Pilot

The mid-17th century. Cannons roar, thick powder smoke blankets the ground, and cannonballs whistle as they smash into fortress walls and towers! The cavalry attacks fiercely, sabers glinting, while out at sea — ships fly the blue flag with three golden crowns. The flag of the Swedish King Karl Gustav! The Baltic Sea is already a "Swedish lake," and the Swedes are everywhere in the Baltic. The next Russo-Swedish war is underway, and the Russian army, commanded by the Tsar himself, is heading towards Livonia, the goal being the siege and capture of Riga. This is a difficult task, and it would be good to have a loyal person among the besieged. That person becomes the young landowner from Tikhvin, Nikita Petrovich Buturlin, who had previously made a name for himself in the Swedish town of Nien. Nien has been taken, and now Buturlin must infiltrate Riga without raising any suspicions. He needs to find work, establish necessary connections, gather information, and pass it on to the Russian army, and then, fulfilling an important state mission, head to distant Africa, where the Swedes have a colony — the Gold Coast. Everything would be fine, but Nikita Petrovich got caught up with a cunning girl whom many considered a witch…