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COSMOS STUDIO

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COSMOS STUDIO PRODUCTION

WRITTEN BY ARIF ALIEV

DIRECTED BY DMITRIY IOSIFOV

CAMERA DIRECTOR MAXIM SHINKORENKO

ART DIRECTORS SERGEY VOROBIEV, SERGEY ONIPENKO

MAKEUP ARTISTS - MARINA DEDOVA, ILONA LEVITSKAYA, COSTUME DESIGNER - SVETLANA MOSKVINA

MUSIC BY - NIKOLAY ROSTOV MUSIC PRODUCER - ALEXEY KOZIN SOUND DIRECTOR - VLADIMIR LITROVNIK

CASTING DIRECTORS TAMARA ODINTSOVA, NATALIA KRASILNIKOVA, IRINA POVOLOTSKAYA

FILM EDITOR - MARGARITA SMIRNOVA EDITORS-IN-CHIEF - SERGEY KOZIN, NADEZHDA TARNOVSKAYA

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - LILIA CHEKSTER, SYUZANNA MUAZEN ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - ANASTASIA KORETSKAYA

CO-PRODUCER LEONARD BLAVATNIK

LEAD PRODUCER - DMITRIY GOLUBICHNY CO-PRODUCER - ALEXEY KUBLITSKY

PRODUCERS ALEXANDER AKOPOV, EKATERINA EFANOVA , ANTON ZLATOPOLSKY, NATALIA SHEIDOROVA

Grigory Orlov - SERGEY MARIN Grigory Potemkin - VLADIMIR YAGLICH

Nikita Panin - SERGEY KOLTAKOV Stepan Sheshkovsky - MIKHAIL GOREVOY

Ivan Betskoy - IGOR SKLYAR

Pavel - PAVEL TABAKOV Alesha Bobrinsky - ALEXEY BULATOV

Sofia Razumovskaya - LYUBAVA GRESHNOVA Anna Sheremeteva - MARINA MITROFANOVA Saltichikha - ALEKSANDRA URSULIAK

Semion Poroshin - ANTON DENISENKO Andrey Razumovsky - ALEXEY TKACHIOV Petr Razumovsky - RODION GALUCHENKO

Alexey Orlov - ARTEM ALEXEEV Fedor Rokotov - ALEKSANDR OLESHKO

Anton Ulrich - ANDREY RUDENSKY Adam Olsufiev - STANISLAV STRELKOV

Wilhelmina Louisa - ALINA TOMNIKOV Maria Fedorovna - TATYANA LYALINA

Catherine the Great MARINA ALEKSANDROVA

EKATERINA: PRETENDERS

It is 1774.

ST. PETERSBURG Capital of the Russian Empire

In the south, Russia has been at war with Turkey for six years.

It has suffered huge losses and the treasury is almost empty.

Russian lands are suffering from drought.

Hunger threatens the country.

The east is embroiled in a disastrous peasant revolt.

The Don Cossack, Emelian Pugachev,

has declared himself the resurrected Emperor Peter III

and raised a large army.

In Paris, an adventuress

who will become a historical figure, Princess Tarakanova, has appeared.

She claims to be the granddaughter of Peter the Great.

Turkey, Pugachev and European countries

threaten Russia from all sides.

Oh! Right in my eye! Oh!

Grisha!

Your Majesty, why have you lured me out of the palace?

Well... The weather is fine.

Oh Grisha, you are always working.

If all your plans come true, the deeds of Peter the Great

will seem not as great as yours.

Our deeds, Grisha, ours. Will you always be with me?

A warrior cannot fulfill his destiny lying in bed.

We must strengthen the South,

before the Turks get their hands on it again.

I have to leave for the army.

I need you here.

Down there, we need factories, towns, fortresses, dockyards...

I love you.

And you know, what is good for the empire...

is good for both of us.

Elizaveta Petrovna consumed herself

with affairs of the heart and neglected her empire.

I must learn from that mistake,

and rise above my desires, Grisha.

UNNAMED FORTRESS THE URALS. BORDER OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

Come here, rat.

Spare us, tyrants!

Take that, Kraut!

Monsters! Damn you all!

The rebellion in Volga hasn't been suppressed yet, your Majesty.

Orenburg is still under seige,

and the Demidov factories are dangerously close to the rebels.

The Bashkirs and Kirghiz-kaisaks joined them.

