The Romanovs. The Real History of the Russian Dynasty. Episodes 1-4. StarMediaEN

In 1613 The Zemsky Sobor (the National Assembly) adopted a decision to invite Michael Fyodorovich Romanov to become tsar of Russia. This decision was announced in Red Square in front of numerous crowds of people: “Michael Fyodorovich shall be tsar and lord of Muscovy and all the Russian state.” In order to prevent disturbances, Michael Romanov had to take a terrible sin upon his soul – to execute a 3 year-old boy…

The most vivid pages of Russian history and the establishment and consolidation of Russian state power are associated with the eighteen Russian Tsars of the House of Romanov which include such historic names as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas I and Alexanders I, II and III. The dynasty ended with the brutal assassination of the last Tsar, Nicholas II and his family by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg in 1917.

The Romanov dynasty played a hugely important role in world history, and the series highlights the life stories and characters of the tsars, recounting their rise to power and their contribution to the dynasty, their merits and their faults, their achievements and mistakes, their victories and defeats in war.

The series also examines the Russian form of 'Caesarism' as a system of state administration - its advantages and drawbacks and how the Russian state changed under the Romanov's rule.

THE ROMANOVS is told in eight epic one-hour episodes using a unique combination of magnificent CGI animation and dramatic reconstruction with careful and accurate attention paid to each period.

Type: TV series
Genre: docudrama
Year of production: 2013
Duration: 8x52 minutes
Directed by: Maksim Bespalyi
Written by: Marina Bandilenko, Marina Ulybysheva
Director of photography: Ivan Barkhvart
Producers: Valeriy Babich, Vlad Ryashin, Sergey Titinkov, Konstantin Ernst

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[projectybb]

I woke up to this playing. I've been through 2 hours of it. I was watching mr ballen

[SilverImmortal]

This is what the history Channel should be

[BogdanLiviu]

A perfect documentary. Thousands of classes over Netflix. Fluent narrative, normal tone, no cringe emphatic voice and without interviews with second-hand teachers who repeat the same words. No useless special effects, pure information. Thank you!

[tonyahodas]

This is the beat story I have ever listened to. I'm obsessed, perfect voice, tone and story telling. Absolutely amazing.

[procrastinationismyspecial]

The number of times I’ve woken up to this playing is crazy😂

[jamesschulte]

This is an amazing documentary. It's interesting to note all the credits and all writing and notations on the screen appear in what i believe is probably Russian. Yet the narrator speaks English. I'm guessing this film was made in Russia by Russians. What is great is that English speakers can hear and see this amazing history from the perspective of Russians. This is a real masterpiece. 😊

[bubblesmageefrompoughkipse]

This is what a documentary should be...the standard of excellence all other documentaries should seek to achieve!

[tasi]

Michael Romanov feels like such an underrated historical figure. He unwillingly accepted the role of Tsar, inherited a volatile country, faced political and personal betrayals yet stayed true to his convictions and geared Russia towards development. He laid the groundwork for his successors and didn't let anyone else rule him. Truly a man who is overlooked despite being the founder of one of the greatest empires in the world.

[FaceLess.Triixx]

I was watching Gordon Ramsey and fell asleep and now I'm super interested in Russian History...Thanks YouTube

[ShitterMcGavin]

This is by far one of the absolute best documentaries I've ever watched not to mention one of the best about the Romanovs. First I can remember watching that started from the beginning of the Dynasty. Great mix of accurate recreation and actual art/historical documentations. 10/10 stars!!!!

[stephenadsit]

My favorite documentary we need more movies about the Romanovs that don’t involve the last ones.

[fryode]

What's most interesting about this video is I can almost read Cyrillic now. It's like learning my ABCs all over again.

[HelenaVanCity]

I am Russian (real Russian, not just of Russian descent :), and I am learning SO MUCH MORE from this documentary than I "learned" in all my middle and high school years! I always found our history textbooks boring and poorly written, and the two history teachers we had could not really engage and fascinate us. Basically, we were only learning the chronology of events, without being told the exciting stories and personalities that were behind those events. Thank you for this fun and education!

[MusgraveRitual]

Incredible series. Tsar Alexei letting a falcon open his vein for a blood-letting procedure is another level badass (48:25)

[larrackell]

I didn't think I'd be spending my day watching a series on Russian nobles, but here we are.

[suescourfield]

This is an absolutely exceptional documentary series.
Extremely informative and captivating.

[ELY]

I'm only 15 minutes in and I'm blown away by the production values in this documentary. The attention to detail is staggering. 100% impressed.

[ruthojen]

I went for a walk with a friend tonight and tried to explain what I’ve been learning about Russian history.
The lunatics, seers, believers, conquerors, fanatics, despots and visionaries - my friend stared at me like I was a raving lunatic. The lack of curiosity is disheartening

[elizabethness]

The western world needs to be educated exceĺlent series

[Ichigokurosaki]

This is the most outstanding documentary in Russian history.