Nikolai Simonov

Character: Tsar Pyotr I

Alla Tarasova

Character: Tsarina Catherine I

Nikolai Cherkasov

Character: Prince Alexei

Irina Zarubina

Character: Efrosinya, mistress of Alexei

Mikhail Zharov

Character: Alexander Danilovich Menshikov

Mikhail Tarkhanov

Character: Field Marshal Sherementyev

Vladimir Gardin

Character: Prince Peter Tolstoy

Viktor Dobrovolsky

Character: Fedka, cossack leader / Gen. Yaguzhinsky

Ye. Karrik

Character: Karl XII, King of Sweden

Aleksey Vatulya

Character: Hetman Mazeppa

Vladimir Yershov

Character: Foreign ambassador

Fyodor Bogdanov

Character: Brovkin, mine owner

Konstantin Gibshman

Character: Prince Buinosov