Catherine the Great (2015 TV series)

Catherine The Great (Russian: Великая) is a 2015 Russian television series starring Yuliya Snigir as Catherine the Great. It was released in November 2015 on Channel One Russia.

Catherine the Great
Екатерина Bеликая
GenreHistory
Serial drama
Created byIgor Zaitsev
StarringYuliya Snigir (Season 1)
Elizaveta Boyarskaya (Season 2)
Natalia Surkova
Pavel Derevyanko
Sergey Shakurov
Ilya Noskov
Pavel Trubiner
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerRuben Dishdishyan
Production locationsSaint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
EditorGoran Pavichevich
Running time50 Minutes per episode
Production companyMars Media
Original release
Network1TV
Release4 November 2015 (2015-11-04) –
2023 (2023)

Plot

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The history of Catherine the Great from the moment she arrived in Russia as the new bride of Peter III and her ascent to the Russian throne.

Nearly 20 years of palace intrigues, conspiracies, the struggle for power and personal dramas.[1][2][3]

Cast

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Production

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Filming

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Filming was completed from December 2013 to August 2014 in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast (including Peter and Paul Fortress, Constantine Palace, Gatchina, and Lenfilm Studios).[3][4]

The crew is working on scenarios of the second and third season. They will tell the life of the Empress from 1762 to 1775 and from 1775 to 1796, respectively.[2] The second season was expected to finish filming in 2016.

Information on the show during the making of the 2nd and 3rd seasons can be seen on the wayback machine. [5][6]

Both the Second and Third seasons have been released. Season 2 involves Ekaterina, her sons, her relationship with the eldest Orlov brother, and Count Panin. Season 3 expands on some of second seasons’s storylines, while focusing on two of history’s better-known Pretenders who claimed the Russian throne rightfully belonged to them.

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