The series is set in the Russian Empire during the second half of the 19th century, against the backdrop of social upheaval and the Russo-Turkish War. At the heart of the story is the romance between Sofya, a student at the Institute for Noble Young Ladies, and the married Count Vorontsov.
Season 1
260 eps

Alisa Sapegina
Sofya Ivanovna Vorontsova (Gorchakova)

Aleksandr Arsentev
Vladimir Vorontsov

Ivan Kolesnikov
Andrey Khovansky

Ksenya Khairova
Lidiya Sokolova

Alyona Sozinova
Miriam
Yulia Guseva
Anastasia Chernevskaya

Polina Belenkaya
Varvara Kulakova

Anton Feoktistov
Nikolay Markin

Ivan Ryzhikov
Platon

Irina Lindt
Nina Andreevna Mancini

Vasily Shemyakinsky
Giovanni Mancini
Irena Morozova
Zeynab

Anatoliy Kotenyov
Dmitriy Zotov

Marina Dianova
Alevtina Zotova

Aleksey Faddeev
Evgeny Butov