"Any appropriation of the royal name is the greatest crime against the main idea of the time." Catherine II is alarmed by the appearance of an impostor. This young girl calls herself Elizaveta Petrovna, the granddaughter of Peter the Great, a legitimate pretender to the Russian throne. The Empress orders Count Orlov secretly to seize and bring an impostor on a ship from Italy to Russia. But she could not even imagine that Orlov would fall in love with this girl, who turned out to be young, well-educated, attractive. Catherine lost her peace of mind. She used to write plays, answer numerous letters from her correspondents. Now she is concerned about the appearance of an impostor, who is called Princess Tarakanova. How will the queen meet with the one she despises, and hates, and is afraid? "Many unfortunates will be saved by your death. You are the devil in the flesh! "
