Primary Russia Explained

Primary Russia
Native Name:	Russian: Русь изначальная
Director:	Gennady Vasilyev
Producer:	Igor Zuyev
Music:	Aleksey Rybnikov
Cinematography:	Aleksandr Garibyan
Editing:	Valeria Vasilyeva
Studio:	Gorky Film Studio
Runtime:	140 min.
Country:	Soviet Union
Language:	Russian

Primary Russia (Russian: Русь изначальная|Rus iznachalnaya) is a 1985 Soviet historical epic film directed by Gennady Vasilyev.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

The film takes place in Ancient Rus', when Ratibor united the Slavs into one army and rebuffed the nomads.^[4]

Cast

• Lyudmila Chursina as Aneya
• Boris Nevzorov as Vseslav
• Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Emperor Justinian
• Margarita Terekhova as Theodora
• Elena Kondulainen as Mlava
• Arnis Licitis as Malkh
• Igor Dmitriev as Tribonian
• Vladimir Talashko as Demetrius
• Vladimir Antonik as Ratibor
• Viktor Gogolev as Velimudr^[5]
• Mikhail Kokshenov as Kolot
• Mikhail Svetin as Repartius
• Yevgeny Steblov as Hypatius
• Elguja Burduli as Belisarius
• Georgi Yumatov as sentenced to death

Notes and References

1. https://spb.er.ru/news/2018/11/7/v-ramkah-partproekta-istoricheskaya-pamyat-dlya-uchashihsya-shkoly-186-proshel-pokaz-istoricheskogo-filma/ В рамках партпроекта «Историческая память» для учащихся школы №186 прошел показ исторического фильма
2. https://oane.ws/2017/10/23/akter-mihaila-kokshenov-posle-insulta-nahoditsya-v-tyazhelom-sostoyanii.html Эксперты: Фильм «Спортлото-82» дал старт популярности Михаила Кокшенова
3. http://tass.ru/kultura/3467380 Утонченная и элегантная: 75 лет Людмиле Чурсиной
4. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/42142/ Русь изначальная
5. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091876/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Primary Russia (1986) Full Cast / Crew