Екатерина 2 сезон (Взлет) — Russian TV series of 2017, historical drama directed by Dmitry Iosifov
Production: film company "Triix Media", Russia, 2017
Director:D. Iosifov
Scriptwriter:A.Aliev
Starring:M.Alexandrova, P.Tabakov, S.Marin, V.Yaglych, S.Koltakov, A.Alekseev
Duration: 12 episodes of 45 minutes each
Plot of the series Ekaterina Season 2 (Takeoff)
The series is set in 1768. Six years have passed since Catherine II ascended the Russian throne. During these six years of reign, Catherine continued the reforms started by her predecessors and began to expand the borders of the Russian Empire.
Catherine, who ascended to the throne as a result of a palace coup, understood that her power was rather precarious, because the legitimate heir to the throne was Grand Duke Pavel Petrovich, the great-grandson of Peter I, and sooner or later the question of transferring power to him would arise.
But with each passing day, Catherine became convinced that Pavel Petrovich was weak-willed like his father, Pyotr Fyodorovich. From his father, he inherited his devotion to the Prussian king. Friedrich, and admired him just as much.
The son Alexei, born from Count Orlov, was completely underdeveloped and at the age of seven spoke poorly. Therefore, Catherine thought about a new heir, but for this she needed to legitimize her relationship with her favorite Count Orlov.
However, the clergy strongly opposed this, and soon Catherine herself rejected this idea: Count Orlov had become very unpredictable lately. Moreover, after being wounded in one battle, Orlov began to have serious problems with his male health.
Therefore, Catherine had no choice but to prepare her son, Tsarevich Pavel Petrovich, for the throne, who with each passing day became more and more interested in the fate of his father, overthrown by Catherine.
To do this, it was necessary to find a worthy bride for the Tsarevich from among the European princesses, on whom it would be possible to exert influence, just as Empress Elizabeth had exerted influence on Catherine herself in her time.
Having thus resolved the issue of inheritance, Catherine plunged headlong into her personal life. After her break with Count Orlov, she had a new favorite, Grigory Petemkin…
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