Monday, June 19, 2017

PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON LAVISH TV SERIES 'THE GOLDEN HORDE' SET IN 13TH CENTURY RUSSIA! FIRST PHOTOS AND TRAILER

 'THE GOLDEN HORDE'
NEW TV SERIES FROM RUSSIA
Yustina, the bliss of Russian beauty
After airing their lavish television series on Sofia Paleologa last winter, Russian national broadcaster is now producing another massive mediaeval small screen project, this time on the inglorious THE GOLDEN HORDE directed by Timur Alpatov. This sixteen episode 13th century set historical saga should start airing in motherland Russia sometime later this year, I'm guessing Autumn or Winter and as you can see from the first photos from the sets it will be a parade of rich, pearl and jewel encrusted headpieces and
Grand Prince Yaroslav on the throne
and beautiful Russian sarafans costumes! The cast is lead by gorgeous Yulia Peresild, Aleksandr Ustyugov and Sergei Puskepalis! The series, that took two and a half years to be written, is described as a mix of Game of Thrones and Magnificent Century!

YOUR HEART OR YOUR COUNTRY
The story is set at the end of the 13th century. when Ancient Rus' suffers under the yoke of the Mongols and Tatars. Grand Prince Yaroslav dreams of uniting the disparate Russian princedoms and throwing
Yaroslav and his son Vladimir
 off the hated yoke, but along this path he finds enemies in his own brother - the disgraced prince Boris, and the eldest son Vladimir.
Yustina will need all her bravery to survive her destiny
The ambassador of THE GOLDEN HORDE, Tengri Temir, a handsome man and an admirer of female beauty, arrives to the capital
Yustina is the beauty of the Russian court
of Russia. He came to force thousands of Russian soldiers into the Horde, but he would be content with only a part of it if the Grand Prince gives him Princess Yustina, Boris's wife. Yaroslav is not ready to violate the
Princess Yustina arrives to the capital of Horde
laws of Faith and Honour, but Boris himself takes the step instead of him, hoping that this sacrifice will provide him with a princely throne. Yustina is sent to a foreign land with her caravan ...
Mongolian ambassador Tengri Temir
Tengri leaves Prince Yaroslav with a "gift" from the Great Khan -  young Nargiz who awakens new life in the prince and puts him before a
Aizhan is the new wife of the Great Khan
fatal choice. On one side of the scale is love and passion, on the other - the throne and life of Nargiz herself, whom neither the people nor the
Yustina starts her tragic journey
lawful wife of Yaroslav are accepting. In the meantime, the Great Khan of THE GOLDEN HORDE, Berke feels a near approach of the death and
Grand Princess, Yaroslav's wife
desperately dreams of an heir!  In the steppe, he meets a 16 year old Aizhan, the daughter of a rich merchant. The cruel, mentally
Everybody is awaiting princess Yustina
unhealthy old man makes this young beauty his third wife. It would seem that together with the end of the wedding, the life of the beautiful
Grand Prince Yaroslav and Nargiz
Aizhan will end, but the young artist Nikolka, who was sent to the Horde with the emissary of Tengri Temir, is ready to give his life for freedom and the kiss of a beautiful stranger ...

22 comments:

  1. Those headpieces truly are magnificent. I am not much of a hat wearer, but give me one of those and I'll walk around wearing it like I'm queen of the world!

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    1. you'd be awfully hot, though, back in those days the weather wasn't this scorching as it is today, so they were more able to wear all those veils and scarves around their heads even during summer.

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    2. Then we'll just save it for winter and you can call me the Ice Queen ;)

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    3. that would be some serious styling :)

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  2. I'm feasting my eyes on these headdresses and lush jewels on the chests. They must weigh a serious number of pounds.

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    1. Our royal Slavic wear usually is encrusted with pearls and trinkets and heavily veiled with massive headpieces

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  3. It looks like a lot of work went into the sets and costumes. The trailer was all in Russian. At least on my computer it was.

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    1. Proud Russians don't do it English, Pat :) I don't think this series will ever come to your neck of the woods

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  4. The number of sweeping historical films produced by Russia never fail to amaze me. I so admire what I've been able to see so far & hope to be able to see all of them (with English subtitles since I unfortunately do not either speak nor understand spoken Russian or any other foreign language. American culture does not encourage children to learn other languages from an early age, which would actually would be a a good thing.

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    1. it is true and also sad, especially since other cultures are so much more rich and enchanting, especially Slavic ones, and the Western world does not know about it since they force their kids to read only Dickens and their classic writers and Grim's fairy tales.

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  5. where does one find a pendant like Tengri Temir is wearing?? I need one!!

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    1. More like a saucer than pendant LOL

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    2. HAHAHA!!! PotAto-Potatoe, I need that necklace for my LARP character!!

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    3. Maybe try stealing one from a museum in Ulan Bator?

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  6. The musics is very similar to the film score in "The Magnificent Century".

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    1. It is possible that the same guy composed it, Magnificent Century was popular in Russia too!

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