Godunov (Season 2) - Russian series of 2019, historical drama
Production: film company "Moskino", Russia, 2019
Filmmaker: T.Alpatov
Scriptwriter: I. Tilkin, N. Borisov, E. Zhukova
Starring: S. Bezrukov, S. Khodchenkova, A. Merzlikin, A. Ustyugov, D. Ursulyak, E. Tkachuk, K. Zaitsev, A. Nikiforova, I. Kolesnikov
Previous series: Godunov (Season 1)
Duration: 9 episodes of 52 minutes
Plot serval Godunov (Season 2)
Having ascended the throne in 1598, Boris Godunov vowed not to shed blood, banned extrajudicial executions, reduced taxes, invited foreign craftsmen to Rus', and sent noble children to study abroad.
At this time, crafts and trade were rapidly developing, new cities were being built. The Muscovite kingdom was growing stronger and richer, but three years later an unprecedented disaster befell the country.
Endless rains gave way to early frosts, which ruined the harvest. The great famine began…
Godunov ordered the opening of state granaries and feeding all those in need duty-free, but there was still not enough bread. Only the boyars had an abundance of bread, but they were in no hurry to share it with the hungry people, directing their anger against the tsar.
With each new hungry day, the people hate Godunov more and more, considering him the main culprit of all the troubles.
Rumors began to circulate around the country that Godunov was not the real tsar, but that the "born sovereign" Tsarevich Dmitry was alive. This led to the emergence of a fraudster posing as Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.
Having secured the support of the Polish king Sigismund and the Moscow boyars, who were dissatisfied with Boris Godunov, False Dmitry I with the Polish army he moved towards Moscow.
The Time of Troubles or Time of Troubles began in Rus', marked by natural disasters, wars and severe socio-economic upheavals that lasted for fifteen long years...