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Empress Ekaterina/ Catherine II Marina Aleksandrova

Ekaterina/ the Rise episode 2

Saint Petersburg, Capital of Russian Empire

Spring of 1768

Out of the way!

Sorry, we did not mean to scare you

How are you!

How do you do

Tell me, please, why don't you share ride with me?

what is this exactly?

self driving carriage

yes

Do you want to go for a ride?

I do

You are undressing me with your eyes

yes, you are already naked

Faster, faster!

King of Poland, Stanislav II

Your Majesty

Your Majesty

I am overwhelmed with feelings

You have not changed at all

Beautiful

attractive

magical

Stanislav August, this is not a date

Have Mercy on me, Your Majesty

I would like to put some flowers on Anna's grave

I remember her

How do you say it in Russian, let me remember my daughter?

It is hard for you to remember, please forgive me

I have a room in my Palace, which is an exact replica

of the one, where we spent our time together

Kiss me

My heart is overjoyed

That is good, she is born a girl

I will put the medal of the Saint Catherine on her at birth

Dear God, I won't survive two deaths on the row

Why did you never write me?

Just one letter

Didi you forget who I am, and who you are?

Forgive me

I know that you are conspiring with Turks

I know what you are promising to each other

I am a King, but in Poland I don't have the sovereign power like you have here

Poland has a very long border with Turkey

They can have Podol, Volyn. I will give up those lands for the price of peace.

Podol and Volyn are Russian lands

And it is only by mistake that they don't belong to Russia at the moment

And I won't allow Poles or Turks to grab those lands!

Turks don't belong in Europe1

I agree with you, Your Majesty

And one more thing. If you will be lying to me or if you try to outsmart me

I will take your Crown, and I will make a little stool in my bathroom from your Throne!

And Stanislav II will be the last King of Poland

You can't go to see her Majesty with such a big crowd

Fine, they can wait here

Open the door!

My Empress, Katenka

I received a letter with lieutenant, and it was covered in blood. It made me worried.

But the blood was not yours. He is in severe condition.

Who?

Lieutenant Potemkin

Let me feast my eyes

My goodness, Grigori!

I will never let you go again

Who are those people?

Some of your people, nomads - gypsies

They play cheerful songs, but the words are sad

very touching

Grigori

what a childish surprise

This is a war trophy, that almost cut my head off

I was very scared to lose you

Your Majesty, if I am on your way, please let me be excused

Grigori Grigorievich, I need to finish an important conversation

with whom?

with this King

With this King? Forgive me, Your Majesty, I could not tell it is you, since you don't have a Crown at the moment

Have you seen this before, two blades?

You want me to give it to you?

But you don't need it, because you won't know how to take it out of the sheath to fight.

You will cut yourself

To let you know, Count, that the pole is being born with a sword in his hand

right from your mom's...?

Stanislav August

You will one million on gold, and you can spend it as you wish

but, when needed I expect Polish Army to join the war against Turks!

He is unable to speak, since he was only hoping for 100,000

Don't have any doubt, Your Majesty

Poland will stand shoulder to shoulder with Russia in the war with Ottoman Empire

Don't believe him, he will betray us

Grigori

I am so happy

Faster!

I like Russia very very much!

I want to stay longer!

He threatened me with a sword

Your Excellency, you threatened his majesty with a sword?

this is a crime

What are you saying?

What will you do when I become an Emperor?

I will send you to retirement to continue your job as a dance instructor, since you did it in the past.

Let's have fun!

Did I hear it right?

Count Orlov will become an Emperor?

Dance!

Stepan Ivanovich, dance!

You have missed your opportunity.

Now you could have been the King of Poland and Russia

And would not be begging for rubles

Give these people food and drinks!

Follow me!

Now we will talk seriously

If you betray us and be dealing with Turks,

Then Russan Army will shred slice your Poland into bigos ( Polish shredded cabbage dish)

You like bigos, King?

yes

Cabbage makes me nauseous

One step you make against Russia, and I will personally

get revenge on you right in Poland!

Be my guest!

Take your million an get out of here!

Or she might change her mind

Your Majesty

And he will be an Emperor?

That would be a catastrophe for both Poland and Russia.

Me and you are worried about the future triumph of Count Orlov

So , please find a time so we can meet and discuss quietly.

You were rude to the Polish King

insect, cabbage slug

I know the reason. You are jealous.

I did in the past

not any more

You are the only one

We have been together for 8 years

God is watching over us

Once we get married in church, I will declare Aleksei as a Crown Prince

We will do it together

And what about Pavel?

There should not be two Heirs to the Throne

I will send him abroad

He needs to study and take care of his health

He has no energy

Forgive me God, be merciful to me!

