Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №2. Testament of the Empress 2000

Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I, Menshikov receives unlimited power, thereby causing envy and indignation of his former allies in the coup. Taking advantage of his absence, they are plotting against His Serene Highness. But once again, luck accompanies the brave darling of fortune: having received a warning of mortal danger, he escapes arrest and enters the boudoir of the Empress.

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Natalya Yegorova Catherine I

Sergey Shakurov Alexander Menshikov

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Ekaterina Nikitina Elizaveta Petrovna

Irina Lachina Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

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Dmitriy Verkeyenko Peter II

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Aleksandr Korzhenkov Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz

Nina Ruslanova Anna Ioannovna

Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. Ernst Johann von Biron

Andrey Mezhulis Carl Frederick of Sweden

Fyodor Dobronravov Федор Суров (Fyodor Surov)

Vladimir Soshalsky General Saltykov

Andrei Davydov Anton de Vieira

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Vladimir Koppalov Pyotr Tolstoy

Vladimir Ilin Andrey Osterman

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