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Ermak

Ermak

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Overview

The second half of the 16th century, the time of Ivan the Terrible's reign. The story of Yermak Timofeyevich, whose campaign beyond the Urals served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom.

Created by Anatoliy Ivanov
Written by Anatoliy Ivanov, Vadim Trunin, Vladimir Krasnopolskiy
NetworksTV-6

Top Cast

Viktor Stepanov

Viktor Stepanov

Yermak

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Evgeniy Evstigneev

Czar Ivan Groznyy «Ivan the Terrible»

Nikita Dzhigurda

Nikita Dzhigurda

Ivan Koltso

Irina Alfyorova

Irina Alfyorova

Alyona

Khodzha Durdy Narliyev

Khodzha Durdy Narliyev

khan Kutchoum

Pyotr Velyaminov

Pyotr Velyaminov

Melentiy

Aleksei Kolesnik

Aleksei Kolesnik

pan Nikita

Mikhail Zhigalov

Mikhail Zhigalov

Mikhaylo Yuryev

Aleksandra Kolkunova

Aleksandra Kolkunova

Farida

N

Nikolay Mikheev

Bolkhovsky

Themes & Keywords

biographyhistory

About Ermak

Ermak is a war & politics, drama series that first aired in 1997 exploring themes of biography, history. Created by Anatoliy Ivanov, it stars Viktor Stepanov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Nikita Dzhigurda. The second half of the 16th century, the time of Ivan the Terrible's reign. The story of Yermak Timofeyevich, whose campaign beyond the Urals served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom.

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