It seems like Elizaveta Petrovna switched him, since I did not see him for 2 years.

Maybe my son died and she gave me a son of the servant?

Why are you saying such a thing?

That is nonsense

He does not look like me

Let's forget it

I am tired from the long trip

Constantinopole, the Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Harem at the Topkapi Palace

So, you used to be a dance teacher? I had no idea

Brief episode during my young years, you did not need to know

Did you forgive?

What are you talking about?

Did you forgive Count Orlov?

I should have said, would it be possible for you to forgive him?

I was a witness by chance

Now imagine what will happen once he becomes an Emperor

yes, he is not too brave

although he is a domestic executioner

Adam Vasilievich, you have promised to report on your conversation with Count Panin

I am quite busy

I will get to it

By the way, I have forgot about many things

almost everything

I can't. I keep on having blackouts

Don't worry

It is my fault, I spoke too much

I should not have left you for that long

I should not have let you go

I will see you in the evening, Empress

Till evening

Your Majesty

Help me to get ready to go out

Your Excellency , in 15 minutes, Shishkovski will report on Secret Police findings

without me

When will the Empress be ready?

Do you need any help, Your Excellency?

hey, you

How is he doing?

I am afraid that today can be his last night

Are you gone crazy?

You are the sorceress, you have all this concoctions

I can't, your Excellency

Try harder

And if he dies, you will send me to prison? I don't want to be responsible

Don't argue, I will be the one responsible

But I only know the folk medicine, concoctions, ointments

Have to keep the fever, since it help to fight disease. Like peasants do it.

But the noble people are different. Like that one , that recently died after cutting his foot with some wild grass at the lake.

nothing could help him

Because he is rich and noble, but peasant's kids are running barefoot, and nothing happens to them.

This one is not rich, he serves for money

I will make arrangements with Rodgerson

He won't interfere

Constantinopole, the Capital of the Ottoman Empire

How much for this horse?

This one is not for sale

It is a purebread. Very expensive

Name your price!

Your Majesty

I am not in the mood to joke now

I am not joking, was ahead of the game a bit

Trying to buy you a horse

Gorgeous?! Can get married or go to Coronation on it.

Riding a horse? What will people think about such an Emperor?

We will get her for pure breeding. Will be selling race horses throughout Russia

Unfortunate thing just happen to me, my brother, for the first time ever I could not perform

It was scary, like I was dead

If we crossbreed her with your Holstein horse, the new breed will emerge, we will name Orlov's racehorse.

We will name after ourselves

Did you hear me? It was embarrassing

I don't know what to do

It happens

I am telling you, it was for the first time

It was an accident

You should not abstain for that long

You did not even play around in Valdai with those great girls

You need to get busy

You are right

Let's visit saloon

To Praskovia Yurevna

We will have a party

The get busy there by very late night. And don't forget that you are about to try the Crown on.

It is better to do it quietly and go to Lavinia's

She manages to make race horses out of the old man

You will get well! Cheer up, brother!

We will take the Holstein horse to the Coronation

You can call him Orlov's race horse, if you are willing

But this one is not good for breeding. Did you lose your sense of smell?

Brother, what is the matter?

It hurts when I shake it

Almost passed out twice lately

Lightheaded, everything is spinning around me.

Let's walk a bit

Let's go to Lavinia's

The girls are the best medicine

Frederich is on his way from Prussia, he is gay . Will be ruling us in his traditions

Will be entering church with his back turned

The Crown Prince has lost his mind

Stepan Ivanovich

It is enough

Should move one to the next subject?

In Great Novgorod, the imposter of Peter II was showing a mark on his neck

and also let anyone touch his wound

was asking to put German Empress to the Monastery

Where all this coming from?

In Russia there always have been plenty of impostors

Catch this one and question him, why is he so stupid and where he came from.

there is more than one

Why we did not have any impostors at the time of Elizaveta Petrovna?

She got the Throne after the coop

And she throw the lawful Emperor, one year old child, to the Fortress.

Elizaveta Petrovna was a daughter of Peter the Great!

Extramarital daughter

She did not have any children

But I am the mother of the great -grandson of Peter the Great

I am the one, who continued the Romanov's dynasty, not her.

Elizaveta Petrovna had been very careful in her actions

She had not executed anyone in 20 years of her reign

Some died in prison, but no executions!

You position is not so solid

I know my position well, Nikita Ivanovich

You find me to be blood thirsty?

Your Majesty, I am your faithful servant.

Tell me everything you wanted to say!

In the last century Russia almost lost itself due to rebellion.

