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介绍：1774年，叶卡捷琳娜大帝的统治受到来自四面八方的巨大威胁。与土耳其的战争，可能会让俄罗斯功成名就，也可能从此一蹶不振。而此时，在巴黎的逃亡波兰人和法国冒险家的手中掌握着对付叶卡捷琳娜大帝的重要王牌——自称是俄国女皇伊丽莎白·彼得罗夫娜（Elizabeth Petrovna）女儿的伊丽莎白· 塔拉坎诺娃（Elizaveta Tarakanova）。在俄罗斯南部，一场由顿河哥萨克普加乔夫（Yemelyan Pugachev）领导的农民起义正在爆发，他自称皇帝彼得三世。皇宫中的危险也逐步逼近：帕宁正在考虑将权力从叶卡捷琳娜大帝手中转移，扶持保罗上台。俄罗斯未来的命运取掌握在女皇手中

介绍：俄罗斯电视一台最新关于叶卡捷琳娜大帝的传记电视剧，由在《情迷彼得堡》当中出演黑森公主玛利亚闻名的玛丽娜·亚历山德罗娃主

介绍：西元9世纪以前，辽阔的东欧处於诸侯割据的混乱局面，王室与诸侯的关係非常紧张。老国王的暴毙使得王位的继承权成为了导火索。主持国政的波佩尔亲王则是野心勃勃，而亲王妃更是个毒辣的女人，她一心要把儿子推上王位，却遭到诸侯一致反对。於是波佩尔亲王决定先下杀手……阴謀残害王子，为了防止诸侯反抗，假称病危连夜召集各诸侯集会并进行了屠杀於是波佩尔亲王登基成了国王，他和王妃子成为王储。 亲王的暴行激起了诸侯的愤怒，纷纷调集军队组成联军，联合讨伐亲王，大军所到之处摧城拔寨，大破亲王重重防线……为了保住江山，亲王不惜以割地引来了强大兇悍的北欧海盗，使联合军遭到惨重损失，大军处处受阻，驍勇的泽莫维特在关键时刻显出了武士本色，与海盗展开最后的决战……决斗中杀死了海盗首领，使敌军迅速溃败；联军乘胜追击，攻破亲王宫殿……王国恢復了和平…

介绍：Plotoftheseries:Intheseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites,”thereignoftheGreatEmpressofRussia,CatherineAlekseevnaII,continues.Theeventstakeplacein1779,whenthequeenhasbeenonthethroneforseventeenyearsandhasreachedthepeakofhergreatness.Herfamespreadnotonlytoneighboringcountries,butthroughoutEurope.Suchanicknameas“Great”wasassignedtoherbythehighsocietyofEurope,thankstotheeffortsoftheinfluentialPrincessDashkova,whowasalwaysdevotedtoCatherineII.Uponreturningfromabroad,CatherineIIishelpedbytheruler’smainassociate,EkaterinaRomanovnaDashkova.Meanwhile,herhusbandmentionedintheseries,PrinceGrigoryAlexandrovichPotemkin,remaininginsecondplaceintheState,isnolongerherfavorite.Newfavoritesappearoneafteranother,buttheyareallundertheclosesupervisionofPotemkin.Noneofthenewfavoritescanmaintaintheirpositionforlong.Catherineplaysatlove,exaltingherselftothepointthatnomandeserveshertruelove.However,theheartdoesnotobeythemind.YounghandsomeAlexanderLanskoywontheheartofthequeen,butultimatelybrokeit.Despitethestormyloveaffairs,CatherinetheSecondisnotdistractedforaminutefromstateaffairs.Thetimecomeswhenyouhavetothinkabouttheheirtothethrone.DespitethefactthattheEmpresshasason,PavelPetrovich,whoisthemainlegalheirtotheRussianthrone,Catherinedoesnotconsiderhimaworthysuccessor.Shedecidestomakehergrandson,Alexander,herheir.PavelisdeterminedandreadytofightforhislegitimaterightstothethroneofRussia.AnewfightfortheRussianthronebegins.Theseventeen-yearreignofCatherineIIwasmarkedbyherpowerfulinfluenceonbothdomesticandforeignpolicyofRussia.Shetookactivestepstomodernizethecountry,absorbingforeignachievementsandpractices.ThereformsofCatherineIIwereaimedatstrengtheningthestateandincreasingitsinfluenceinEurope.Shealsoactivelypursuedforeignpolicy,expandingtheterritoryoftheRussianEmpireandimprovingthearmyandnavy.Atthesametime,intrigueandpoliticalmanipulationoftenaccompaniedthelifeofCatherineII.Shedividedhertimebetweengovernmentaffairsandherpersonallife,inwhichloveaffairsandpassionsplayedasignificantrole.CatherineIIwasknownforheraffairswithvariousmen,includingstatesmenandforeigndiplomats.Thenewfightforthethrone,describedintheseries"CatherineSeason4’sFavorites",representsadramaticturnfortheempire.Theheirtothethrone,PavelPetrovich,isfacedwithachoice-tofightforhislegacyortocometotermswithhisgrandmother’sdecision.Hegathersaroundhimselfsupportersandforcesreadytosupporthisclaims.Russia’sfatelargelydependsontheoutcomeofthispowerstruggle.Thus,theseries“CatherineSeason4Favorites”presentsafascinatinghistoricaldramainwhichloveintrigues,politicalmanipulationsandthestruggleforpowerareintertwined.Itallowsustolookintothelifeofoneofthemostmagnificentwomeninhistoryandseehowherdecisionsandactionsinfluencedthefateofthestateandherownfamily.