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RUSSIA 1

Don't be arrogant, try being simple, but avoid familiarity.

We don't know whether these people were brought up properly.

There is an awkward silence, leave it unnoticed, praise and tell something.

Pavel Petrovich, are you listening to me?

How long have they spent in prison?

Duke Anton Ulrich and his older daughter have spent there 27 years.

The younger daughter and sons were born in Kholmogory.

Did they never leave prison?

There is no point in asking, if you know the answer.

Go get some water.

Here.

- The Duke won't leave, won't leave the kids. - They are grown-up.

I wouldn't leave. It's a betrayal.

He is a weak man.

Let's tell him, he may come back.

You won't let him return.

I hear some disapproval.

27 years. The whole life. For nothing.

- Children. - They are not children.

And call them princes and princesses.

Abuse.

You disapprove of my behavior.

And it is your responsibility.

You are the heir and should defend the Crown.

I will, when I get it.

Poor, leave him alone.

Let him go to Denmark.

Why didn't you show any pity before?

- What happened? - Don't raise your voice.

Why now?

With whom communicate the prisoners?

With two servants, with me and on holidays with Father Nikodim.

With no one else, Your Majesty, it is prohibited by Elizaveta Petrovna.

- Bless me, Father. - God bless you...

- Your Majesty. - Bless me, Father.

God bless you, in the name of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.

Your Majesty, how many poor and crippled should we prepare.

You have desired to pray with them at the porch, your Majesty?

After visiting the prisoners Elizaveta Petrovna desired to pray with poor.

- Father Nikodim remembered it. - It is time to forget.

Yes.

Have mercy on me, Lord, with your great loving kindness and largesse,

lear the anarchy of me.

I'm afraid.

Can we return?

The sovereign lady, Anthon Ulrich.

Your Majesty.

Princesses Lizka, Katka,

princes Lyoshka, Petka and I slave to Your Majesty, Duke of Brunswick, Antoshka.

- Duke. - Have mercy on us, Lady.

Duke.

My son, Grand Prince Pavel, Son of Peter.

It is an honor to welcome you.

We should speak eye to eye.

Children, leave us.

Pavel Petrovich, please get to know.

Your Mightiness...

Duke, I think, you are tired of Russia.

They are waiting for you in Denmark, your sister, Queen Juliana Maria.

Is she the Queen already?

You have come as a knight to a sleeping beauty.

Have you read the tale by Charles Perrault?

The knight came on time, because otherwise the beauty would have become old

and nobody would have married her.

Marry Lizka, you are a prince, and we are princess.

Lizka will be a good wife, she is beautiful, doesn't eat much.

Her teeth are almost healthy.

She fell in love with you the moment she saw you for the first time.

You will live in the king's palace, you will have everything taken care of.

Such a joy. Unexpected joy.

Children, say thanks to the Lady, thank our benefactress.

I like you too, but my heart is already taken.

She knows the Bible. She can cook really rich soup from mishmash.

What is a mishmash?

We eat it the whole winter and spring.

If you stay for dinner, Lizka will cook.

Although fresh cabbage is tastier than mishmash.

Who has taken your heart?

She is deaf, reads lips.

This is her beloved.

You should go alone.

Alone? And what about the children?

You can come back any time. Send them gifts, letters.

How can I leave them, nobody knows what may happen.

I know, you have not expected it.

You can discuss it with the children.

Anton Ulrich is leaving, leaning on the old man.

Do you have any instructions in case of redemption?

Sure, Your Majesty.

My predecessor has personally received the instruction from Queen Elizaveta Petrovna.

What are you going to do?

Murder them all in the quickest and the most painless manner.

Conduct me back.

Look, the father was blind, but made it smart.

We live in harmony, and are happy here.

We only dream of going to the meadow to gather some flowers.

There are a lot of flowers behind the fence.

They are growing, nobody gathers them.

Let's go, Pavel.

Your Majesty.

How is Ivan?

Ivan Antonovich leads a modest life, but has everything taken care of.

Is he out of prison?

Yes.

Why did not he visit us?

You can write him a letter.

I am very glad to see you...

...to see your face...

...your eyes, body.

I am the emperor, Ivan VI.

- And who are you? - I am Ekaterina.

E-ke-te-ri-na...

If you move really strong, you can see the meadow with flowers.

Katka didn't see, but I saw.

Pavel Petrovich.

I fell in love with you.

Don't you think I am thoughtless?

It is for the first time.

