Shooting of a large scale historic TV Series ‘The Russian Slave’ started in Turkey

12 august 2019 · News

Shooting of a large scale historic TV Series ‘The Russian Slave’ for Channel One in Turkey. The plot will develop in the times of Boris Godunov and the Ottoman Empire. GM actor Artur Ivanov will play Godunov himself and Ivan Bosiljcic will turn into Sultan Mehmed 3! 

Moscow nobleman Danilo Isleniev was sent to Turkey as an ambassador in 1594 in order to find a friendly alliance with the Ottoman Empire. However, the Russian ambassador was detained by the new Sultan Mehmed III in Constantinople and then disappeared without a trace.
Elena Denisevich, Max Korolev and Ruben Dishdishyan are producers of the large-scale historical project “The Russian Slave”.