic film. Born in 1888 into a peasant family, he graduated from a church school and soon became fascinated by revolutionary ideas. However, his quest for freedom, equality, and brotherhood led to his arrest and hard labor, from which he escaped after three years. In September 1908, Chudakov settled in Blagoveshchensk, where he began working for local newspapers and satirical magazines with amusing names like "Kolyuchki" and "The Nonpartisan Woodpecker." His feuilletons, which he published almost daily, quickly made him one of the most famous writers in the Far East.

Chudakov did not accept the October Revolution and sharply criticized the new government, accusing the Bolsheviks of betraying socialist ideals. The last straw for him was the brutal suppression of the Gamov uprising. In February 1918, the city militia seized weapons from the garrison's arsenal and peacefully took control of the post office, telegraph, banks, and administrative institutions. Cossack Ataman Gamov was appointed military leader. The Bolsheviks retreated under the protection of the ships of the Amur Flotilla, to which Red Army units were also urgently transferred. Within a few days, their forces reached 10,000 men. The attack on Blagoveshchensk began from three sides with artillery support, and the city was engulfed in a fire that claimed the lives of women, children, and the elderly.

In his will, Chudakov wrote that he did not want to reconcile with injustice and human rights violations. His decision to end his life was supported by his wife. The future seemed so bleak to them that they did not want to live in it. Together, they decided the fate of their little daughter, leaving her not alone. Their death shocked Blagoveshchensk, but the Soviet authorities hurried to erase Chudakov from history, and until the 1990s, his name was hardly mentioned.