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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 7

You told you loved me.

My dear, I need only you.

Don't tempt me, please.

Come.

I'll feel safer if you're in the convent.

It means my love makes me do it

as I don't know your love.

Tell me if you have it so I could follow you.

Oh my God.

What are you doing?

Who are you? I don't know you.

Who are you? I don't know you.

Quiet. Hush!

Who's our midnight guest

from China?

Mr Governor, sorry for disturbing at such a late time.

But I'm hurrying to Petersburg.

My ex master Mr Talishen asked to give you the gift.

Let these gems make you life happier.

Why...

Saint Petersburg?

I have to give the Tsar the appreciation letter.

The Emperor has replaced rage with mercy

and now your caravans can come to China freely.

- Is the letter in Chinese? - In Russian, Mr Governor.

- You translated it? - I did.

What's in it?

It's personally for the Tsar I can't...

I'm the Tsar's deputy in Siberia.

I'll learn the content anyway.

We just shouldn't lose time. Tell me.

No, my Lord.

I see.

OK.

Where did you learn Russian, interpreter?

I'm not just an interpreter now. I'm the Emperor's messenger.

- What about Talishen? - He's become old and sick.

My name is Kuzma Chong.

I'm a Chinese for you

but Chinese consider me as a Russian.

Chinese took my mother prisoner

from Albazino.

Speak.

The Emperor is grateful for helping in the war

against Dzungars.

The army of fierce Tseren Dondob

stopped the campaign to Lhasa

and headed to the salt lake

where you army stands.

You saved China.

The Emperor understands

how hard the decision was.

Russia is at a big war in the West.

Sacrificing the army for the friendship

between the states is a noble act

worthy of a true ruler.

The Emperor knows how to value his friends.

He, also, asks to award you, Mr Governor.

For you great job

at making our relationship better.

That's all.

Did the trip exhaust you?

Yes, my Lord.

Well, have a rest, eat,

and drink something.

Kapiton, escort the guest.

- You really looked for me? - I really did.

What is your name?

What is your name?

I don't know you,

but for some reason,

I have no fear.

I feel like you're mine.

I'm yours.

No.

- I'm not the one? - Yes.

You're not her.

Some treats.

Stop lying, lazybones.

Listen, Vanya.

Write a letter to Kazan for me.

Saying I was killed in a fight.

Are you going to die?

It's too early for us, Nazimov.

No.

I feel it's the end to me, Lieutenant.

Such a pity!

A gypsy foretold...

my death in a severe fight.

But it turned out like this.

Don't believe gypsies, Vanya.

They'll lie.

OK. I've brought some rum. Drink and have a sleep.

Thank you, Vanya.

Leave it for yourself.

Don't waste a good thing.

Hello, von Ditmer.

How long have you been Gagarin's secretary?

For 6 years.

I'll tell you as a secret,

your Governor has Tsar's disgrace.

You should start looking for a new place.

- Is it true? - I'm telling it as the over-snitch.

Listen,

do you want to earn some money for your golden ages?

How?

You know how I became rich?

I put former over-snitch,

Mikhail Zhalenbuzhsky, on trial.

I proved

that he took bribes from Astrakhan merchants.

I got his six estates.

And two houses in Moscow.

- Craftily. - Indeed.

That Zhalenbuzhsky is a beggar

compared to Gagarin.

Help me establish his guilt.

It's not an easy task, Mr Nesterov.

If we get him, you'll eat from golden dishes.

- I need to think about it. - OK. Think.

When will I be able to get the money?

As soon as we prove Gagarin's guilt.

It's not reliable.

I'd like to get it in advance.

- In advance? - At least a half.

Listen, we'll settle things with money. What do have on him?

I have old expenses books.

Written by Gagarin on Siberian Prikaz.

And what's in them?

I don't know if it helps you.

Maybe the Tsar will be angry

that we bother him with small things.

But for Gagarin it'll be

like water off a duck's back.

Tell.

Do you remember

the ransom for the Tsar

when he was surrounded by Mehmed Pasha

at the Prut?

Gagarin gave 15 thousand worth fur-skins

from the Siberian Prikaz's treasury.

