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In diesem Hörspiel wird eine über alle Maßen abenteuerliche Geschichte aus dem alten zaristischen Russland erzählt, die an Spannung nichts zu wünschen übrig lässt. Sie führt den Helden und seine Geliebte bis ins kälteklirrende Sibirien und fast bis in den Tod. Die gnadenlose Grausamkeit der Feinde und ein scheinbar unausweichliches Schicksal machen Michael Strogoff das Leben zur Hölle, drohen ihn unaufhaltsam der Ausweglosigkeit entgegenzupeitschen... Wird er den Gefahren standhalten?

In this 1876 "Mission Impossible" tale of intrigue set in Russia, a traitor has inspired the fierce Feofar Khan to invade Siberia and foment a rebellion. A sinister plot to assassinate the Czar's brother, the Grand Duke, is discovered but all telegraph lines have been cut.

"Michael Strogoff" is the 14th novel in Jules Verne's Extraordinary Voyages cycle, his largest and most influential body of published work. It was written specially for Czar Alexander II of Russia’s visit to Paris in 1876, and tells the story of a young courier's perilous journey across Russia to Eastern Siberia in order to warn the Czar's brother of an impending Tartar invasion. Like all of Verne’s work, this captivating adventure novel was meticulously researched, as is evident in the close attention to detail in the descriptions of Russian and Siberian geography.

Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Tartar Khan (prince), Feofar Khan, incites a rebellion and separates the Russian Far East from the mainland, severing telegraph lines. Rebels encircle Irkutsk, where the local governor, a brother of the Tsar, is making a last stand. Strogoff is sent to Irkutsk to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge against the imperial family.