Kazan is far away, the factories are protected by our fortresses,

Orenburg is holding the siege, and nomads have always rebelled.

What are you worrying about?

What do you think, Grigory Aleksandrovich?

The news is disturbung, Im afraid.

The Demidov factories supply our artillery.

If they fall...

Who is their leader?

Emelian Pugachev, a Don Cossack, great horsemen fighters,

has raised an army, the Ural Cossacks.

He calls himself Peter the Third.

We're concerned that this pretender resembles the dead emperor.

If so, he couldnt have raised even a small gang.

We must find this executioner immediately!

Do you know who I am?

I havent ever seen you.

Hold on, Fyodor!

If he hasnt already, let him see now!

What have they done?

This is a thief from a fair, and he makes fake bank notes.

And among you wretched fools, has anyone recognized me?

Your Majesty, Pyotr Fyodorovich, crowned Peter the Third.

Well.

Only he knows his true tsar. Whats your name?

Vanka Pochitalin.

How old are you?

I'm twenty.

The same age as my son, Pavel Petrovich. Take him down.

You are literate, since you forged bank notes, right?

I write with no mistakes, your Majesty.

These hands forged every last bank note.

Can you write in German?

In German?

Yes.

I spent my childhood among the Germans.

If you tell me to write in German, I will do it.

Youre quick.

If you are literate, you will be my council clerk,

you will write down anything I want to announce to the people.

What is he asking for?

Nothing, but he promises much.

He is sending orders, promising food,

stirring people up with promises of handouts.

He promises to bring back the army from the Turkish war,

abolish conscription, allowing men to

serve in the army as their free choice.

Orders.

Just fancy!

Take it.

Punish him.

He isnt treating you in a Christian way.

I cant.

He is a living man.

Well, executioner?

Have you recognized me?

Yes, I have.

I tortured you, villain, near Kazan.

You are a rebel against the tsarina.

You are not a tsar. Emelke Pugachev.

Fool! He who is born a fool is never cured.

And your tsarina will die soon.

And what number is this Pyotr Fyodorovich?

The thirty-fourth, Your Majesty.

Arent you amused, Stepan Ivanovich?

The rebels are demanding

Pyotr the Thirty-Fourth be put on throne.

What have you got, Nikita Ivanovich?

Well, my information is not as interesting:

I have received a dispatch from Paris.

It says that a mysterious woman

had the nerve to claim that she is

the legitimate daughter of Elizaveta Petrovna.

— Where is she? — In prison.

She was put in jail for fraud.

That is the right place for her!

PARIS CAPITAL OF FRANCE CONCIERGERIE PRISON

Monsieur Lefevre! Gentlemen!

I dont think a child should be here.

Mikhal is not a child.

Despite his tender age, like a true Polack,

he fought Russian barbarians.

The main thing is,

a deal has been made for his personal finances.

Monsieur, I want to know what Im buying!

Between us, who's this young woman?

We were hoping you could tell us about her.

She's a complex person.

I dont understand: either she is a person

of great intelligence, or a mad woman.

She calls herself either Princess Maria Ioanna,

or Sultana Ali-Emete, or Princess of Vladimir.

Or the daughter of a Russian Empress?

Yes. She states that Empress Elizaveta was her birth mother.

Who her real birth mother is, we don't know.

We are keeping her at the very bottom of the bog,

in a cell, it stinks there.

Get up, Mademoiselle!

Dont you understand? Stand up!

We need to see your face.

I think we can help each other.

Look.

Who are you and how do you know Russian so well?

I also speak French, Italian, German, Czech and Persian.

But Russian happens to be my native tongue.

I am Elizaveta Alekseyevna,

daughter of Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.

And who are you?

Czechs? Polacks?

What is she saying?

I see not all of you are the brightest.

Well take her!

According to the documents, she must die.

I hope you will keep out of her buyers way.

Welcome to the afterworld, Mademoiselle.

Excuse me, Your Majesty.

Count Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov has arrived from Gatchina

and is asking humbly for an audience with you.

What does he want?

I dont know exactly, Your Majesty.

But I think he wants to come back

to command the Mediterranean fleet.

Let him go to Gatchina and command his brother,

who needs some supervision, as far as I know.

I suppose Count Orlov deserves your audience

to hear it from your own lips.

If the Empress has to say something twice...

maybe those are right who say that our motherland is in danger.

Thank you, Gentlemen.

