Янычар: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Alyokha is a Cossack. He heads to strange lands in order to do the last will of his father – to honor Virgin Mary. His route goes through the palace of a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Alyokha gets imprisoned there and becomes a janissary named Ali.  But there's no fortress that can keep hold of a free Cossack. Alyokha doesn't lose the hope to get freedom, to do the last will of his father, to fall in love and to get back to the Motherland.

Series details

• Title: Янычар
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2022-03-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-03-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Первый канал
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 53526

Cast and credited roles

• Илья Малаков — Алёха Кречет, казак / Али, янычар
• Арина Жаркова — Анна Даниловна Исленьева, дочь посла
• Артур Иванов — Борис Фёдорович Годунов
• Самвел Тадевосян — Арслан, янычар
• Виталий Кищенко — Данила Иванович Исленьев, посол
• Владимир Кошевой — Царь Фёдор I Иоаннович, сын Ивана Грозного
• Малхаз Абуладзе — визирь Хасан
• Кямран Агабалаев — Байзид-ага, полковой мулла
• Диана Манукян — Лилит
• Zurab Kipshidze — Климентий
• Ираклий Апакидзе — визирь Мурад-паша
• Иван Босильчич — султан Мехмед

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-03-10; final listed air date 2022-03-31; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

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