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THIS SEASON WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE BRAVERY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE

DEFENDING OUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SERIES WISHES TO THANK THE SOLDIERS, OFFICERS,

AND MEDICS WHO HAVE PROTECTED OUR COUNTRY AND KEEP DOING SO.

Freedom of speech!

Fre…

Freedom of the press!

Freedom of speech!

- The cavalry. - To disperse the crowd?

Freedom of speech!

Freedom of the press!

Freedom of assembly!

Come on! This way!

Freedom of speech!

Freedom of the press!

Freedom of assembly!

Go!

Cavalry!

So long to our peaceful protest.

We need to get the women and the kids out of here. Let's go!

It will turn into a massacre! Lead everyone away!

The cops are here! Take the people away!

Come on, come on, come on!

Come on, come on!

Come on!

- Hurry up! - Get everyone out of here!

Run! Run!

- Run! - Get out of here!

NIZHYN. THEATER

Ivan Sylvestrovych, look at this interesting little riot.

Comes to show you

that there's no such thing as a small town in this empire.

Everyone thinks that they can define the country's fate.

This is all due to provocation, Arkadiy Petrovich.

This plague was brought here from St. Petersburg.

Really?

Or maybe the ground here was well-fertilized?

Are you implying that all this is our fault,

Your High Excellence?

I'm not implying anything. Everything is crystal clear.

You will be held responsible for this.

There are kids there…

Your cavalry will trump them.

It's your cavalry, not mine, Ivan Sylvestrovych.

If they trump them, well…

It'll teach them a lesson.

They aren't even armed.

They are just posers.

They want attention.

You want to be humane?

So go out there

and lead each dirty-faced kid out of there by the hand.

Don't just stand there.

What, you've changed your mind?

And you're right.

They don't need your humanity.

These people understand only a lash.

Too bad you haven't realized it sooner.

My friend,

can't a man get a glass of water here?

We're not in the desert.

Have them make tea for His Excellence.

Anything for you, Nikolay Aleksandrovich?

- No, thank you. - You shouldn't say no.

The service in jail isn't first class.

Let me ask you…

Why are you so happy, Filipp Andriyovych?

Does this situation inspire you somehow?

I'm glad I could be of service to His High Excellence.

Loyal people are the biggest asset these days, don't you think?

Loyal, you say?

You were quick to betray your principles.

What do you know about my principles, Nikolay Aleksandrovich?

My principles is a walk in a Vienna park with a pretty frau,

a glass of good champagne.

I like theater, no matter what.

You like to play revolution, too, don't you?

Until it becomes dangerous.

There is a reason why you have been visiting Lev Petrovich all this time.

They didn't hold you there by force all this time,

I dare presume.

You've chosen the wrong man to discuss loyalty with.

Better talk to your stepson about that.

You might also discuss with him

how come that you have to pay for his principles, while you're at it.

Help yourself, my dear marshal of the nobility.

Come on!

Hurry up! Come on!

Come on!

NIZHYN, KORIENIEVS' HOUSE

When will Daddy come?

Yulia,

aren't you having fun with us?

We'll soon go on a walk.

To the lake.

You can play with Vira and Yelena.

So Daddy isn't coming? Won't he go to the lake with us?

- Well… - Yelena Aleksandrovna!

Yulia isn't three years old.

You can't distract her with fishies and birdies.

Mommy, are you angry?

Is it because of me?

What?

Of course not, darling. Come here.

I'm just tired after the long trip, and I didn't have enough sleep.

Of course Daddy will come.

He loves you so much.

He treasures every moment with you.

It's just that some things are so important

that you have to sacrifice the time you could have spent with people you love.

I will go tell Svitlana that we're going to the lake.

All right.

Forgive me, Tetiana.

What for, Yelena Aleksandrovna?

For Vladimir.

For his insatiable craving for excitement.

For not doing my job, for failing to show him

that there is nothing more important that family,

there can't be.

That you need to limit your chase for chimeras to books.

It's not your fault, Yelena Aleksandrovna.

For better or for worst,

Vladimir and I are bound by our destiny.

There is nothing more stupid than complaining at destiny.

Damn it.

Stop!

Are you here on a stroll?