If we lose those factories in the Urals,

well need peace with the Ottomans immediately.

My dearest love, your mood recently

makes me worry about the strength of your soul.

So you really think we'll lack the troops

to deal with a gang of thieves?

Not a chance.

What about the Turks?

The Turks, not a chance.

If they attack in turn.

But if their attacks were to come at once, then yes.

We'll take them in turns then.

Whose turn is it now?

The Turks.

What do you think ?

In general, its not bad.

But I have, one question...

Only one?

What is this play about?

Dont you see it?

It is about a young man, who is haunted by his ill fate.

I see that you dont like it.

I wouldnt say so.

Some of it is fascinating and makes sense.

However, Pavel Petrovich, your thoughts are not free.

And your hero is heavy and stiff.

Thank you for your time.

Pavel Petrovich, please dont be hurt.

You asked me to be blunt.

Would you like some good advice?

Do read Moliere, his speech is easy and sharp.

‘A friend to all mankind is not a friend for me.

And what do you have?

‘The sorrow of a young soul is as heavy as a gravestone...

Learn to write as accurately as you shoot.

Your Highness, Her Majesty has arrived.

I hope I'm not disturbing you.

Your Highness,

I would like you to meet Nikita Ivanovich's new secretary.

Denis Fon-Vizin, Your Majesty.

I've been appointed to teach His Highness about foreign affairs.

Are these the things I distracted you from?

No, Your Majesty. We were discussing literature.

Pavel Petrovich tried to write a comedy.

I suggested the plot.

A husband is trying to find his wife, but in vain.

Thank you. Nice to meet you.

Your Majesty.

So, I've come to ask you,

where is Natalia Alexeyevna?

I suppose, she's in her room.

She is not there, I have sent for her.

Andrei Kirillovich, Im scared.

And Im scared too, Natalia Alexeyevna.

What can be more dangerous than

an affair with the heir's wife?

Im scared because you can die any time,

and no one would ever compare.

We agreed that this would be our last date.

The last one for today.

The drums are beating in front of the scaffold.

Im announcing the forfeit of all rights

and the death by hanging to a rascal, who betrayed his friend,

Count Andrey Razumovsky.

Good thing is, the dead dont pay their debts.

And they stay faithful to their loved ones.

Did you spend last night together, I wonder?

Dont you get reports about my every step?

I don't know where my wife is, but I know what she is doing...

she's likely choosing her personal assistants.

However, Im sure you'll choose them for her anyway,

ones that'll report to you about our every move.

Can't you wait a moment?

Her Majesty and Pavel Petrovich are looking for you!

Get me ready to go to Smolny, now!

I have to go and choose my assistants.

You dont need to go to Smolny, Your Highness.

The Empress has brought girls here for you.

They are in the garden.

Are the girls here?

Still, I shouldnt appear before her like this.

Bedroom affairs cannot be hidden from Her Majesty.

Hurry up!

...the birth of children is not the result of satisfying a mans desires,

it is your responsibility and your obligation.

You are still the heir of the thone.

You said ‘still!

I chose a wife for you.

You liked Natalia Alexeyevna,

you fell in love with her, what else could one ask for?

I fell in love with her.

I want to promote her to an officer.

Do you think shell like it?

Well, I proudly wore the Captain of the Semyonovsky Regiment's coat.

Wasn't that the one you wore

when you arrested the legitimate Emperor, Pyotr Feodorovich?

And then perhaps, you ordered him to be killed?

Enough.

While you are mourning for your father,

thirty-four pretenders have appeared and claimed his name.

It means he is very much alive.

Stop making me angry, lets go outside.

I released the Smolny students,

Natalia Alexeyevna may find some assistants for herself.

If she can be found.

She's burning! (Laughs)

Girls, let me play with you.

Oh dear God! Dont look at me as if I am a monster.

Whats your name?

Viola Elagina, Your Highness.

Ekaterina Nelidova, Your Highness.

There you go, it's like Ive known you since my childhood!

Tell me my friends, why are you so happy?

Who is burning?

It is a game, Your Highness.

We split into pairs and line up.

The burner stands in the middle. She is burning and is in love.

Everybody sings until the last pair runs forward.

The goal of the burner is to separate each pair

and prevent them from joining hands again.

And get a girl.

And what does the winner get?

A kiss from her.

Unfortunately, there are no young men,

so it's not as exciting.

