Andrey Sukhov

as Vladimir, Prince of Novgorod

Aleksandr Bespalyy

as Vladimir in old age

Alexander Philipenko

as Yaropolk / Svyatopolk "the Accursed"

Alsu Gaynullina

as Altun-Maria

Leonid Kuravlyov

as Dobrynya

Ravil Sharafi

as Mamun, Emir of the Volga Bulgars

Afanasi Kochetkov

as Solovushka

Donatas Banionis

as Sveneld

Juozas Budraitis

as Asmud

Elina Bystritskaya

as Duchess Olga

Yuriy Nazarov

as Skomorokh Blessed

Vasili Lanovoy

as Constantine VIII

Elena Tsyplakova

as Slava

Boris Khmelnitsky

as Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden

Anna Mikhalkova

as Anna of Byzantium

Alisa Priznyakova

as Rogneda

Lyubov Omelchenko

as Rogneda in old age

Yuri Sherstnev

as Putsha

Olga Lysenko

as "Greek" Nun

Roman Vildan

Khodzha Durdy Narliyev

as Polovtsian

Manana Melkonyan

Vladimir Khalturin

Ilya Slavutsky

as Boris

Ildus Akhmetzyanov

N. Chebakov