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More than 10 thousand Swedish captives

were sent to Siberia after the defeat of

Charles XII's army at the Battle of Poltava.

Meantime in the East, Dzungar Khanate

defeats the Chinese army.

Now, China needs an ally more than ever.

Many attempts of drawing Russia

into war against Dzungars failed.

This bar of gold is called "Paiza".

It is granted only to the heads of states.

The ruler who's taken the Paiza

has to enter the war on the side of China.

THE CONQUEST OF SIBERIA

EPISODE 5

Hello, Numi-Aki.

It's me. Aykony.

Where are you?

Come out, the old man with claws!

Come out!

- You've got the whole floor dirty. - Clean it.

- Shut your mouth! - I'm the Governor.

- Any requests?

Take the shackles off. They chafe down to the bones.

Yeah, right.

We'll take them off.

We'll take them off.

We'll give you more grub.

We'll bring more hay and firewood.

Some clothes, boots.

When?

What when? Ah, tomorrow.

What else can I do for you?

Give us the Old Believers Octoechos for divine service.

Such books are not allowed for you.

Use my chains to hang yourself, then.

You're too daring, man.

I'm daring to you,

but you're daring to God.

Knyaz Matvey, I guess we should dig the well here.

The treasury is seen from here.

We'll make the tunnel straight to it.

So boring! We're sailing as fast as a snail.

We won't get there by winter this way.

Vanya, let's race.

It's a good idea.

You're not good enough to race us.

Brothers, let's win the Swedes!

We've won you at Poltava and we'll win now.

I haven't seen you at Poltava.

You were sucking you mom's tit back then.

Pyotr, If you keep chattering too much,

Mr Johan will drown you and your drum.

- The drum won't drown. - But you can't swim.

Now everyone knows it.

One condition only.

As a Russian commands the Swedes,

let a Swede command the Russians. Clear?

Johan Rennet!

Get on the Russians' boat.

Good bye!

Let's beat the Swedes! Drum!

Good!

Sail aside!

- Ship oars! - Push it!

Where're you sailing?

- We came the first! - No, we did!

Brothers!

Stop arguing!

- Stop! Silence! - Pyotr is drowning!

- Pyotr! - I'm drowning!

- Pyotr! - I'm drowning!

It's shallow here!

It's shallow for you, but deep enough for me to get drowned.

Why are you screaming?

Brothers, Vanya's caught a fish!

- What's happening? - They're catching fish.

It's here, catch!

Throw it to the boat.

Ours have caught more.

It's so narrow, Semyon.

Haven't you rushed me? "Faster, faster".

Father, I've bumped into the wall.

You have?

- Break it. - I've already done.

Already? Show me.

- What a beauty... - Quieter!

- I say, what a beauty. - Yeah, I guess.

Has Nesterov brought the whole

fur-skin treasury here?

Not the whole.

I have many chests in my basement.

Take this.

The assessment.

Compare.

Write down all that's missing.

I'll take the missing from my stock

and put it in the chests.

Nesterov will bring them here himself tomorrow.

Numi-Aki, please help me

to drive away the old man with claws.

I can't kill him. Numi-Aki, please help.

Help, Numi-Aki.

Thank you, Numi-Aki.

That's all. I've bricked in as it was.

No one will notice.

Okay.

It's all shut.

Take it.

Keep it. I have mine and you keep this one.

- Why is that? - In case Nesterov arrests me.

We may have a need to get there again.

- So keep it. - But...

Father!

Where are you?

I'm here, sister. I've hardly managed to come.

My dear.

It's your time to help us, sister.

Listen to me.

Epifania, you know,

our church can baptize dissenters now.

Without the Fasting and the Penance.

Maybe you'll come back? We can marry on Meat Fare day.

Maybe, Syoma.

Maybe.

You're kind.

I wish I had met you 3 years ago.

I was praying to God to open my heart.

And He has given me you.