Well, now you have one.

Pavel Petrovich, Your Majesty,

we're playing a game.

May I take Pavel Petrovich?

Pavel Petrovich, youll be the burner.

Stand here.

And you will have to catch us.

Dont look around.

Ready?

Burn, burn brightly and dont go out!

Burn, burn brightly and dont go out!

And whats next?

Pavel Petrovich, you must kiss Ekaterina Ivanovna. On her lips.

These are the rules, Pavel Petrovich. Dont resist.

Im sorry.

Bravo! Bravo, Ekaterina!

Congratulations, Pavel Petrovich, for winning.

I like seeing you start to succeed.

Thank you.

You can neither win, nor lose here, Your Majesty.

This game turns your strife into success.

Natalia Alexeievna, I want to talk to you.

Girls, go on playing!

You are an interesting person, Ekaterina Nelidova. And you, Viola.

Let me visit you in Smolny one day.

Sure, Your Highness.

Nikita Ivanovich...

Denis Ivanovich, my dear, Id like you to go to Moscow today

and get this to my brother, General-in-Chief Pyotr Ivanovich Panin.

Newspapers? And is that all?

Yes, the newspapers.

You know, he misses getting the latest news

from Petersburg there, in Moscow.

So sometimes I send him some, so that he wont die of boredom.

A praiseworthy brotherhood.

However, wouldn't it be better to ask a postman to do it?

It would not, Mister Vizin –

it is better when others mind their own business,

and young people don't talk back to their elders.

Thats much better!

Go now. Godspeed.

At your service.

Fresh air suits you, Natalia Alexeievna.

Thank you. However, you havent called me to pay compliments.

What do you think I am?

Paying compliments is the job of Pavel Petrovich.

He is the one I wanted to talk about...

My son and I argue a lot.

We can't reach an understanding.

That is why I want you to be the bridge between

Pavel Petrovich and I.

You want me to talk to him?

There are more delicate ways.

I think I understand your meaning.

Childbirth in the imperial family is a matter of national importance.

My mother-in-law used to lock me in with my husband overnight.

Perhaps it will help you, too?

For it to help, both need to be interested.

What can I do by myself?

Pavel Petrovich is always busy with his play.

Let's make a bet.

Whoever has a child first...

If it is you, I shall give you a reward.

The chance to raise an heir to the throne will be its own reward.

So you understand? Now act on it.

PARIS

We have made inquiries,

and are in awe of your former deception.

To play the daughter of the king of the Holy Roman Empire! Bravo!

You managed to gather credit worth five thousand pistoles.

Ten times that.

So what tripped you up?

Villainy, dishonesty and the trickery of men.

Compared to them, I am an angel.

What are you talking about?

Her angelic nature.

You know a lot about me, while I know nothing about you.

Kazimir Oginski, the Great Hetman of Rech Pospolita.

My nephew Mikhail Oginski, heir to the princely family.

The Rech Pospolita is gone, now divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia.

The Rech Pospolita is alive, but it could disappear.

We have lost everything because of King Stanislav's betrayal

and cannot return home.

Which of my talents do you want to use and for what?

You look like the Empress, Elizaveta Petrovna.

I know, I look like my mother.

I insist that you speak French.

Im sorry.

She says that she's the daughter of the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.

And who are you?

Viscount Lefevre. I perform special assignments for King Louis.

The Princes Oginski and I will help Your Highness

to take the Russian throne that is rightfully yours.

Let's drink, Nikita Ivanoch, to the good health of our Empress!

To her virtues and wisdom!

Wisdom, yes.

I remember, we raised such a toast after the coup.

Grigory and I were in favor then, but now were invisbile.

Nevertheless, virtue and wisdom haven't abandoned her so far, thank God.

Still, she's in such a mood that it's stupid to expect her goodwill.

I will attempt to facilitate...

Facilitate. Especially as you are not only asking for yourself.

I worry about my brother.

Yes...

We are both out of favor.

Grigory served her faithfully.

Now he's going mad from idleness.

They say she wants to take Gatchina from him.

It's just a rumor. Dont believe it.

Who can I believe if she's avoiding me?

She drags Potemkin after her everywhere like a ribbon,

yet avoids me, Aleksey Orlov, her old and trusted friend.

I want to take back the lands, estates

and everything the Russians have taken from me.

Boy, what do you want?

