La relation amoureuse tumultueuse entre Catherine II et le tsar Peter de Holstein-Gottorp qui se marient alors que la jeune fille n'a que 16 ans...

1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.

Russian Empire. The second decade of the twentieth century. As a result of the conflict between the Entente and the bloc of the Central Powers led by Germany, which erupted in August 1914, Russia is drawn into the First World War. A wave of unrest is rolling through the country. Revolutionary moods are increasing every day. Counterintelligence is trying with all its might to suppress the activity of German spies active in the territory of the country ...

Russian miniseries based on the novel The Brothers Karamazov.

Sherlock Holmes suit la piste de Jack l'Éventreur, qui a tailladé plusieurs femmes à Londres et laissé un message spécial pour le détective sur chacun des lieux des meurtres, ce qui conduit Sherlock dans l'Empire russe. La réputation de Holmes en tant qu'enquêteur talentueux n'a pas encore atteint Saint-Pétersbourg, de sorte que personne ne prend au sérieux le détective londonien ou ses déductions. Holmes loue une chambre chez le docteur Kartsev, qui finit par devenir son assistant. Ensemble, ils résolvent des crimes, même lorsque la police locale agit contre eux.

Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries - the Romanovs.