I'll pray to God for you, too.

I can't get enough looking at you.

We need to sleep anyway.

It's been a hard day.

But what a day is coming.

- Let's sleep, Syoma. - A moment.

Why are you awake?

The coals have died out.

Can I fire the splinter with the icon-lamp?

God speed.

The key. The guards are dozing.

- Father... - God bless you, sister.

Go and finish your business as we agreed.

I rely on you.

Light up the candles, brothers.

Go down. God is with us.

Let me stay, Father.

I would have loosen

the bricks in the crack with a spade

by morning.

- Why? - The vault will subside.

The wall will break, the cave will collapse.

- What about you, Chrisanf? - I want to reunite my dead children.

It's neither time nor place, brother. Come with me.

I'll lead everyone to the Garden.

And you too.

Hurry up, brothers.

Give me your hand.

Go, go. Faster.

What's next?

Next? The sister will lead us

to the merchant Churilov's yard.

He's our man. He's prepared horses for us.

Let me in to warm up, sir.

Who are you? It's not allowed.

Next you'll praise the God. We'll be free.

I'm a bond slave. My master sent me to find the goat.

Let me in, it's cold.

I told you it's not allowed. Go away.

Hello now, my dear.

Easy, easy.

Let's go.

Levonty!

- Who is it? - Keep knocking.

Levonty! Levonty, open the door.

What happened, Knyaz?

Wake up your father and brother.

The dissenters have escaped using the tunnel.

- Are we going to chase them? - I don't give a damn about them.

We have to fix the hole in the wall until Nesterov learns about it.

Come on.

Don't worry, Matvey. We'll be on time.

Levonty bricks in fast, I taught him.

When Nesterov comes in the morning, the wall will be as it used to be.

- Have you finished? - Yeah.

I told you.

Come on, come on.

Bury it.

Semyon, break the bars over there.

Let everyone think they escaped through the window.

Breaking is not making.

Let's get aside.

Tell me, how did they open the lock?

My bond slave Epifania stole the key.

She turned out to be a dissenter too. So she joined her kind.

It's your second girl gone wild!

Do you beat them?

I beat no one.

It's all them. The brother and the sister.

They bring home those poor wretches.

And they are worse than Philistines.

Come on, come on.

I should kill you all, the Remezovs.

Is it my fault only?

You told to leave the dissenters here

and take the shackles off.

- Stop that. - Okay.

The dissenters are the Master's problem.

We can't let Nesterov

learn about our tunnel.

We won't.

Come on, cover up the traces.

Vogulsk settlement Vaentur.

Ship oars!

We've been waiting for you and have prepared a house for you.

- Who are you? - I'm Nahrach.

Knyaz of Vaentur.

Hello, my little bird.

I've sworn to find you.

Do you love me?

I do.

Then take me. Get on the boat.

Let's go together.

I live in En-Pogul.

I guard the Numi-Aki God.

Take me, I'm yours.

But it's impossible.

It's not right.

I'm strength. I'm fire.

I'm a wolf, not a dog.

Your cross is a leash to me.

- Are you afraid of me? - I'm not.

- I'm not afraid of you. - Get on the boat, then.

- It's a sin. - Don't look for me, then.

I'll find you anyway!

When you go to the factory in Kamesk to accept cannons,

visit Dalmatovsky cloister

and pray at Dalmat's grave.

- The darkness will disappear, then. - No, it won't.

Syoma, the hell with your Epifania!

She's escaped, so forget her.

She didn't love you anyway,

she's too hard-hearted.

- She's evil. - I'll find her anyway.

I'm sad without her.

Damn both of you!

Mister Ditmer, here's my map of Siberia.

I hope Baron Zedergelm will be able

to send it to the universities of Vienna, Cologne and Heidelberg.

I didn't expect the parcel to be so big.

But I told you.

A map is not a letter, it's obvious.

I do realize how hard it is to send it secretly.