Good job and so what?

Fifteen for the Tsar.

And 40 for...

himself.

Go, go.

Tara Fortress. Four weeks later.

Dzungars!

Dzungars are coming.

Stop the caravan!

Сut the traces.

Make a circle with the sledges.

Fire! Fire!

Aim at horses!

Brigitta,

take her to the horses for God's sake.

Come.

Shoot the aim.

Shoot!

Shoot horses!

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

Johan!

I surrender!

I hail the Allah. I'm Kasym, merchant.

Take this and lead me to your master.

Brigitta!

Brigitta!

Johan!

Stop! She's mine.

Stop!

Brigitta.

Come here.

Johan!

Stay away from Brigitta!

I'll kill you, Swede.

Swedish pig, stay away from my wife!

No!

I'll kill you.

I'll kill you!

Tara Fortress.

Caravan!

Let's welcome our dear guests.

Take a look.

Brothers,

they are steppe people.

We should fight while they are walking.

Pull yourself together.

Daughter.

Everything will be great, Johan.

We are together now. And we're free.

We are not, my love.

I have to serve him

to get freedom.

I'm a soldier again. And at war again.

But you're strong and I'm strong.

We're together.

Where are we going?

Welcome to the palace,

my Queen.

It's very cozy here.

It is with you.

Why did you blow the gunpowder?

I helped you to capture the caravan.

You think...

I couldn't do it myself?

No, no. You're a great warrior, Onkhuday.

I just wanted you to defeat

the Russian sooner and to end this war.

Why do you want that?

I'm not a warrior, I'm a merchant.

The war prevents me from trading.

Tseren Dondob's army will come to me soon.

And we'll break the fortress to the ground.

I ask Allah for this everyday.

As then, the Russian Tsar will punish my nemesis

and I'll come back home in peace.

- Who's your nemesis? - Governor Gagarin.

He's a dog. He... He...

He promised Chinese to start war

against your Khanate. And he started.

Why does a Russian Governor needs war?

Money. Money. He's afraid of losing money

from Chinese caravans.

Tsar Peter forbade to fight

against the Dzungar Khanate.

This war shouldn't be.

How do you know that?

The whole Tobolsk discusses that.

Hey! Get out!

Your mediocre mind

feeds with bazaar rumors.

I don't give a damn

whose order it is.

I swear to you.

They'll all die here!

I told the truth.

Who needs your truth now?

The war has already started!

Get out.

And remember.

If you go on telling

that this war shouldn't be,

I'll cut your lying tongue off.

And throw it to the dogs.

Get out of here.

Lieutenant, a man is approaching.

Semyon!

Semyon.

Where's my son?

Hello, Pyotr, dear.

It's me, your dad.

I really wanted to be with you.

Your mother sent a memorial candle.

It's from your baptism ceremony.

Warm up in front of fire, son.

Forgive me, Semyon.

I couldn't save him.

I can't but forgive.

My son is in grave.

My daughter is a captive.

- We should fight for the captives. - Semyon,

it's impossible.

We can't use artillery in the steppe.

The steppe men are riders, Mr Remezov.

But our army is infantry.

And what should we do now?

I don't know.

Colonel, sir. Lieutenant Demarin without permission...

- What? What did he do?

Kill them!

Stop!

Order to set them free!

Kill him.

You'll die like a stray dog.

But you won't see it.

Set them free, Onkhuday.

Your life is more valuable.

Give the order.

Set them free.

Let them go!

You're a wise Zaisang.

Maria!

Go to the fortress!

And how will you go there, fool?

I'll stay with you.

Vanya!

Johan.

Go.

I have my business with him.

Go.

I'll hold him.

Come on.

Easy.

Easy!

Go.

- Johan. - I came to the Dzungars on my own.

Colonel, sir. There're people in the steppe.

It seems they've escaped.

The Tobolsk merchant has escaped.

Should we find him?

No. Let him die in the steppe.

I want freedom. You promised.

I'm an honest man.

I give you freedom. You can go right now.

I saw you wife.

- She's beautiful. - She is, thank you.

I want to buy her.

For her, you can take any horse of mine.

Any.

