
In Ukraine, in 1775, the Zaporogian Cossacks learn that Moscow is sending soldiers to destroy their fort. The Ukrainian villagers appeal to Czarina Catherine, but she insists that they join the Russian army or risk annihilation. Instead, the Cossacks burn their fort and flee on the Danube River to Turkey, where they live in peace, but still yearn for their homeland.
Odarka
Catherine II
Old Cossack
Kobzar
Hassan
Sultan
Kalnyshewsky
Gen. Tekely
Prokip
Neboha
Pxana
Ivan Karas
Andrey
Solo dancer
Selih-Agha