Season 1 • Episode 5
LatestThe second half of the 16th century, the time of Ivan the Terrible's reign. The story of Yermak Timofeyevich, whose campaign beyond the Urals served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom.
Production
Soviet state money means REAL fur and mud.
Acting
Evstigneev's Ivan is terrifyingly unhinged.
Costume
Every Cossack looks like they smell historically accurate.
Viktor Stepanov
Yermak
Evgeniy Evstigneev
Czar Ivan Groznyy «Ivan the Terrible»
Nikita Dzhigurda
Ivan Koltso
Irina Alfyorova
Alyona
Khodzha Durdy Narliyev
khan Kutchoum
Pyotr Velyaminov
Melentiy
Aleksei Kolesnik
pan Nikita
Mikhail Zhigalov
Mikhaylo Yuryev
Aleksandra Kolkunova
Farida
Makil Kulanbayev
Karacha
Valeri Poroshin
Yakov Mikhaylov
Viktor Sergachyov
Semyon Stroganov
Takhir Matyullin
Anika Stroganov
Sergey Fetisov
Nikita Stroganov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during post-Soviet identity crisis, this series aggressively rehabilitates expansion as noble destiny. The 1990s timing ain't accidental.
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