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The Fall of the Empire

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The Fall of the Empire
Written byLeonid Yuzefovich
Vladimir Khotinenko
Directed byVladimir Khotinenko
StarringAleksandr Baluev
Sergei Makovetsky
Maria Mironova
Chulpan Khamatova
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time520 min.
Original release
NetworkChannel One Russia
Release2005 (2005) –
2005 (2005)

The Fall of the Empire (Russian: Гибель империи, romanizedGibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005.[1][2]

It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin (Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov).

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Main characters of the series

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The real historical figures in the series

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References

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  1. ^ "Гибель империи". VokrugTV.
  2. ^ "Гибель империи". Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema.
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