- The Russian Czar sends his trusted confidant, Michael Strogoff, to warn his brother the Grand Duke of a Tartar rebellion that will be led by Feofar Khan and Ivan Ogareff. Calling himself Nicholas Korpanoff, Strogoff poses as a trader to journey to warn the Grand Duke. On his way he meets Nadia Fedorova, a young girl trying to join her father Wassili, a political activist who has been exiled to Siberia. Strogoff is captured by the Tartars, who don't believe he is a trader and threaten to torture Strogoff's mother Marfa unless he reveals his true identity.—frankfob2@yahoo.com
- The Czar of all the Russians was holding a great court fete when General Kissoff quietly told him that the Tartars under Feofar-Khan were in active rebellion commanded by Ivan Ogareff. The Czar needed a fearless, faithful courier, a man with a frame of iron to carry a dispatch through hostile territory to Irkutsk, where his brother, the Grand Duke, at whom the insurrection would first be aimed, was stationed. So Michael Strogoff was selected as best fitted for the dangerous mission. Strogoff set out bearing passports made out to him under the name of Nicholas Korpanoff. On board the boat in his guise of a simple trader, Michael Strogoff met a beautiful young girl. Nadia Federova, who was going to join her father. Wassili Federova, a political exile at Irkutsk. At Perm, Strogoff and Nadia continued their journey as quickly as possible by carriage. Michael and Nadia were separated when they were attacked by Tartars and Nadia was captured. Later Strogoff was captured and again met Nadia and also his mother. When his mother spoke, Michael was obliged to disown her, lest his identity become known. He escaped from the Tartars, only to be recaptured. At the big Tartar camp, the forces under Feofar-Khan and those under Ivan Ogareff joined each other. Through Sangaree, Ogareff learned that Marfa Strogoff was among the captives and determined to torture her to make her disclose the identity of her son. As Michael Strogoff saw the knout descend on his mother's back, he disclosed his identity. Seizing the knout, he struck Ogareff across the face. The Tartars made a triumphal entry into Tomsk, where a big festival was held. At this festival Ogareff took Strogoff before Feofar-Khan. At his orders, Michael Strogoff was blinded by having a hot sabre passed close to the eye ball. Michael and Nadia escaped, the girl serving as eyes for the blind man. They struggled along, enduring horrible hardships. At Lake Baikal they met some refugees who were planning to float by raft down the Angara to Irkutsk. Soon they found the river choked by ice. The stream was coated with oil from natural petroleum beds. This the Tartars fired. Michael and Nadia escaped over the ice cakes. Ivan Ogareff going to the Grand Duke at Irkutsk, he posed as Michael Strogoff, the messenger from the Czar, and delivered the official message. Then he plotted to deliver up Irkutsk to the Tartars. He fired the oil-covered river. As the blaze started, Nadia entered Ogareff's room. She and Michael Strogoff had reached Irkutsk in the confusion and were searching the palace for the Grand Duke. The traitor knew that his hope of safety lay in killing her. He drew his sword when Michael Strogoff entered. Ogareff thought to make quick work of the blind man armed only with a long Siberian knife, but was surprised to find that Michael Strogoff could see. Soon Strogoff dispatched his worst enemy. When the irons had passed before Strogoff's eyes, his tears had saved him and the optic nerves were only temporarily paralyzed. He had hidden the fact that he could see until such time came for his supreme revenge. Nadia was reunited with her father, who had been pardoned for organizing a band of the exiles to defend Irkutsk. The brave girl and Michael Strogoff were wedded. The dauntless courier to the Czar was later rewarded by the cross of St. George, a decoration from his Emperor.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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