The Conquest of Siberia

The Conquest of Siberia (Тобол, 2019) is a Russian historical action drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Igor Zaytsev and based on Alexei Ivanov's novel. The story is set in the era of Peter the Great — a young officer, Ivan Demarin, is sent by the tsar deep into Siberia to the frontier town of Tobolsk.

He arrives expecting a posting. What he gets is a first love, a conspiracy among local princes hunting for the gold of Yarkand, and a fort surrounded by Dzungar forces with no backup coming. The film stars Ilya Malanin, Dmitry Dyuzhev, and Agata Muceniece. Ivanov's novel is known for grounding sweeping Russian history in one person's decisions — the adaptation keeps that focus. Stream The Conquest of Siberia online on iFILM.