Ekaterina Season 2 Episode Guide
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Ekaterina season 2 episode guide Continue For the Russian TV series of 2015 on the same theme, watch the TV series Catherine the Great (2015). Ekaterina SvyagintsevaHistoric dramaAnton GoldopolskySignedARif AliyevAndrei Ivanov (series 3)Ivan zaruvaev (series 3)Director Alexander Baranov (series 1)Ramil Sabitov (series 1)Dmitry Iosifov (series 2-3) StarringMarin Alexandrov Vladimir MenshovConstan LavronenkoAlexander Lazarev Jr. Nikolai KozakRinal MukhametovSergey MarinArthiom Alexeygor SklyarVladimir JaglihSergey KoltakhamiMhail GorevaStarislav StrelkovAlina TomnikovaArtur IvanovAngelina StrechinaCompozer (Nikolai Rostov) seasons3No. episodes40ProductionExecutive producer (s)Lilia ChexterAlexandra Shahnazarova (series 1)Suzanne Moisen (series 2-3)Producer (s) Alexander AkopovAlalia SchneiderovaTatiana Belichenko (series 1)Alexei Kozin (series 1-2)Ekaterina Efanova (series 1-2) Alexey Kublitsky (series 1)2) Blavatnik (series 2)Anton Goldopolsky (series 2-3)Dmitry Golubnichy (series 2-3)Nikolai Rostov (series 3)Anastasia Koretskaya (series 3)Production place (s) St. PetersburgMoscowPremiki NovgorodPragesinematographyMaxim Shinkorenko32-60 MinutesProduction Company (season 1).Production 1-2)STUDIO COSMOS (seasons 2-3) Release ofRussiaPicture formatHDTV 1080iAudio formatDolby Digital 5.1Original release24 November 2014 (2014-11-24) - presentInsiveInsive linksWebsite Ekaterina 2014 Russia-1 historical television series starring Marina Alexandrov as a possible Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The first season tells the story of Princess Sophie Friederika Auguste and her rise to power to become Empress of Russia, after the coup d'etat and the murder of her husband Peter III. The second season depicts the challenges she faces at home and abroad in the early years of her reign, when she tries to revive Russia to become one of the great powers of Europe, and becomes called the Great. The first season premiered on November 24, 2014 on Russia 1 and was released on Amazon in 2017 under the title Catherine: The Rise of Catherine the Great. The second season premiered on Russia 1 on February 27, 2017 and was released on Amazon in 2018. The series originally aired on the Day 21, 2019. During the broadcast, the series took the first place in the ratings of film and television series in Russia and became one of the most popular tv series in the Russian Federation. Plot summary Season 1: Catherine (2014) Motto - I will reign ... otherwise I will die... In 1744 in St. Petersburg, Empress Elizabeth is childless and appoints her nephew Peter Fedorovich as heir to the Russian throne. But he was born in Prussia and could barely speak Russian. Elizabeth decides marry him to a princess, intending to take any future son and train him to become a future emperor. Elizabeth chooses a wife for her nephew, The German Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Serbst-Dornburg. Sofia Frederick hopes to find happiness in a distant and foreign country, but faces intrigues and conspiracies of the Russian imperial court, indifference of her husband and plans of the Empress. The girl takes the name Ekaterina Alexeyevna (Ekaterina) and works to save herself and her children from danger, as Emperor Peter III wants to send her out of the palace. In July 1762, just six months after he became emperor, Peter made a political mistake by resigning with his courtier and relatives born in Holstein, oranienbaum, leaving his wife in St. Petersburg. July 8 and 9 Leib Guards Rebellion, toppled Peter from power, and proclaims Catherine as the new monarch. The bloodless coup d'etat succeeds, and Catherine becomes the new Empress, and thus begins the Golden Age of the Russian Empire. Season 2: The Rise of Catherine (2017) Motto - She ascended the throne to become the Great 1768. Ekaterina has ruled Russia for six years. The dangerous prospect of war with Turkey is looming. At the same time, Catherine is looking for a way to legally marry her long-time beloved Grigory Orlov and legalize their common son Alexei, to make him heir to the throne in case Pavel Petrovich (son of Catherine II and Peter III) remains childless. However, the audacious and unpredictable behavior of Orlov, as well as his problems with men's health force the Empress to abandon the idea of marriage and send his son Alexei abroad. Throwing Pavel Petrovich into the arms of his bridesmaid, Sofia Stepanovna, the Empress guarantees that Pavel Petrovich can have children. Having got rid of Orlov, Ekaterina falls in love with the guard Grigory Potemkin and finds in Europe a bride for Pavel Petrovich, Wilhelmina Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. 1774. The Russo-Turkish War ends with the victory of Russia, which establishes its protectorate over the Crimean Khanate and gets access to the Black and Azov Seas. 1776. Pavel Petrovich marries the Duchess Sophie Dorothea Wurttemberg for the second time, and Catherine marries Potemkin, who in her honor establishes the city of Ekaterinoslav in the south of the empire. 