The Ballad of Bering and His Friends (Russian: Баллада о Беринге и его друзьях) is a 1970 Soviet adventure film directed by Yuri Shvyryov [ru].
[1][2][3] The film tells the story of the Danish-born Russian explorer Vitus Bering, who, by decree of Peter the Great in 1725, led the First Kamchatka expedition and made new discoveries, expanding the borders of the Russian Empire.
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