That's why I've offered such a generous reward of 20 riksdalers.

You see, Mr Tabbert, after reading letters,

the officials put them into the chest

and lock it.

I can open it and put the map there.

But only if it's smaller than the chest.

What's your offer?

Seven extra riksdalers and I'll find the right chest.

What a crafty use of the problem.

You can do business.

But I'm not a Russian man, you won't get any extra.

Plus, we're compatriots.

Mr Tabbert,

I put myself in danger. I can be dismissed

from the position due to your mail.

That's why I need 7 riksdalers extra.

No, Mr Ditmer. We had a deal,

I've paid to you already.

Please, keep you word. Now, go.

Go away, you all.

You too.

Zifa.

I have a headache.

What's bothering you, master?

I have a very dangerous enemy.

You're my senior wife, you know I would say

such words in vain.

Is the Governor your enemy?

Yes.

He's driven me into a corner.

I can't trade with minors now.

The only way out for me is

to send caravans up the Irtysh

to my brother Yusuf.

But now I'm certain

that Gagarin wants to start war against Dzungars.

It means Dzungars will attack

and rob my caravans.

I'm cut from Bukhara.

Have you tried bribing your enemy?

Yeah. But he has so much money,

that my gifts are

peanuts for him.

Inform against him.

Everyone does it.

But the Tsar likes him.

When I was a young girl,

I left hot Bukhara for Tobolsk with you.

I wasn't afraid of snow and darkness.

As my master is

Allah's favourite son.

The wisest

and the strongest.

As Muhammad himself.

Thank you.

I know, you'll find a way out.

And you'll defeat all your enemies.

Introduce yourself.

Captain Philip Johan Tabbert von Strahlenberg.

Is it your map, von?

Don't deny it, Efimka has informed me

that you tried to send it with the letters.

It's mine.

Haven't you forgot that our countries are at war?

This is a classified information.

I didn't think the war would reach here

and my map would be strategically important.

Don't get smart.

I'll imprison you or send to hard labors

for such things.

Even worse.

I'll turn you in to the secret service

in Moscow.

You have your right, Mr Governor.

Where did you get the data for the map?

I've seen a lot of Russian design drafts.

I asked people who travel.

A curious one, huh?

I should whip you, so you'll never do it again.

OK, we'll wait about that.

Take some money for your map.

Consider me ordering the map from you

and paying you now.

Go.

You know why I forgive you?

You did a good job.

I always pay for a good job.

Will you pay Ditmer for turning me in, too?

Yes, I will pay.

I'll send the map

to the Tsar himself.

He really wanted such.

You're totally forbidden

to make new ones.

Clear?

We've brought the idol as you wanted.

And we're burning it.

Take it.

Yermak's chain Armour.

Appreciate.

I want to...

leave icons for you.

I want to tell you, old man, that I believe in your God.

He exists, he's strong. I see it in you.

We'll speak more

when you come back.

How come you're here, Master?

I'm not here really.

Come back to Tobolsk.

I want to say good bye to you.

We won't see each other soon.

Father! Nahrach's cheated us.

I've got it already.

I can force him to show us

the way to En-Pugol.

No need.

We're coming back to Tobolsk.

But why?

The Metropolitan is dead.

I need to be in Tobolsk.

We're coming back.

I need to talk to you

without Senya's hearing.

What's wrong with him?

I guess I know the secret village

where Epifania is hiding.

The hunters told me. They got lost and came across it.

- What's the village? - Chiligino.

Damn it! Shit!

- What is it, dad? - Nothing!

Go on working.

I've got what I deserve as an old thief.

God is punishing me.

- What is it? - I know this village.

About 20 years ago,

the devil's work indeed,

I took men's money during the census.

They wanted the village not to be mentioned in the book.

I cheated, but...

built the house using that bribe.

But the village remained unknown.

So the dissenters came there.

It has backfired on me now.

That fraud.

It was long ago. We've all sinned.