1780. Catherine releases from prison the family of Braunschweig, the children of Duke Anton Ulrich - great-grandchildren of Peter the Great. They're going to Denmark. 1782. Catherine opens a monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg and sends Pavel Petrovich with his wife and children on a trip to Europe. Season 3: Catherine. Impostors (2019) Motto - Russia is waiting... I won't let anyone stop me! Note: This season runs between the 11th and 12th episode of the second season, from 1774 to 1774. The reign of the great and mighty Catherine is under threat. The Russo-Turkish war continues, depleting the treasury of the Empire. Numerous contenders appear with claims to the throne. Peasant war in full swing - a war led by Emelian Pugachev, who surrendered to Peter III. Inside the palace is also a danger: nobles want to hand over the throne to his eldest son Paul. Catherine's personal life is turbulent. She lost hope for a child with Prince Potemkin. She has new love interests, new favorites. But the greatest and most important love of the Empress is Russia itself. Catherine must make decisions that determine the fate of her throne and her empire. Cast Catherine the Great Ekaterina Alexeyevna /Sophie Friedericke Auguste,Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst-DornburgEkaterina characterPortrayed byMarina AlexandrovaFirst appearanceEpisode 1.01Last appearanceEpisode 3.16FamilyFatherChristian August, Prince of Anhalt-ZerbstMotherJohanna of Holstein-GottorpBrothers William Christian Frederick Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst SistersAuguste Christine CharlotteElizabeth UlrikeHusband Peter III (m. 1745; died 1762) Grigory Potemkin (m. 1775) Sons Pavel I Petrovich Alexey Bobrinsky DaughtersAnna PetrovnaStepdaughtersElizaveta TemkinaGrandsons Semyon Veliky Alexander I Grandfathers John Louis I of Anhalt-Dornburg Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin Grandmothers Princess Christine Eleonore of Zeutsch Albertina of Baden-Durlach Uncles Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden Frederick August I of Oldenburg John Louis II of Anhalt-Zerbst First cousins Gustav III of Sweden Charles XIII of Sweden Frederick Adolf of Östergötland Sophia of Quedlinburg Wilhelm of Oldenburg Hedvig of Holstein-Gottorp Marina Alexandrova as Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst / Her Highness Ekaterina Alekseyevna / Empress Catherine the Great Julia Aug as Empress Elizaveta Petrovna [series 1; 2–3 — flashbacks only] Aleksandr Yatsenko as His Highness Pyotr Fyodorovich / Emperor Peter III [series 1; 2-3 - flashbacks only Pavel Tabakov as His Highness Pavel Petrovich (series 2-3) Vladimir Menshov as Count / Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Rumin (series 1) Konstantin Lavronenko as Count / Count Johann Lestock (series 1) Alexander Lazarev Jr. as Count / Count Alexei Razumovsky (series 1) Nikolai Kozak as Count / Count Alexander Shuvalov (series 1) Rinal Mukhametov as Count Sergei Saltykov (series 1; 2 - memories of only Sergei Strelnikov as captain Grigory Orlov (series 1) Sergey Marin as Count / Count Grigory Orlov (series 2-3) Mikhail Gavrilov as Alexei Orlov (series 1) Artem Alekseev as Count / Count Alexei Orlov (series 2) Kirill Rubtsov (series 1) / Igor Sklyar (series 2-3) in the film Ivan Betskaya Vladimir Yaglych in the film Grigory Potemkin (series 2-3) Sergey Koltakov as Chancellor Panina Panina Mikhail Gorevoy as privy councillor Stepan Sheshkovsky [series 2–3] Stanislav Strelkov as cabinet secretary Adam Olsufyev [series 2– 3] Alina Tomnikov as Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt / Her Higness Natalya Alexeyevna [series 2–3] Artur Ivanov as Yemelyan Pugachev [series 3] Angelina Strechina as Princess Tarakanova [series 3] Isabelle Schosing as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, mother of Catherine The Great Vitaly Kravchenko as Generalfeldmarschall Stepan Apraksin Elena Shamova as Gemma, a servant Ivan Dobronravov as Pimen, a servant / medicus Svetlana Korchagina as Matryona, a servant Alexey Vorobyov as Count Stanisław August Poniatowski [series 1] Marcin Stec as King Stanisław August Poniatowski [series 2]: Jacub Snochowski as Krzysztof Piecki, a valet of Stanisław Poniatowski [series 2] Maxim Kerin as Brockdorff, a valet of Peter III Hartmouth Krug [series 1] / Stass Klassen [series 2] as King Frederick II : Yuri Maslak as General Hans Joachim von Sitin Vitas Eisenach as Axel von Mardefeld, Prussian Ambassador Patrick Rui Rollin as the Marquis de la Hetardi, French Ambassador Pavel Vorozhtsov as Mikhail Lomonosov Polina Lazarev as Countess Ekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Peter III's favorite Valentina Talyzin as the nanny of ex-Emperor Ivan