Synopsis

1779 Everyone already calls Empress Catherine II the Great at the instigation of her closest associate, the influential Princess Dashkova. His Serene Highness Prince Potemkin, the former favorite and married husband of Catherine, remains a faithful comrade-in-arms and, in fact, the second person in the state. The personal life of the empress, as before, is full of passions and love affairs. However, despite everything, Catherine does not forget about important state affairs. Among them is a manifesto on succession to the throne. The Empress decides to transfer the throne to her grandson Alexander, bypassing the legal heir - her son Pavel. However, the Tsarevich is not going to give up his rights and will fight to the end. A new struggle for power begins.