What are we going to do now?

If Senya learns it, he'll rush there

and get her kikimora back here.

That's not the problem. They'll kill him

to keep the village secret.

Dad, we can go there only with soldiers.

I'm not the Tsar, I don't have an army.

Knyaz Matvey does.

I'm too busy for it.

Everything requires preparation.

But when I was saving you it was okay?

You've decided to get even?

I've helped you. You owe me one.

Semyon, I can't owe you one

not now, not ever.

You're beyond the line. I'm the Governor. You're the architect.

And your price is as much as I'm willing to pay.

Thank you for enlightening me.

That's right. I was just way out of line

considering you as a friend.

But you're one only when you've got nothing to do

and get in troubles!

It's not right. Our quarrel.

- What's the name of the village? - Chiligino.

Okay. I'll send a secretary and a scribe.

We need army, they'll fight.

I don't have one. Bukhgoltz took all.

We should take anyone.

It's our duty as Christians.

I owe this one too, Remezov?

They are preparing a self burning.

Oh my god, one more problem for me.

CHILIGINO VILLAGE

The smell of cut hay intoxicates.

- Don't you feel for the world? - The world didn't feel for me.

So, I don't.

The place we'll find ourselves

has sweet air and silk grass.

Tell me more. I can't get enough of listening to you.

Birches there

are like girls and Sirins are on the branches

waving their rainbow colored wings.

Will we have wings there?

We will, sister.

Tell me, Levonty.

Your dissenters are a mystery to me.

They keep the old belief,

but they have many other differences, right?

Right. They scold the Tsar and disobey the law.

There are no free ones and bond slaves.

You can't be sad, you should work and pray?

Correct. They have strict rules.

I don't get it.

It's very similar to Lutheranism.

No to the Pope. Roman Reformation.

A new church in general.

Why are they old believers here? Nonsense.

Now I don't get you, Captain.

Have you met Jesus?

Of course not, I'm too small for him.

Maybe as I lead my herd to him,

he'll appear to me.

I'm not pure enough without a feat.

I stink decay.

You don't, Father.

You smell...

like clover.

You're a holy soul. You can smell

the odour I've got from there.

What about...

love among people there?

You just look in the eyes.

You feel the bliss.

I'll look into your eyes there.

And you should look into mine.

Jesus, my bead, shine on me.

Jesus, my bead, shine on me.

Mom, the antichrists are coming!

Mom, the antichrists are coming!

It's time. Set it on fire.

Jesus, give me the eternal temple.

Soldiers are approaching. But they are demons.

The hair of the dead covers their horns.

They loose uniform covers they tails.

The boots are suitable for hoofs.

They speak as if they bark. Sulfur smoke comes from their mouths.

But they can't enter here.

The true faith will defend us well.

On your knees!

- Will we suffer long, Father? - Not long, sister.

Just a moment left. And we'll fly together

as a flock of doves. They're waiting for us.

Saint Peter is clinking keys at the Heaven's Gate.

The fiery font is about to fall on us.

We'll lose the earth's burden.

Our spirit will rise...

and reach the God's arms in Heaven.

- Is it here? - This is it.

Do you fear? Does it hurt?

Bear it, bastards!

Bear it, scums!

This is your sins burning off your souls.

Bear it!

Smoke. Smoke!

Remezov, stop!

Faster, faster!

The Heaven light is upon us!

Semyon, come on.

Go back!

Senya, she's there.

Senya!

Epifania!

...in God's kingdom.

- Stop! - Let me go!

Hallelujah!

Hold on.

We've been waiting for you.

Look, how many pilgrims.

It's been 5 weeks since he died.

We put the body into a coffin.

Why haven't you buried him? What's wrong?

Look at it yourself.

His body hasn't been decomposing for 5 weeks.

And the candle keeps on burning.

We can't blow it out.

Miracle.

God's miracle.

He's become Saint.