My goal is the freedom of Poland.

Gentlemen, I am ready to help you,

but you must help me obtain Russia.

Remember, Milady, not a step outside.

This is your new cell, a more comfortable one.

The Russia that you seek to gain must be friendly towards France.

France means King Louis. And for you, I am King Louis!

Since you have brought up the coup:

nobody thought back then that it would last.

Ekaterina Alekseevna took the throne only so she could

pass it to her son, Pavel Petrovich, the rightful Romanov,

when the time came.

However, she didn't

not when he reached his majority, nor when he married.

Who has helped and supported her to remain in power all these years?

You, Sir, and your brother.

You don't think that you made a mistake back then?

I, myself, regret the fact that you are left powerless, truly.

It is thanks to you that our navy is still a force to be reckoned with.

She will see you, I am sure.

Wait for the right moment. I will arrange it.

But I ask you again - did you make a mistake back then?

My son accuses me of killing Pyotr Fedorovich.

You know, it's not a... a boy's sudden anger at his mother.

No.

What does he want? What is he trying to do?

He's always hitting me where it hurts.

Maybe this war needs a break, too.

At first, I thought it was because I hated Pyotr Fedorovich.

But he is long dead, his bones are dust.

There must be another reason.

And I...

From the time he was born until eight years old,

I only saw him eleven times, and never alone.

They didn't let me love him.

Didn't let me raise him.

Be sick together with him.

I won't let you go.

I need you here.

I don't understand, Pavel Petrovich.

I was supposed to have a new tunic fitting today,

but then it was cancelled!

Her Majesty was planning to promote me to the rank of officer!

Mother changed her mind.

How could she change her mind?

Well, we had a bit of an argument.

I reminded her that she led the coup in the tunic of a captain.

Perhaps she is afraid that you will be able to do the same.

What a good idea.

How disappointing, really.

You're so keen to become an officer?

Believe it or not, I am. It would be so gratifying.

Well then, what are we waiting for? I can promote you!

What do you mean?

I am a General-Admiral, there is nobody higher than me in Saint Petersburg.

Which rank would you like?

I want to be a Second Lieutenant, I've already learned the term.

Regiment, fall in to welcome Natalia Alekseevna!

Officers, swords out! Present arms! One-two!

Greet them.

Good day, Guardsmen!

Good day, Your Highness!

Can I order them do to something?

No. Only I can.

Congratulate Natalia Alekseevna on her new rank with three cheers!

Hurrah! Hurrah!

Congratulations on being promoted to the the rank of Second Lieutenant.

At your command.

At your command, General-Admiral.

I am impressed, Pavel Petrovich.

Do you genuinely like this game?

It is only a game for now. A time will come, when it will be real.

I don't want you to become an officer.

Surely you don't think that I will overthrow you?

I don't want to be killed by my own wife.

Gosh, you say such silly things! To be killed?

You spoke only of a coup.

I don't want to continue this conversation.

Pavel Petrovich, I tied my fate with Russia

not so I would waste my life on fun and pointless talk.

I want to be useful to my new homeland.

And for that, I need to know how everything works here.

I want to know everything, down to the smallest detail.

Especially anything that relates to your father and his tragic death.

I am planning to soon visit a place that means a lot to me.

The palace where Pyotr Fedorovich was arrested.

I can take you with me, if you like.

But the Empress is not to know.

We will have to travel in secret...

Like real conspirators...

You don't have to say the word 'conspirators'.

Pavel Petrovich, I want to be a part of you.

Help you become a great Emperor and,

if you permit, go down in history together.

I've summoned Suvorov to the capital, to promote him to General-Lieutenant.

Only for that?

I want him to act as he sees fit, not be guided by the Chief Commander.

Fair enough.

Rumyantsev is hesitant and cautious, while the war with Turkey needs to end.

I suggest we force the Turks to sign a peace treaty, on favorable terms.

Peace? No peace. Now is the time to advance!

Why did you stop?

The treasury is half empty. We can't miss the chance

to impose peace while the enemy is weak.

We have to finish them off now,

otherwise, war will come again and again.

Everything you have built in the Wild Fields

will be swept aside if they become stronger.

The sultan has England, France and Austria behind him,

they're itching to see who can destroy our navy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Who stands behind Russia?

The snowy wastelands, or the ocean?

Just imagine, we enter Constantinopole, free the Christians from the Turkish yoke,

and the straits will be ours!

