The Golden Horde

The Great Khan and the ruler of The Golden Horde, Khan Berke, meet a girl in the grasslands. They hope she will awaken in him a long-extinguished masculine force and provide him a long-awaited heir. The khan sends his best warriors for her.

Returning to G.H.Q., the Khan receives unpleasant news: Iran's Ilkhan Hulagu, his longtime enemy and contender for the Khan's throne, gathers an army to go to war with The Golden Horde. In order to strengthen the Mongol army, Berke sends his nephew Mengu-Temir to Russia with instructions to drive the 40,000 soldiers out.

Before going on the road, the Grand Duke Yaroslav asks Ustinia not to scream or cry, so as not to disturb the people. But Ustinia, shocked by the betrayal of her husband and holding a grudge against the Grand Duke, loses control and weeps helplessly before the crowd, which almost provokes an uprising.

Mother Mengu-Temir reprimands her son after he risks angering the Great Khan. Ush-Khatun comes to the harem, where they brought Ustinia. Seeing her disobedience, she orders to take away her beloved servant Matren, her only friend in a foreign land, and put the stamp of a slave on the princess.

Gossip that Nargiz gave herself to Yeremey quickly spreads through the tower. Radmila is in a hurry to announce the news to her husband, in hopes that he will immediately baptize Nargiz and pass off Yeremey. Radmila asks her husband to become the godfather of Nargiz's child, in order to create even more moral obstacles to intimacy with the girl.

Ustinha realizes that with open resistance she will only shorten her life. After giving the attendant an engagement ring, the princess asks her to arrange a meeting with Ush-Khatun. Ustinya thanks Ush-Khatun and promises to continue to behave humbly. Ush-Khatun orders to provide the princess with everything necessary and return her servant Matrena to her.