I think you should consider to bring Pavel to the Throne.

I can't believe

You still can hold power in your hands

your title would be Empress, the Mother

But in this case people would get satisfied

I will never do it and you know why

But we can discuss that possibility

I reject your offer without any discussion

Forgive e, I need to leave you for a few minutes

Where is Count Orlov?

He left without telling.

Where to?

He does not report

Find him

Immediately, I need him now!

Of course, Your Majesty

It is enough

Let me be

Tell me you love me

You want me to lie?

Whisper, and no one will hear you

any luck?

Tomorrow, with prayers

It is always woman's fault

I won't take the money

I tried it for over an hour

Look at me

I won't tell anyone

make sure you won't!

It is dangerous to fight with lovers

Sleeping with them is dangerous too, I can get some shameful disease. And then what?

I was wrong to listen to you. I should have stayed at home.

Should have gone to sleep in bed.

Wait until tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be too late!

She will think of me as I was a cheater and did not want to see her all that time

brother!

Oh, brother, I don't feel good at all.

Maybe that sword hitting my head in the battle caused all of this?

You have been hit and wounded before many times.

Battle of Zorndorf, 3 bullets, concussion. You have never left the battlefield.

I was stupid then.

You were really acting as a drunken fool in the Wild Fields, when you took on the battle without any reconnaissance.

you could have died and be an exposition in Kunstkamera museum.

My life is falling apart

The Empress is a mother of your son

That is more important than anything else

Tell her you are missing him, offer to go visit him together

She will forget about the incident in bed

How can I miss him, if I only saw him twice as a baby?

Is it far away?

Somewhere, past Gatchina. Lives in boarding school.

Not good reports, he can't talk at the age of 7.

I don't want to go

Oh, brother. It's not meant for me to become an Emperor

Will be a race horse breeder

Stop it!

They will talk about me, that he could have become the one, but..

he became nobody

here

What is it?

Potion for love affairs

Strong, but only good once

Drink it all!

Nasty taste, my brother

Your Majesty, say "A.."

His tonsils are inflamed

We have to do a fencing lesson outdoors, or I will lose my job!

If h's health fails , then I will lose mine!

Luka, get ready my sword and fencing suit!

The next manner is called Italian Cross, pay attention!

Slow down, Semyon Andreevich!

Ok, we will save it for later. Let's repeat

double cutting strike, but not on offense. We will try defense.

Ready? Let's begin!

One, two

Long Live the Heir to the Throne!

You have to pay up!

You won, Your Majesty

I will tell Count Panin that you excelled at the fencing today!

Semyon Andreevich, you rarely speak to me about my father

What would you like to know, Your Majesty?

For example, why he is not buried alongside with the rest of the Emperors?

Ever since after Peter the Great, all Romanovs were buried at the Petropavlovski Cahedral.

but he was not

Peter the Second was buried in Moscow

Because he died of pox, and they were afraid to move him

Your Majesty, this is a forbidden subject to discuss

I understand

I will go to your engagement with this sword. My hand will be steady.

I want to show you something

You bought the ring?

Is it too soon to spend the money before the time has come?

I know what I am doing, Pavel Petrovich

Why wait then? Let's go now!

I have sent a letter to Count Sheremetiev

Expecting his reply

Sofia Stepanovna

What are your relations with advisor of King Stanislav?

With Kshishtov?

What are your relations with Kshishtov?

nothing special

I helped him to place an order for the self driving carriage

Pan Kshishtov is pleasant man, but he is quite dumb

He wants to get rich on selling self driving carriages. He is asking Kulibin to go with him.

Really?

What made you so happy?

I am tired of Kulibin. Keeps asking for money for his stuff.

He was asked to come up wit a canon that can shoot accurately on the long distances

Simple task, would not you think so. He took the money, and worked on it for a year.

And in the end he came up with..

Dancing? Stepan Ivanovich

Can I go now?

Where was Count Orlov just now?

In Lavinia's Saloon.

With whom?

I would not know.

Then go and find out!

Find out, Sofia Stepanovna!

We will have simple and clear laws in Russia.

And they will remain unchanged for a long time.

They will apply to everyone to Orthodox, Muslims, Tatars. As well as a to the lands of Malorussia.

For Muscovites and Siberian people

We are working here.

Your Majesty, Count Orlov

I needed you at the meeting, Count Panin was out of line.

Grigori!

I don't want to push you, but I want a child!

I did not ask yet. Are we all set with the Church?

Not yet.

We will go together.

I won't be able to hold back.

Will be rude

Be quiet!

I will be talking.

What is the point for me to be there?

Archbishop Gavril is wishing well to us.

