Old Sanya represents Sanya years after the collapse of his childhood family. He encounters Tolyan again and hopes to recover some form of reconciliation, but Tolyan rejects him. This renewed betrayal leads Old Sanya to confront Tolyan directly, producing the fatal culmination of their damaged relationship.
Sergey is Vladimir’s brother and a Bolshevik commander. He begins an affair with Olga, causing Vladimir great emotional distress. While commanding at the front, Sergey orders the execution of Olga’s brother, and Olga later loses interest in him when he returns to Petrograd disabled.
The captain of the remote Belogorsk outpost and the father of Masha Mironova. His daughter meets and falls in love with the young officer Pyotr Grinyov there, placing the captain’s family within the setting where the approaching troubles of Pugachev’s revolt threaten the lives and feelings of the young couple.
Yuri Belyayev has 60 screen credits in a career dating back to 1980. Signature works include Secret of Admiral Ushakov, Woe to Wit or Eisenstein and Meyerhold: a Two-fold Portrait in the Interior of the Epoch, Gunpowder. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