Promise you'll marry me.

Please say!

I'll marry you.

I will love you all my life.

You will never pray enough to get the God's forgiveness.

You, as the next emperor, should understand

that the Crown demands victims for well-being of your subjects and state.

Let them go. Right now.

We will give them a carriage, let them go with us.

I set him free, he didn't want to go.

- All! - You can't free all.

Wonderful, kind, they are full of love! They think they are happy.

If you set them free, the enemies of Russia will create an army.

These wonderful and kind people will lead it and unite betrayers, rebels, conspirers.

From Pavel to Ekaterina and we will get here, into prison very soon.

The enemies dream of destroying us.

The duty of the Ruler is to defend his state at all cost.

Henry VIII executed 100 thousand of subjects, oprichniks of Ivan the Terrible 4000,

Peter the Great executed seven 7000 and

Elizabeth I of England 20000 of vagabonds only.

They all were great rulers.

Elizaveta Petrovna ruled twenty years and didn't execute anyone.

That is why nobody remembers her apart from this old monk

and the officer with a hole in the head.

- Your Majesty, here is the letter. - Thank you.

Your Majesty, everything is ready for the prayer.

The Lady is not going to pray.

It is time to forget Elizaveta Petrovna.

It's been six years already with a new Lady.

Pavel Petrovich, melancholy is a sin.

Your Majesty.

Pavel Petrovich will go in the carriage with Sofia Stepanovna.

Sofia Stepanovna, let me go with you.

With pleasure, Your Majesty.

Get ready, quicker.

Will you set me free?

I will set you free.

Once I saw a bird.

It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen...

Do you know about the order to murder the secret prisoner in case he tries to go free?

Is the order still effective?

The order is still effective.

Will there be any instructions regarding the future of the secret prisoner?

Do what your conscience says.

We are praying for the soul of Thou slave Ivan.

Who passed away to Thee in the time unknown and in sufferings.

Settle him in the Saint chambers of Thee

and let him have peace in Thee as in the Savior and Redeemer of the mankind.

Amen.

Let the slave of Thee Ivan have peace in Thee. Amen.

Ivan is my oldest.

My first child, my favorite.

He was as strong as you Peter.

As kind as you Alexei.

Smiled like you, Elizaveta.

And spoke a lot like you, Ekaterina.

And understood me as well as your mother Anna Leopoldovna.

Forgive me, my dear. Forgive me.

Why do you ask for forgiveness, father?

Forgive me, forgive me.

The soul is lost, I made a terrible thing.

This poor woman trusted me and I promised her and betrayed her.

I wanted to leave as soon as possible...

What did you promise?

To marry her.

A lot of men promised to marry me, too.

As you see I am still single.

I will get into the Ninth circle of Dante's Inferno,

for eternal suffering in the boiling blood.

Pavel Petrovich, do you want me to cheer you up?

The thoughts are only about one thing.

I can't think about anything else.

Please comfort me.

I became a widow when I was seventeen and since that time live for the moment.

I am looking for love, but I can't find it.

- What are you doing, Sofia Stepanovna? - What does it look like, Pavel Petrovich?

- I don't dare to think. - Dare to.

I allow you to do not only to think.

But, first, I need to cover myself with a blanket.

My skin is very tender.

Your skin is wonderful.

So what, how was it?

I am not sure.

- Well, it almost happened. - Almost?

- Did not you scare him away? - I don't know.

What do you mean by saying you don't know? Thank you.

He was scared and worried...

Why do I need to pull words from your month?

First time in my life I estimate the lover upon the request of his mother.

Upon strong request of Her Majesty.

And it's not out of curiosity, Sofia.

Today I will order to accommodate you two in one bedroom.

You'll spend the night together.

Yesterday was a special day.

Pavel Petrovich was sad and needed someone to comfort him.

Today he may not want this and run away.

You hold him.

Your boy is very shy, your Majesty.

Yes, exactly, he is a boy. I need a man.

Anyway, the heir of the Crown will remain the heir of the Crown.

You should not test him, but pray for him.

Huh, a piece of advice?

You don't know anything, and you don't need to know, Stepan Ivanych!

Your Majesty.

Is Troitskoye far from here?

Around twenty kilometers.

If the road is dry, it will take us around three hours.

We are going there, make arrangements.

- Yes, Your Majesty. - Saltykovs are nearby.

We will visit them to know about American vegetables.

What's wrong, Your Majesty?

Remember the lesson about “coming to the point”.

