The Empresses

Part of История России

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Little Elizabeth thought her future was predestined: she was to marry Louis XV and become the Queen of France – that was the promise given to her by her father, Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. When Peter dies in 1725 without naming a successor, an era of palace coups and power struggles begins in Russia. For some tumultuous years it remains to be seen whether the young Russian Empire and its new capital St. Petersburg would stand, and what future lies in store for the country of Russia. Peter's widow, Catherine I, becomes Empress - the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. She wishes to fulfil the promise her late husband had given to their daughter, but fails. Young Louis XV refuses to marry Elizabeth after learning that she was born before her parents were officially married. That, in his eyes, made her illegitimate.

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Cast

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Yulia Peresild actor Иван Колесников actor Игорь Гордин actor

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Ksenia Utekhina actor

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Anastasia Talyzina actor

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Maria Peresild actor Анна Уколова actor

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Alexandra Veleskevich actor

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Kolya Neukoelln actor Павел Ворожцов actor Ольга Лерман actor

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Eduard Orlov actor

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Yaroslav Petrashko actor

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Vyacheslav Kharchev actor

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Nina Kucheruk actor

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Vadim Rudenko actor

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Daniil Bytrozorov actor

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Alan Gubaev actor

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Evgeny Mikhaylenko actor Вадим Пироженко actor