I captured the caravan.

She was there. She's my captive.

I want to buy her due to respect.

Name your price.

I tell you "no".

It's bad, my friend.

It's a bad way to speak to the great Zaisang.

What did you say?

I'm not a firewood buyer at a bazaar.

Come here, woman.

Wait, she's...

- Get naked. - Brigitta, no!

Shut his mouth!

I promised freedom only for one.

Close your eyes, Johan.

It's not death.

It's not death.

Throw him to the pit with the Russian!

Let them kill each other.

Something's gone wrong?

How come so many of them?

What the hell is going on here?

What's happening in your land, Onkhuday?

You have to find it out yourself, Noyan.

I've just defeated the Chinese army.

But you made me come here to you.

To the North.

What are you here for, Johan?

Ask your Governor Gagarin.

- What? - He made me join the campaign.

Do you want freedom?

- Are you joking, Mr Governor? - No, I'm not.

I want to help you.

Listen closely. You'll join the regiment

heading to Yarkent.

He gave me a golden sign.

The sign is the reason for the war.

Here's the gold I promised.

Hide it well.

- What is the sign? - I don't know. Some Chinese letters.

What are you talking about?

He betrayed me, you, all of us.

No. Russians are not at war with Dzungars.

It's unpleasant to learn.

Tell that you stole it

from Gagarin himself.

They'll be very happy.

I'll send you your woman

along with the first caravan.

We serve

at this fake war.

If it's true, the Tsar must learn it.

The state won't last with lie.

We have to stop the war.

How?

Here's the proof.

I sieged the fortress.

I infected them with pestilence

and captured the caravan with cannons.

How did you get this Paiza?

A foreign escapee

from the fortress gave it to me.

He stole it from a Russian Governor.

Bring the escapee.

Our lives...

were sacrificed to some intrigue.

The fate made us equal.

It didn't.

My fate is my motherland's fate.

Motherland.

Motherland.

Motherland doesn't give a thing about you.

I don't expect its mercy. I serve it faithfully and loyally.

You, get out.

You Russian, stay.

Tsar Peter did not declare war

to the Dzungar Khanate.

Do you know it?

I do. It's their great ruse.

How did you get this gold?

The Governor gave it to me himself

so I would give it to you.

You told me you'd stolen it from the Governor.

- I lied to you. - Why?

Governor Gagarin ordered me.

I didn't know it was a war sign.

Why should I believe you now?

You took everything from me.

My freedom and my wife.

I have nothing else to lose.

You were cheated, Onkhuday.

The Russian Governor threw you a bone

and you choked on it.

And you stated the war.

Now everyone knows,

The Dzungar Khanate broke the peace treaty.

And we are at war with Russia. What have you done?

It's impossible to cheat me.

The Paiza is the proof

of their agreement.

Let's suppose it.

But why do they inform us on that?

Didn't you think why a governor had the Paiza,

not the Tsar?

I did.

But you don't see all of it.

Their ruse.

If the Tsar declared the war

their army wouldn't have gone so far into our land.

I have a man who speaks otherwise.

Tell us your story.

My respect, Dondob.

I don't have any secrets.

This war is not real.

- It was... - The Russian Governor.

The Tsar knows nothing.

I know what this lying Bukharan is about to tell.

Why have you come to our land, Russian?

The Tsar's order.

To reach Yarkent and learn

if they have gold there.

We don't want to fight.

I heard the order myself.

"No war at any cost".

We've come in peace.

Die.

Die, Russian.

Do you like it, Russian?

Enough.

I'll set you free.

No one needs this war.

Set him free.

I offer the Russian to leave the fortress

and come back home.

What are you doing, Noyan?

I believe him.

If your men agree with the terms of peace

fire a cannon once.

Truce envoy is coming, brothers.

It's not a truce envoy, it's Vanya Demarin. Vanya!

It's Vanya Demarin. Meet him.

Command "formation".

Vanya!

To Lieutenant Demarin!

Vivat!

You're a mess, brother.

Does it hurt much?

Not anymore.

Welcome back, Vanya.

Welcome back.

Welcome back, hero.

Colonel, sir.

I know how to stop the war.