The foreman with a lash, and the overseers with bats.

The estate is big, hundreds of serfs, you won't succeed without a lash.

Hello, our Lady.

Look.

Something is wrong.

I don't get it, something strange is going on.

Sober, calm.

The people love you, Lady.

And Duke Panin threatens me with pretenders and rebellions.

The girl is smiling with tears in her eyes.

It can be anything, she is a female.

That it is why she cries.

It is a pain for the guy to bow, he's been recently lashed.

This is a tradition...

The overseer hit him badly. He could have broken his back.

It means, he deserved it.

Your Majesty, I am very glad.

What a happy day.

I am sorry, I was not able to get ready.

The courier arrived an hour ago. Sirs, please help yourselves.

Some kvass, would you like some kvass?

Daria Nikolaevna, one hardly find in Russia better views.

There are all signs of labor and not of idleness.

The serfs are happy with their lives and Lady.

Thank you.

Please help yourself.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, please help yourselves.

Your Majesty, it is not allowed!

- Would you like to go inside the house? - No, no, no.

I would like to see the farm.

After my husband's death, I got 460 acres of comfortable lands and 600 serfs.

Our farm is huge, we plant rye, oat, flax.

I have twelve thousand sheep,

and twice less cows, but the herd is in milk,

Let me show you, we have our own creamery.

Stay alert.

Arrange the people, observe.

Threats are to be identified and reported.

Your Majesty, you might want to see the tomb of Duke Saltykov?

God, let his soul rest in peace.

Let's see the harvest first.

What do you think about the liberation of the serfs?

Well, if the ransom is good, it may be possible.

I am ready to substitute the statute labor with the chief-rent.

Please come here.

Have you noticed anything unusual?

- No, I haven't. Well, but... - What?

Well, everything looks too nice, sugary.

Where is Pavel Petrovich?

- He enjoys his tea on the terrace. - Who is with him?

Sofia Stepanovna, two officers, a servant.

Continues observance.

What can you say about the local serfs?

They are normal. Slave like, overwhelmed with work.

It's summer, Your Excellency, a summer day is long.

Are they satisfied, happy?

All serfs are not for happiness, they are for sadness.

Are they lucky with their Lady or not?

Let them lift their shirts.

We'll see if she lashes them to death or for discipline.

From the accounting books one can see how long or short people live here.

How many souls were born, how many died, how many were sold, how the lady sells,

one by one or she doesn't let the mother go without kids

and wife goes together with the husband.

You look closely...

Pavel Petrovich.

- Let's go see the vegetables. - I don't want.

And then to church, to Duke Saltykov's tomb.

I won't move.

Oh, it is your choice.

Pavel If it were decent.

I would kiss you, but I can't express my feelings.

- But a little bit more and... - ...it will be too much.

I love you, Sofia Stepanovna.

Do you love me at least a little bit?

We don't need these confessions of love, your Highness.

I need you only.

Do not leave me for a single minute.

Wait for the night.

Who did it? Don't be afraid, tell me who did it.

Did they cut your tongue? They cut the tongue...

The weather is good this year in our region, the earth is fertilized.

We molded it up by instruction.

Our potatoes are big, you know, they grew very good.

We watered, watered every other day, thickly.

Where is Pavel Petrovich?

He stayed, he is not interested in vegetables.

Everything is in compliance with the instructions.

Everything is in compliance with the instructions. - Bravo, bravo, Daria Nikolaevna! - Thank you.

- Bravo, bravo, Daria Nikolaevna! - Thank you.

- Is Luka with him? - Yes.

Where is Pavel Petrovich?

He is very strong-minded, practicing confessions.

The main thing is that you don't practice.

Did you like it, Your Majesty.

You've scared me!

You know, I can't afford marble statues,

but I want to decorate...

Your Excellency. The serf showed me the park.

Let's go, let me show you the potatoes.

- Arms and legs are severed. - Is she one to blame?

I've never seen anything like this before, the tongue is torn away.

Put Saltychikha under arrest.

Please have a look.

Show the biggest.

Such a harvest!

Such a harvest! It's my gone father-in-law, he planted it thirty years ago.

It's my gone father-in-law, he planted it thirty years ago.

Your Majesty, they grew as big as a chicken's egg.

The old lord died and we forgot how to do it,

so this year they are pulpier...

Bravo, bravo, Daria Nikolaevna!

- Lead her away! - Let's go, let's go.

- Your Majesty... - What's going on?

I am sorry, your Majesty!