You have no business here.

All you guys were ordered to report to the theater.

They are going to clear the square.

Go straight to the cordon.

Yes, sir.

There's a passage. Go there! Quick! This way! There is a passage!

Get up! Go!

- They've left a passage! - Run, quick!

There is a passage!

There is a passage!

- Come on! Disperse! - Run!

- Easy, easy. - Run!

Come on! Run!

Run!

That way, quick!

Go, swine!

Murderer! This way! Come on! Get him!

Murderer!

Die, bastards!

Stop! Where are you going without a rifle?

It's chaos in there.

Polina!

Follow me, Miss!

Die, you sellout spy!

Polina!

Polina!

Mama!

Polina Romanivna!

God! Polina!

No!

Is there another door?

Only this one. Well, and the main entrance.

You saw it: there are guys like these ones there, too.

Which floor?

Second.

NIZHYN. RENTAL APARTMENT

Well,

it's time.

I'm ready.

Give it to me.

God, the sun…

Zoriana…

Well, hello, Miss Viter.

CHERVINSKYS' ESTATE

Tikhon Yuriyovych.

Natalie? Is it a

new theatrical trend,

going on stage in rags?

Tikhon Yuriyovych, where is my mother?

There is a riot in the square.

Your brother is there, fighting for justice.

Galina went there to save him as soon as she found out.

He's there?

God, I hoped he had escaped.

Maybe he will get away with it, not end up in jail

like Lev Petrovich.

Oh God.

Lev Petrovich?

My dear.

Enough, enough.

Tikhon Yuriyovych, we need your help.

Yes.

Yes.

Ulia's dress should fit you.

For you…

No, they'll recognize you at once if you dress like a footman.

I'm sorry, Lev Petrovich,

you'll have to wear peasant clothes.

Tikhon Yuriyovych, thank you.

Thank you.

Tell my mother and Mr. Zadunaysky

that I'll let them know as soon as we're safe.

One more thing.

For Yarchyk.

Now, Tikhon Yuriyovych,

here is what you need to get from my study.

Whoa!

That's it. Godspeed.

THEATER

That's it, gentlemen.

Fifteen minutes, no more.

Where is Vladimir?

The professor went

where he belongs.

To jail.

He's alive.

Your High Ex… High Excel…

Ivan Sylvestrovych,

Mr. Kosach…

Went to make an arrest and…

Say it!

An explosion.

And Vasiliy Fedorovych…

- Is there. - What…

She did it.

Robin did it after all.

Over there.

This one over there.

He's alive! He's alive!

- Careful! - Get him there.

NAZAR VITER

- What?! - My…

It's mine. My brand, Nazar Viter. I made it.

It's mine! It's all mine.

All mine.

Mine, mine.

It's all mine. I made it. It's mine…

Not him.

Galina, enough.

Serhiy must be hiding somewhere.

Would he sit here waiting for the cops to come?

You heard it.

The guys said he had been in the square till the last moment.

Get up.

Get some water.

Galina.

We need to find a cart.

Go away!

NIZHYN. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION POLICE

So Chervinsky hasn't been found.

No, Your High Excellence.

Some young lady and one of our men were helping him.

I would laugh if it weren't so sad.

Have you sent your men to the inn to look for him?

Not yet, Your High Excellence.

You saw what was going on in the square.

All our men were involved in arrests and interrogations.

Do it right now.

If you aren't too tired after today's events, of course.

Will do, Your High Excellence.

What are you waiting for? Get to it.

If I knew how capable your men were, Mr. Khmelnyk,

I'd have brought more of mine from St. Petersburg.

If we had been informed about Chervinsky's true convictions,

Arkadiy Symonovych,

we wouldn't trust him with organizing the security for your visit.

You send to us this conspirator and traitor,

and you call us incapable?

Who was in charge of guarding Chervinsky and sending him to St. Petersburg?

Kosach was.

You can't hold him accountable, though.

They still don't know whether he will wake up from the surgery.

We can't hold Mr. Kosach accountable,

but we can hold you.

And you'd better believe it, we will.

We've been able to arrest Mr. Doroshenko, though.

He's no small fry.

Are you going to charge him with being a bad stepfather or what?

