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The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Catherine the Great. She could have settled for the role of Emperor’s wife, but her persistence and determination eventually proved that her rightful place was on the throne. She was still a child when she learned that she was to marry Peter III and produce an heir. Catherine, however, wanted to rule Russia herself. She saw the potential of the Russian Empire, and she wanted to implement the ideas of the Enlightenment. Will Russia experience a renaissance of culture and sciences under Catherine? Will her ideas eventually play to her detriment?Read moreLess
The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Catherine the Great. She could have settled for the role of Emperor’s wife, but her persistence and determination eventually proved that her rightful place was on the throne. She was still a child when she learned that she was to marry Peter III and produce an heir. Catherine, however, wanted to rule Russia herself. She saw the potential of the Russian Empire, and she wanted to implement the ideas of the Enlightenment. Will Russia experience a renaissance of culture and sciences under Catherine? Will her ideas eventually play to her detriment?
The story
The era of palace coups in Russia ended with the coronation of a prominent historical figure: Catherine the Great. She could have settled for the role of Emperor’s wife, but her persistence and determination eventually proved that her rightful place was on the throne. She was still a child when she learned that she was to marry Peter III and produce an heir. Catherine, however, wanted to rule Russia herself. She saw the potential of the Russian Empire, and she wanted to implement the ideas of the Enlightenment. Will Russia experience a renaissance of culture and sciences under Catherine? Will her ideas eventually play to her detriment?
Cast & crew
Anna MikhalkovaCatherine the Great
Olga LermanCatherine the Great
Evgeniy OkorokovKarl Ulrich
Evgeny KharitonovPotemkin
Victor DobronravovAlexey Orlov
Aleksandr KlyukvinNarrator
Vladimir KotovMitropolitExplore the crew
- Producer
- Vadim Vereshchagin
- Director
- Morad Abdel-Fattakh
- Producer
- Tina Kandelaki
- Producer
- Vladimir Shaposhnikov
- Producer
- Elena Torchinskaya
- Producer
- Boris Khanchalyan
- Producer
- Aleksandr Zharov
- Producer
- Ivan Golomovzyuk
- Writer
- Andrey Rubanov
- Writer
- Anton Cherenkov
- Writer
- Andrey Kravchuk
- Original Music Composer
- Vasily Teterin