We are leaving.

- Your Majesty! - It's dangerous to stay here.

Let me go!

Your Majesty, I am sorry!

I am not leaving until I sort everything out myself.

Give some money to the serfs, the crippled should go free.

Your Majesty, gifts, interrogations, judgments are to be done later.

Everything is later. Now leave, immediately...

Hold the line.

I am begging you.

Follow them, safeguard! Luka, to the carriage, run!

Are these accounting books? All?

Are you the supervisor? Are there any more documents?

No, everything, everything is here, the tax sheets are ok.

The records were kept.

Did you keep record when buried the dead?

We kept the records, the inspectors came.

We have everything without.

We are leaving immediately!

- Get into the carriages! - And what about me?

I was looking and didn't see.

I don't know people.

I don't understand Russia.

Your Majesty, the Imperial palace en route is close.

Have dinner, spend a night. Let's continue travelling tomorrow.

I order to drive all night and stop only to change horses.

Away from Moscow lands, out!

Pal Petrovich...

Welcome, Your Majesty. Bow to our Lady.

Where is Grigory Grigoryevich?

An hour ago I saw him, I don't know...

- Is he ill? - No, no, he was healthy.

I can't believe my happiness.

My heart is tearing apart, so long!

Grigory Grigoryevich, I've missed you.

Oh my God, gosh, how great!

Oh my God, how great!

It's never been that great.

Grigory, my beloved, my only one.

Everything bad is in the past.

I am dying from happiness.

Do not die Lady, we have a lot of happy days ahead.

Joy to Sirs, peace to servants.

It is time to get up. We must...

Have mercy, Lady.

Have mercy, Lady. Listen to the reports, make arrangements.

Listen to the reports, make arrangements.

Everything we must do is to lie down and have some rest.

Why intimacy tires men and inspires women.

There is some secret meaning I don't understand.

Get up!

The most important report, Your Majesty.

Alexei will present to you.

He will suggest that you send our navy to the Mediterranean Sea, to the Turkish coast.

My brother is smart. He is a natural-born strategist.

I will head the expedition, and take my brother to serve as a vice-admiral.

But if I send the Navy, Petersburg will be unprotected.

France or Sweden may attack.

But the Swedish have not attacked yet, but the Turks.

And what about Denmark?

If they provide access to the Baltic Sea.

You forgot that the Danish queen is a sister of Anton Ulrich.

She has not remembered at least once about her brother in 25 years.

Rotten kingdom.

Denmark will give us the access, and England will let us restock the provision.

What's then?

In the Mediterranean Sea,

we will organize sabotages in our enemy's territories,

batter military reservations, free the Greek islands.

The Serbs and Greeks will organize a rebellion with our help

and cut out the Turks, leaving no trace of them.

- How many ships should I give? - Enough!

The expedition may last a year or two, aren't you afraid of leaving me alone?

We will solemnize our union

and with God's help get over the separation.

Nobody but me can defeat the Turks.

Because I am the winner.

Winner!

Duke Panin will take care of the state affairs.

I talked to him, all disagreements are now settled.

Please do me a favor, appoint him the Chancellor.

Let it be so. Get up, get up!

Semyon!

Help!

Take a ruble from my wallet each...

Do not tell anything to Her Majesty.

I don't want to worry her.

Go!

How many are dead?

According to the books, there is a number of suspicious deaths,

several tens of gone missing.

How many are crippled?

A lot of, we can hardly know, your Majesty.

Are all of them women?

Girls, married women.

There are tortured men, twenty-seven.

All are complainants.

They complained to Moscow police minister, and he back.

Assistants and doers are to be identified and arrested.

The escaped people are to put on the wanted list.

Neighbor landowners and relatives are to be interrogated.

If they knew about the crimes, they must be arrested.

The officials, who accepted gifts are to be stripped off their noble ranks.

Neighbor priests are to be arrested.

I will go to the Synod and ask why the poor did not find shelter in church.

There is a list of accused.

I suggest that we announce that Saltykova lost her mind,

got ill, mental illness, and she did not realize what she was doing.

How can we explain these cruelties otherwise?

We won't explain, because it's impossible.

Your Majesty.

We need to execute her in this case, but we cannot execute.

Do you think there is only one such Saltykova in Russia?

Our landlords' rape and beat just for their fun and pleasure...

To death.

Send innocent people to imprisonment at penal service,

and, to be honest, kill.

This is not an exception.

