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Semyon Dezhnyov

Semyon Dezhnyov

19837.01h 16m

Overview

Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.

Directed by Nikolai Gusarov
Written by Yaroslav Filippov
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Top Cast

Aleksei Buldakov

Aleksei Buldakov

Semyon Dezhnyov

Leonid Nevedomsky

Leonid Nevedomsky

Mikhailo Stadukhin

Viktor Grigoryuk

Viktor Grigoryuk

Gerasim Ankudinov

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Margarita Borisova

Abakayada

Ivan Krasko

Ivan Krasko

merchant Guselnikov

Olga Sirina

Olga Sirina

Ovdotyitsa

Oleg Korchikov

Oleg Korchikov

Fedot Popov

Nikolai Gusarov

Nikolai Gusarov

Timoshka

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Stepan Yemelyanov

Atamai

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Kotkin

About Semyon Dezhnyov

Semyon Dezhnyov is a history, adventure film released in 1983. Directed by Nikolai Gusarov, it stars Aleksei Buldakov, Leonid Nevedomsky, Viktor Grigoryuk. Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.

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