Let's go visit Lieutenant Potemkin?

I was praying for his recovery. I don't know if he is still alive.

Where is he?

I kept him in the Palace, since his wounds are serious.

Alive or not, this is not a place for him to be in the Palace.

He is a brave officer, but not too lucky. He is still a Lieutenant at the age of 30.

I did offer him a position

Empress, the dead person does not need a position.

Your Majesty

He is feeling worse

He does not give up

The death is a soldiers companion

He wants to join it.

To die in the battle of from the wound is a noble end.

It is stuffy in here

Let's go!

Empress!

Your Majesty, Count Razumovski is here for a meeting

Call him in!

Kyrill Grigorievich

Your Majesty, please sit down

thank you

Kyrill Grigorievich, I have a small favor to ask you for.

You got my attention

You have two sons

yes, indeed

I would really like it if they made friends with Pavel Petrovich

Empress, my happy-go-luckies won't teach him any proper manners

There is no need in that

That is healthy for them

There were days, that I would lock them up in the library in hopes that they would start reading from boredom.

Did not work

That is exactly what I want for him

Pavel Petrovich is getting sick a lot lately

And for the Crown Prince, the health and vigor is above all.

I would like to send him off to the Tsarskoe Selo

But he needs friends to go with.

Would you sons be able to keep him company?

Your Majesty. It is my honor to serve you.

Thank you

Is not catching fire?

too wet

I can't seem to light up your pipe.

Maybe we will take a break. It was raining for a week.

The gifts are getting wet, we also need to dry off our clothes.

We have been riding for too long as it is.

Hate Russian roads

It is either cold or raining. Bored

Where are we?

Still far

Far to what ?

Far to the place.

What kind of place?

Place for rest and to exchange our horses.

What is the name of town?

It is not a town, just a station

Really? Will we see a town?

Sure, it will be

Here is going to be a border of the Ottoman Empire

Russians will be pushed north

What are you saying?

I want to smoke badly

Keep on trying, Prometheus!

Sankt -Petersburg, the Capital of Russian Empire

Your Majesty

He is unconscious, very high fever

Tell me what you are doing for him

Do you want to make a lot of money?

I am sorry, Your Majesty, it won't happen today

The wound is inflamed, and I can't put the sutures in

And we can't let the blood out, as it is too sick, and will not flow

I tried to bring his fever down, but unsuccessfully

But there is still hope, your Majesty

he is not delirious, his face is quiet

He just getting calm before dying

Do something!

You should wake him up, so he won't be talking to the angles

Girgori ALeksandrovich, don't leave us, you have a long life ahead of you

reading a passage from the book..

the author was talking about the wounds of the broken heart, Grigori Alekandrovich

Sankt-Petersburg. Peter and Paul's Fortress

Are you still addicted to gambling or you got rid of this bad habit?

That is in the past

Are you sure there is no deck of cards in your pocket?

Those are not for playing, just to keep my hands busy.

But if Count Orlov gets the power he will do whatever he wants with the Empress.

No one will be able to stop him then

I don't want to believe that Grigori Grigorievich has bad intentions

But as we know brothers Orlov killed the former future Emperor

cracked his skull, the savages

I hope that the Church won't give the blessing for their marriage

After all the changes and reforms that took place, the Church does not have much power as it used to

I can offer you my prayer, Your Excellency

I can't count on more support than that, Your Eminence

And what can you do in order to help the Orthodox Church?

Pavel Petrovich was raised as a devoted Christian

But he can't be placed at the top of the Church. The Emperor has to take care of the people's affairs

The Patriarch has to at the top of the Church

Are you talking about rebuilding the order of Patriarchy in Russia?

That would happen if Pavel Petrovich were to become an Emperor and you would be his regent?

I am asking you to help me

WIth your prayers

You want me to pray alongside with you?

Count Panin wants to make Pavel Petrovich an Emperor now.

What an audacity?!

Pavel Petrovich is an Emperor and I am the Mother-Empress

He told me that all straight to the face

It does not seem like Nikita Ivanovich to me. Usually he likes to act behind the scenes.

The spider

He says that my position is not very stable

That all those impostors are coming out for a reason

He says that there are too many people who are unhappy throughout the country

He is a smooth talker

It means nothing!

Yes, but there is some truth in his words

Do you have any doubts in me?

Empress, I win in everything that I take on

whether it would be in a battle or in love

If I lose, I will die

because I won't be able to live like that

There is a lot of cowards, sly people around you

Shishkovki, the dancer. Alsufiev, is the autumn leaf in the wind

Give me the power!

I will throw them all out, except Panin

He has to be locked up in the Fortress, as he is dangerous