It is more of a rule in our Russian life, unfortunately.

We need to observe the law!

Lash to death as she did, in the horse barn.

In the Charter to the Gentry,

there is a provision prohibiting to apply physical punishment to the nobility.

Cut her head, break on the wheel and hang.

- Choose something. - Your Majesty.

If we execute Saltykova, there will be riots among the Moscow nobility.

They all are already unsatisfied.

She is from a family of great antiquity, old contacts and money at last.

- We can't execute. - No.

We can't, unfortunately.

Well, it's even worse for her.

It's not the first time when I hear about the Moscow fronded.

Stepan Ivanovich, make arrests in Moscow,

identify all the guilty and unsatisfied people and send them to Siberia.

Russia is in the state of war and the internal enemy should be identified

and annihilated before the external enemy.

Petersburg is full of awful gossip.

- Please tell us, Your Highness. - I have nothing to tell.

She peeled of skin from the alive and sewed up stuffed figures like one makes a dress

and there she got statues and then she put them along the alleys.

Have you seen these terrible statues, your Highness?

You don't want to talk about Saltychikha, so let's talk about Sofia.

With pleasure. I am willing to talk about her.

Sofia Stepanovna, I've been waiting for you.

I can't think about anything but about the time when will be together again.

I can't do anything because everything seems boring and stupid.

- That's why I invite you to join me. - What for?

- To have some time on our own. - No.

Please, don't make me sad.

I don't understand why show off your feelings.

Let them know I love you.

Don't make me do stupid things.

Ok, Pal Petrovich, I'll come, but later.

- Won't you cheat? - No, I won't.

I will wait for a quarter of an hour.

Otherwise I'll come back to drink tea.

The Fleet Admiral Commanding is Grigory Grigoryevich,

the Vice Admiral is Alexei Grigoryevich.

So get the crews ready and finish construction of the ships.

- Your Majesty. - Thank you.

Nikita Ivanovich, everyone needs armies to lead a war.

From this minute you and only you are responsible for manufacturing of cannons,

shotguns, gunpowder, equipment, outfit, for delivery of ship timber to the docks,

for provision of supplier in volume exceeding normal needs

and delivery of horses and etcetera without exception.

You will also manage finances, consideration of requests from landowners

and manufacturers, control over governorates

and other state affairs of primary importance.

Congratulations, Nikita Ivanovich.

You've taken the most responsible title in Russia.

And to make this burden lighter.

I'm giving you Marble Palace at Fontanka as a gift,

100000 dessiatines of wild lands in Poltava Governorate,

20000 serfs and 500000 rubles of start-up budget.

So, do you want to thank me?

Nikita Ivanovich?

Are you here or up in the clouds?

Your Majesty, Mother, defender!

Nikita Ivanych, I am worried about the agreement with Prussia.

I doubt that King Frederick II will want to negotiate, your Majesty.

He will wait until the winner is known.

If we defeat the Turks,

he will announce us an opportunity of creation of a military union.

But if they win, Turks, God forbid that,

which I personally don't believe, Your Majesty,

then Frederick will stab us in the back.

I will negotiate a solution before the start of military operations.

I will find what to offer him.

And to cheer the people up I would like to celebrate

laying of the monument to Peter the Great.

Ivan Ivanovich, is the project ready?

Now I am looking for a suitable piece of stone for the pedestal.

The project involves Lieutenant Potemkin and the sculptor, Falconet.

Your Majesty, if military operations start,

does it mean that we have to stop our works on erection of the granite embankments?

War is not a reason to give up, sirs.

Everyone can go.

Isn't it too much for Count Panin?

Others will envy, machinate and damage.

Envy is the poison for a heart, but we can't change the human nature.

You could give gifts to others too.

And now the Empress is kissing you and somebody envies.

Please tell me, should I kiss all your enviers?

What a luck!

I am afraid to scare it away.

Nikita Ivanovich.

Gentlemen, not today, not today, another time.

Nikita Ivanovich, I insist.

No, when I have some free time, I'll tell you, we meet and talk.

- Goodbye! - Are you sure?

You're going to regret it.

About what?

You're going to regret you've done this betrayal.

Gambler! Double-dealer!

You envy, that's it, Lev Sanych and you are full bile, right?

So grate your teeth, tell me some nasty thing, shoot fire with your eyes.

Go away! Fool, crippled!

- Talentless fool! - Let's go!

And you are not a chancellor! And you won't become one!

Never.

Zero! Nullity!

Jerk!