God's grace...

preserves his flesh.

Ioann calls you for his position.

I though you'd be Saint.

Hi, Senya.

Can I speak to your dad?

- Come in. - Thanks.

Dad!

Mr Tabbert wants to see you.

Here I am.

Hello. I want to write a book about Russia.

Well, OK. If you have enough knowledge,

go ahead.

I want to ask you something,

if it's possible.

I'll tell, why not.

Yeah, but...

I have to confess to you.

A friendship is impossible when there's a secret.

I've sinned.

I'm sorry.

What for?

I took this book.

Thank God!

I've bemoaned it already.

How did you take it?

I asked your bond slave Aykony.

She took it.

I realize I did a horrible thing.

I'm sorry.

It was Aykony who stole it?

That's why she set the book house on fire.

Of course, I'm ready to pay for your loss.

You snake!

Scumbag!

I'll beat you up!

Look at him, he's ready to pay for the loss, he says!

Whom do you raise a hand to, Semyon!

I'm a noble man! Von Strahlenberg. And you are just a dirty man.

- That's enough, Senya. - Okay, okay.

TARA FORTRESS

- What do you think the height is? - Twelve feet.

It should be 20.

Why so much?

Are we preparing for a siege?

Twelve is not enough. We need at least 18 feet.

Kolotygin made calculations and says

we don't have time to make 18 till winter.

The soil will freeze.

Okay. May I?

If we have 12 feet

we have to change the angle of slope.

The bank will collapse.

Nazimov, take my Swedes and do the job. The bank won't collapse.

- And it'll be unassailable for cavalry. - What cavalry?

Any. As Romans say "si vis pacem para bellum".

If you want peace, prepare for war.

Agapon!

What are you doing in my Tobolsk?

You don't have bath houses in Berezov? Or you're out of girls there?

The snitch from Petersburg summoned.

For inquest.

- Nesterov? - Him.

Why are you still here?

Why is he distracting me from business?

It's about me.

He wants money, but won't get any.

Master Felafey complained

that you enslaved the newly-baptized.

I have to dismiss you from the position for this.

If I don't, he'll inform the Tsar.

And the Tsar favors him.

So I'll be punished.

- How much do you want? - You don't have that much.

I want to solve a mystery. It's obvious with you.

You get your money from the minors

and craftsmen.

But how does Bibikov become richer?

Karp, he has a cunning affair.

- Okay. - He exchanges with benefit.

- How's that? - Well,

for example, he takes from treasury 3 sables.

Exchange them for 600 squirrels

from Turukhansk people.

For them, from Yenesey people he gets

4 lynxes.

And for those 4 lynxes he gets 5 sables

from Yakuts people.

He puts 3 of them back to the treasury

and leaves 2 for himself.

What a cunning devil!

- What about me? - Nothing. You can steal so far.

But don't scold the Tsar.

Matvey?

Send my regards to Nesterov.

Got scared?

Tara fortress. Eight months later.

Spending winter was about to end.

We've spend the whole winter here.

We don't even shoot. They don't want to waste the gunpowder.

- I hoped for war. - Don't pour salt on the wound.

Our army fights Swedes in Europe,

but I'm roaming around the steppe.

Stop!

Pyotr, drum "alert".

I'm Lieutenant Demarin. Introduce yourselves.

He's the great Zaisang Onkhuday.

What's the purpose of your visit?

Don't waste our time, Russian.

Lead us to the fortress.

To retrenchment.

Remezov, drum "open the gate".

Why a Russian army has come here?

Don't you want to have peace with me?

I've come with peace.

I've invited you to the retrenchment.

I've shown you my defense line.

Good cannons.

This is a trust.

You're our friend, aren't you?

Why should we fight?

Please accept our food.

I hope you'll be satisfied, my friend.

Who is he?

Zaisang. A Dzungar commander.

BASED ON ALEKSEY IVANOV'S NOVEL "THE TOBOL"