Plot
1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
November 24, 2014
Last Aired Date
October 29, 2023
Production Companies
Production Value
COSMOS Studio
AMedia
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
4
Number of Episodes
56
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Season 1. This might better be called "Elizaveta" as it focusses more on the reign of the daughter of Pyotr the Great as Empress of all the Russias. Yuliya Aug ably portrays this shrewd and calculating woman who has realised that her nephew and heir Pyotr (Aleksandr Yatsenko) isn't quite the full shilling, but nevertheless must succeed her if the Romanov dynasty is to continue. To that end she pi…
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In 1779, Empress Catherine II is already called the Great by everyone, thanks to her closest associate, the influential Princess Dashkova. Her loyal comrade and, in fact, the second person in the state is the most serene Prince Potemkin, the former favorite, the crowned husband of Catherine. The personal life of the empress, as before, is full of passions and love affairs. However, despite everything, Catherine does not forget about important state affairs. Among them is the manifesto on succession to the throne. The Empress decides to pass the throne to her grandson Alexander, bypassing the legitimate heir - her son Paul. However, the Tsarevich is not going to give up his rights and will fight to the end! A new struggle for power begins...
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