Come to your senses and let the marshal go.

His ego was bruised - that's enough.

He has no business going to court.

He'll only gain sympathy with his mournful appearance.

- I will give orders. - Please do.

All right. What else?

Mr. Kosach will receive extra pension if he survives.

If not, then… Is he married?

No, Your High Excellence.

Well, good for him.

Well, all in all, let's say we have dealt successfully

with today's incident.

Were you going to say something,

Mr. Khmelnyk?

There are many victims.

Almost two dozen.

Not just rioters and conspirators.

There were innocent passers-by, too.

People are restive.

Maybe we should reassure them through the newspaper.

Who is restive?

The people?

You should be worried about those up there being happy with you.

This conversation is over.

Yes.

You are your mother's helpers now.

You need to be strong.

You'll have to forget about childish antics.

Take this.

Natalie asked me to give it to you for safekeeping.

Is she coming to the funeral?

She left. She is far away now.

You'll see her, God willing, but not in Chervinka.

Why not in Chervinka?

She can't come here.

You and your mother should go, too.

Is it because of Serhiy?

Why did he have to go to the square?

Remember one thing.

Your brother was a hero. He didn't want to run away or hide.

He went through hell for all of us, so that our lives could be better.

Who killed Serhiy? The cops?

The authorities, Yarchyk.

That's how they are.

They don't care whom they destroy.

It's too early for a prognosis.

NIZHYN. HOSPITAL

But so far the situation doesn't look so optimistic.

Is he going to die?

It's not very likely.

But will he ever raise from the bed?

Tetiana Yehorivna?

What are you doing here? Are you unwell?

Where is Vasiliy Fedorovych?

I'd like to talk to him.

Can I see him?

It was worth it

to almost lose my life if it made you come to me.

Tell me what's going on out there.

Everybody is pussyfooting around me.

Vladimir has been arrested.

I don't think he can count on their lenience this time.

Lev Chervinsky managed to escape.

So many victims,

and all in vain.

Chervinsky is still on the loose.

Your husband will or will not get his comeuppance.

And you hate me.

You have always done the right thing.

So have I.

We are alike in this.

Under other circumstances, we could have been happy together.

But that's not how our fate would have it.

Both of us have our duties.

Mine is for life.

Tetiana…

I don't hate you.

I don't hate you.

Remember it.

Sensation! What they don't say in court!

A professor of history wanted to kill Governor General!

Court sentences the marshal of nobility's son to penal servitude!

The head of the investigations department suspended!

Who has missed the terrorists' arrival to Nizhyn?

Well?

Penal servitude.

For life.

Where?

Irkutsk.

What if

we appeal?

Maybe they'll give him a chance of parole.

Parole.

Parole isn't for us.

Meanwhile,

Filipp Razumkov

has been acquitted,

thanks to his father's connections.

It's all right.

It's all right.

At least he's alive.

NIZHYN. HOTEL

Waiter!

Bring us the pike perches.

We've been waiting for a while.

Coming right up, Your Excellence.

Country bumpkins.

At least you don't have to suffer here anymore.

Father, you are my beacon of light and my rock.

I can't put my gratitude in words.

How did you manage to do it?

I must confess I was starting to worry

that I'd go to Irkutsk with Korieniev.

Reputation, Filipp. Reputation.

It takes years to build it.

Gained through sufferings, one might say.

Because of it, I was able to find the right people

who were kind enough to help us out.

Glory to these angels, owing to whom I will soon see Vienna again.

Papa…

You know I'm at your disposal.

I'm in your debt for life.

If there is something I can do for you,

my joy will be beyond limits.

I must confess I am glad to hear it.

You can be of use both to me and the empire.

I have found you a new job.

You are leaving tomorrow.

It's a very serious and important job,

but I trust you can handle it.

What is it?

This autumn, you will take over

the post of the warden of the Irkutsk penal colony.

It's not an easy job, and the atmosphere…

Let's say it's not Paris.

But you'll have enough time to organize it in the best possible way

and prove yourself worthy of the trust of your betters.

Is this a joke?

Father!

Enough!

What is this, a teaching opportunity? I have learned my lesson.

I will never come back to the Russian Empire, I swear.

