Actress Irina Rozanova stars as Yekaterina Alexeyevna Furtseva, one of the most influential women in the Soviet Union. A young weaver from the Tver Governorate, she rises from a determined Komsomol member to Minister of Culture, enduring fierce Kremlin intrigues, betrayals, and discord within her family.
The finest actors of Russian theater, cinema, and television appear in this story of a political career and personal destiny: Tatyana Arntgolts, Nina Usatova, Viktor Sukhorukov, Valery Barinov, Alexander Domogarov, Gennady Khazanov, and many others.
The Series spans half a century of Soviet history—difficult and bloody, yet great at the same time. Beginning as an ordinary Party worker who was brought to Moscow by love, Furtseva became the person who gave the green light to many world cultural events: pianist Van Cliburn receiving the First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition, Federico Fellini being awarded the top prize at the Moscow Film Festival, and the opening of the circus on Vernadsky Avenue.
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