The Youth of Peter the Great

The Youth of Peter the Great the first part of a twopart film, which was based on a novel Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by a famous Russian director Sergey Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema.

Part two starts off with merchants Ivan Brovkin and Gypsy meet each other on the market, and started discussing upcoming RussoTurkish war. One of the Streltsy members found out, that Natalya Naryshkina, the current czarevna of Russia, wants to sent all of them to different cities, and leave them in monasteries. Also, she will deny them of Streltsy honor. The Streltsy are also worry that the current czar, Peter the Great, wont defend them either. They believe that killing the czar is the only option. So, to save their own skin, the leader of Streltsy opens his evil plan The gang of a 100 men will burn the palace, and if the czar will survive they will poke him with pikes and halberdiers till he dies. The plan however, didnt worked out, because one of the czars guards found out about the evil plan. All of the Streltsy were captured near the palace, and brought to Peter himself. He of course proposed torture by giving the Streltsy leaderlashes. Meantime the court reads the accusation letter in which the Streltsy leader mentioned as drunk, and that he was saying that he wants to kill the czar by throwing grenades inside of the palace, and then kill him if he comes out alive. The leader mentions Vasily Galitzine as a coconspirator. The guards then are sent to find and arrest Vasily. They didnt look long, they found him at his house, and ordered him to pack up his stuff. Upon arriving to meet His Majesty, he is greeted with a letter that is being read by a guard, in which says that He Vasily Galitzine will be dishonored of his boyar duty, and will be sent to a monastery with his wife and children for life to a city of Kargopol. Next day, Peter and Franz witnessed His Majestys dream. The Naval ships are firing. That means, that Russia is one step closer to the war with Turkey. At night Franz suggested Peter to capture Azov and Black Seas, that way Russia will have access to the south seas, instead of relying on only the north ones. The movie ends with Ivan Brovkin com

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