THE GREAT: GOLDEN AGE
VELIKAYA IS COMING THIS MONTH
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| The series starts tomorrow on Russian broadcaster |
great prince and then the coup she organised and her ascendance to the throne of imperial Russia. Now the action takes place in
1763, the first year after the coronation of Catherine. THE STORY IS NOW SET IN 1763
the first after the coronation of Catherine. Power is in her
hands, but having taken the throne, she now must keep it. The young empress
will have to make
sure that the second is much more difficult than the
first, and only ten years later she herself will rightfully call herself
the Autocrat of All Russia. These
years will be filled not only with
victories and accomplishments, but also with defeats, losses of loyal
people, betrayal of those whom she considered close, 
struggle with
palace intrigues and intrigues of enemies from abroad. As a person of a
broad worldview and education, she quickly realized that only a
fair,
but strict government to all subjects is able to save the country, which
internal and external opponents are trying to tear into "tidbits". War
with
Turkey; European intrigues; a conspiracy with an attempt to elevate
the half-witted John Antonovich to the throne; smallpox epidemic, then
plague in 
Moscow; the appearance on the political field of the imaginary
daughter of Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova; "Pugachev's rebellion" -
if all this does not kill
Catherine it will only make her stronger. And now all
the ambassadors of foreign powers call her Catherine the Great. But only
she knows what 
sacrifices the achieved greatness demanded from her. The
choice between "woman" and "ruler" was not easy for her. But she did it.
sure that the second is much more difficult than the
first, and only ten years later she herself will rightfully call herself
the Autocrat of All Russia. These
years will be filled not only with
victories and accomplishments, but also with defeats, losses of loyal
people, betrayal of those whom she considered close, 
struggle with
palace intrigues and intrigues of enemies from abroad. As a person of a
broad worldview and education, she quickly realized that only a
fair,
but strict government to all subjects is able to save the country, which
internal and external opponents are trying to tear into "tidbits". War
with
Turkey; European intrigues; a conspiracy with an attempt to elevate
the half-witted John Antonovich to the throne; smallpox epidemic, then
plague in 
Moscow; the appearance on the political field of the imaginary
daughter of Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova; "Pugachev's rebellion" -
if all this does not kill
Catherine it will only make her stronger. And now all
the ambassadors of foreign powers call her Catherine the Great. But only
she knows what 
sacrifices the achieved greatness demanded from her. The
choice between "woman" and "ruler" was not easy for her. But she did it.WHO ELSE IS AT THE COURT?
The series
also stars Anton Khabarov (as her lover Grigory Orlov), Alexei Morozov (another of her lovers and great general Gregory Potemkin), Pavel Vorozhtsov (Nikita Panin), Alexey Filimonov (Lev Naryshkin), 
Igor Gordin (Alexey Bestuzhev), Sofia Sinitsyna (Ekaterina Dashkova) and Philip Ershov (future Emperor Paul). Filming took place in palaces, 
parks and
mansions of St.
Petersburg and Leningrad region, as well as on the ship "Poltava". The
project involves more than 560 historical costumes, which were sewn and
rented in Spain and the Czech Republic.
Igor Gordin (Alexey Bestuzhev), Sofia Sinitsyna (Ekaterina Dashkova) and Philip Ershov (future Emperor Paul). Filming took place in palaces, 
parks and
mansions of St.
Petersburg and Leningrad region, as well as on the ship "Poltava". The
project involves more than 560 historical costumes, which were sewn and
rented in Spain and the Czech Republic. 
