Semyon Dezhnyov

Semyon Dezhnyov — Plot

Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.

• Release date
• November 28, 1983
• Runtime
• 76 min
• Genres
• History, Adventure
• Director
• Nikolai Gusarov

Semyon Dezhnyov — Cast

Aleksei Buldakov Semyon Dezhnyov Leonid Nevedomsky Mikhailo Stadukhin Viktor Grigoryuk Gerasim Ankudinov

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Margarita Borisova Abakayada Ivan Krasko merchant Guselnikov Olga Sirina Ovdotyitsa Oleg Korchikov Fedot Popov Nikolai Gusarov Timoshka