The 16th century, the time when the Cossacks were taking shape on the Don. The plot’s intrigue, the beautiful setting, horse races, battles, rituals, songs, and the love between the young military ataman Danila and Aigül, the daughter of a Nogai murza, which transcends class and religious differences — all of this unfolds against the backdrop of the Cossacks’ historical choice to side with the Muscovite State in the struggle against the remnants of the Golden Horde.

Genres

Cast

Anatoliy Kotenyov

атаман Данила

Yuriy Nazarov

атаман

Les Serdyuk

Кост Верболоз

Yury Alexeev

отец Евпсихий

Vladimir Antonik

Севрюк / закадровый текст

Yuriy Dubrovin

Богай

Nikolai Gusarov

Лукьян Чига

Oleg Nikolayevsky

дед Савка

Yuliya Butakova

казачка

Viktor Solovyov

царь Иоанн

Tatyana Sumarokova

старшая казачка

Dmitri Shilko

боярин