Synopsis
Rise of the Empire (2026) is a Russian historical drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Andrei Kravchuk. The film covers a decade of Peter the Great's reign — from the aftermath of his European tour through the destruction of the Swedish army at Poltava.
Milos Bikovic, Alexander Gorbatov, Alexei Guskov and Yuliya Peresild lead the cast. As Russia's tsar pushes a backward kingdom through forced modernization, the path is lined with military setbacks, betrayals, and revolts that nearly broke the campaign before it could succeed.
Kravchuk previously directed The Admiral and Viking — both large-scale Russian historical productions. This is his broadest project yet, spanning 1698 to 1721, the year Russia formally declared itself an empire. Stream Rise of the Empire online on iFILM.
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