You have me acquitted only to send me to Irkutsk to rot

as a prison warden?

This is ridiculous.

You have tainted my reputation enough

by getting involved in a conspiracy.

If you had been convicted, the stain would be permanent.

This way, it's technically been cleared.

Whether you rot in Irkutsk or organize a perfect prison there,

honestly, I don't give a damn.

Your pike perches, Your Excellence.

Tetiana.

Thank you for coming to say goodbye.

I was worried you wouldn't find it in you to visit me.

Are you in such a hurry to say goodbye?

What? No!

I wouldn't blame you for it after all that happened.

I'm not here to say goodbye.

The girls and I are going to follow you.

Nikolay Aleksandrovich has arranged it for me.

The children and I have the royal permission

to come live in a settlement

near the colony.

You will see your children growing up,

and I will be around, too.

My God…

Tetiana.

I've hurt you so much,

and you sacrifice yourself

so that I didn't lose my last joy in this life.

How could I not appreciate your love?

Love?

No, Vladimir Dmitrievich.

I don't love you.

I never did.

You are my responsibility before God.

I will never betray my vows.

No matter how much I want to.

POLTAVA. MARKIYAN'S MOTHER'S HOUSE

One, two, three, go!

All right, come on, sit down to eat.

We have enough for everyone.

Enough, Hlafira Andriyivna,

because you've been standing at the stove all day.

I should be the one trying to please you.

I'm pleased as it is.

If not for you, I'd be here alone.

Markiyan didn't come to visit me very often,

and now I have this

big family.

Run, run, run!

Faster yet! As fast as you can.

I got a letter today.

The papers.

The Holy Synod has approved my application.

The divorce?

I did a smart thing

when I persuaded Panas's wife to give me a written statement.

You aren't eating yet! Come on, run!

- Where is Yarchyk? - He is reading his primer.

Who would have thought he would be so keen on learning.

BROTHERS, WHEN WE ARE UNITED, WE WILL BUILD THE NEW WORLD…

Yarchyk! Come on, let's eat!

Come on!

KYIV. NAZAR VITER'S HOUSE

Hello, Nazar.

One of my suppliers has come back from America

and brought back a local jeweler's catalog.

Charles Tiffany. Look at this beauty.

His works are so refined.

You don't eat anything.

It can't go on.

Why don't you say anything?

Please talk to me.

We've buried Zoriana.

Do you want to bury yourself, too?

I can't stand it.

Can't look at you killing yourself slowly.

I don't want to bury you, too. I can't stay here anymore.

I've made a decision. To hell with the factories and stores.

I am leaving.

Stay.

What?

Stay with me.

Don't leave me. Not you, too.

A CHURCH IN KYIV

Is it true that he doesn't take any pay?

He's a God's man.

They say he's praying for someone's soul.

That's why he took the vow to paint the church.

A CHURCH IN KRAKOW

What a wonderful day.

I wish Mama and Uncle could be here.

They are here, Polina.

Their thoughts are here, with you.

My thoughts, too.

My soul.

From this day on, they are always with you.

Have you seen it?

Mademoiselle Rossignol is the bridesmaid.

She is dressed as if for the stage. She has no shame!

She's wearing high heels, too. How vulgar!

What about her handsome husband?

They say he isn't her husband.

What a scandal!

He is going away with her.

He is planning to open a school for the local peasants.

Going to world's end to play with filthy pagans

for the sake of this vulgar little singer?

What a wonderful day.

Two more happy people in this world.

Maybe this world could use another two, Natalie?

I know you are in mourning for Serhiy.

But…

But we don't have to throw a big reception, do we?

I don't think us giving our vows before God

can insult Serhiy's memory.

Is that a yes?

CHERVINSKYS' ESTATE

Olesia?

Goddamn it.

Have you broken another piece of good china?

Why do we have to move around in the dark? Do you begrudge us candles?

Where shall I serve dinner?

Let's have it by the piano forte.

In the boudoir.

You should be grateful for Lev Petrovich's generosity

every day, Olesia.

Do you know many of yesterday's serfs

living in such luxury?

No, you don't.

What are you…

Lay the tablecloth.

You country bumpkin.

Look at this!

It's so red.