They'll leave.

And we leave too.

Stop!

It's Onkhuday's fault.

Remember.

Don't get close to our borders.

And stay out of sight.

You'll keep your life then.

Thank God, they're leaving.

Get the cannons down. The campaign is over.

We're coming back home.

Where are you? Let me hug you.

How's your health,

brave warrior?

They set you free?

Yes. I told them the truth about the war.

And Great Tseren Dondob

gave me freedom.

- Do you have the Chinese Paiza? - I do.

Good. Good. That's right.

I bought Gagarin's secret long ago. I did.

And I paid in gold for it.

It was a profitable deal.

But now Gagarin will pay for everything.

So you knew his plans and told no one?

Who would believe a simple Bukharan?

You're just a coward.

Wait, Vanya.

Let's not fight.

Have you already

told everything to your master?

I mean to Colonel.

- I haven't. - Why?

It's my business.

I respect you.

Then help me.

I'll pay.

I have money, you know the Tsar.

We can destroy Gagarin together.

I'm rich and you'll be rich.

Kasym, you know not everything is for sale.

You're too young, Vanya.

Believe me, everything has its price.

Name yours.

Wait. Don't rush.

Think about it. Think well.

You'll give the answer in Tobolsk.

Saint Petersburg 1717.

Hello, hello to Tobolsk men.

- Aleksandr, dear friend. - Guten Morgen.

You're gained some weight huh?

God bless you, Master.

Knyaz Pantila Alacheev. Newly-baptized. An Ostyak.

It means I'm the brightest Knyaz

and you're the darkest?

Our Tsar and his wife

went to the resort to Saxony.

He left me here

in charge.

If you need the Tsar then ask for me.

Wait. Then I do ask.

I have a chest full of papers to be signed by the Tsar.

I have gifts for his wife.

Chinese porcelain for the Tsar,

cedar saplings for the drug garden.

Give it all to me.

Well, how are the things

with the Chinese caravans?

It's good. I settled all down.

Has the Emperor really replaced anger with mercy?

What else could he do?

Good job, Matvey.

Good job.

Matvey.

What happened to us? We used to be merry-makers and drinkers.

But it's a sour mucks!

What about your Yarkent campaign?

The army is on its way.

Our men will have reached Yarkent from the other side by the time yours come.

Have you heard the Tsar sent an army to India?

A Knyaz...

a Knyaz...

Bekovich.

A newly-baptized as well.

A Mirza from Kabardia.

He was given six thousand

of Ural Cossacks.

They're building a fleet in Astrakhan.

They'll sail to India from Aral via Syr Darya.

They'll capture Al-Hirah and Bukhara on the way.

And they your Yarkent.

I wanted to go too, the Tsar didn't allow.

I was curious to see Indian girls.

I don't know about Kabardian Mirza,

but I can't judge without my cartographer

if this way to India is right.

So, Master,

is it true...

that Metropolitan Ioann turned out to be a Saint?

It's too early to tell.

But the body doesn't decompose.

I exiled him to Siberia.

Well, if it's true,

I have my guilt to him.

I'll be kissing his feet

in the other world.

Over-snitch Nesterov

tells the Tsar

on your sins.

So know it, Matvey.

There's an investigation behind you back.

Can you assist us

in persuading the Tsar

to let us finish the Kremlin?

How much?

As much as you give.

10,000 then. I know you don't steal so it'll be enough.

Let's call it a day. I'm starving.

Let's have dinner.

Don't take offense,

we have much to do.

Do you want me to give your wife back?

I set you free with my wife.

What else do you want from me, Zaisang?

No big deal. Just break the gate for my riders.

Tseren Dondob forbade us to fight them.

I have to take my revenge.

Maybe you're a bad gunner

and afraid of fighting them?

What do you say? Can you still fire?

You lied to me.

You're not a gunner at all

and can't fire cannons.

You'll cheat me again.

I swear.

You can take my wife right now.

I don't like her anymore.

Deal?

Let's go, Brigitta.

He gave his word.

As soon as he breaks the gate,

kill him.

BASED ON ALEKSEY IVANOV'S NOVEL "THE TOBOL"