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Ermak (1997)
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Ermak (1997)
Original name: Ермак
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 124 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.
Style: epic
Plot: czar, conqueror, equestrian, expedition, settler, cossack, biopic, conquering, imperial russia
Time: 16th century
Place: siberia

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