We'll populate the Wild Fields and our people will know no hunger.

The sons I will give you shall build a Christian Empire!

Aleksander for Russia and Konstantin for Byzantium!

Great, if we ever have children,

we won't have to think up names for them.

But what will Pavel Petrovich rule over?

The legal heir.

CONSTANTINOPLE CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

What are they unhappy about now?

You know there is a widespread epidemic.

There are rumors that monks from the Patriarchate

have poisoned the water, spurred on by the Russians.

But these are only rumors, Mehmed Pasha.

Plus, how would this benefit the Russians or the Partiarchate?

Perhaps they are rumors.

But you know what an enraged crowd is like, My Lord.

It may come here or to the Patriarchate.

The question is where to direct it?

And who will do it?

You know what must be done, Grand Vizier.

MOSCOW PETER PANINS ESTATE

Pyotr Ivanovich.

What is it now?

There is a trusted man from Nikita Ivanovich with a message.

Bring him in!

Denis Fonvizin, Personal Secretary of Nikita Ivanovich.

I apologize for the lateness of my visit.

I pushed the horses but couldn't get here any sooner.

Sit down. You are tired. Tea?

Thank you.

Newspapers. That's good.

We haven't been able to get such up-to-date ones in Moscow before.

Is it true what they say, that Suvorov is in the capital?

Yes, he was promoted to a new rank.

Aleksander Vasilievich is taking long strides,

he‘d better not tear his pants.

What else is new?

The uprising in Volga is growing.

The daughter of Elizaveta Petrovna has appeared in Paris.

Pavel Petrovich, as the true heir, gets less and less respect.

What an uproar, and I'm sitting here like а block of wood, in retirement.

I can't step outside Moscow, and why?

Am I a worse military commander than Suvorov?

We took even larger towns.

Maybe, I do not spare privates … But why should I spare them?

There are plenty of human beings in the world.

You feel sorry for them and they start to rebel, like in Volga.

I would be useful there!

If I had an army, I'd chase them all away!

Am I right?

Are you asleep?

Sleep, then. You'll wake up soon enough.

You think the Turks put up their paws and surrendered?

They'll hit you where you least expect them.

And it will be a deadly strike.

CONSTANTINOPLE Ecumenical Patriarchates

- Kill the Christians! - Get away from our land!

Even if a war wasn't on,

the destruction of the Patriarchate in Constantinopole

would be reason enough to delcare war.

We must respond with a decisive attack!

The sultan was provoked since he couldn't sign a peace treaty.

Your Majesty, Russia has achieved its goals —

the border has been moved far enough south and west,

the new lands are well-defended against raids.

The Dnieper is a Russian river, we can settle the Wild Fields

from Azov to Pobuzhye, from Zaporozhye to the Black Sea.

The important thing is to sign a peace treaty before autumn.

Otherwise we won't make it,

the first settlers won't survive without extra supplies,

and this requires huge resources.

What is the opinion of the Chief of the field army?

General Field Marshall has stated his opinion many times.

Rumyantsev votes for peace.

Aleksander Vasilievich, I want to hear your opinion.

The Turks were defeated in the Battle of Chesme in Chios,

in Larga and Kagula.

Volynia, Bukovina and the Kingdom of Moldavia have been freed.

But even now, the Ottoman Empire has two-and-a-half times more soldiers,

three times more cavalry and eight times more artillery.

You are for peace?

Choosing between war and peace is not a soldier's job.

I will fulfill Your Majesty's orders.

Your Majesty, Russia has already won.

We have to mark the new borders and secure ourselves.

The main goal of the summer campaign should be to completely defeat the Turks.

What do you think, Aleksander Vasilievich?

Your Majesty, Stepan Ivanovich is here with an urgent report.

Can your report be more important than what we are currently discussing?

A message has come from Paris, that woman has been freed.

I don't want to hear about her movements. Is that all?

The Orenburg imposter... has pounced on the Demidov factories.

We produce half our cast iron there,

the only cast iron suitable for our weapons.

The Magnitnaya Fortress, Kungur, Krasnoufimsk and Kazan are under threat.

Kazan?

Call the Supreme Council.

Your Majesty, the council has already gathered. They await you.

What do you mean? I didn't give the order!

Due to the emergency situation,

the council was summoned by Count Panin.

Grisha, is this a revolt?

They're all against me.