Fiery Roads

Plot

The series was closely based on the novel "Hamza" by Kamil Yashin, who was also the screenwriter, as well as the storybook "Furious Hamza" (Russian: Неистовый Хамза) by Lyubov Voronkova. It depicts Hamza's struggles to promote the revolution and modernization against a background of feudalism and Basmachi terror.

Episodes

1978: Season 1 "Heart of a Poet", episodes 1-4

1979: Season 2 "In Search of Truth", episodes 5-8

1982: Season 3: "Singer of the Revolution", episodes 9-12

1983: Season 4: "Fighting Turkestan" episodes 13-14

1984: Season 5: "My Republic" episodes 15-17

Cast (partial list)

The diverse crew of the production consisted of various high-profile actors and actresses from across the Soviet Union, featuring cast members from Uzbek, Tajik, Russian, Kartvelian, Tatar, Ossetian, and other backgrounds.

Oʻlmas Alixoʻjayev as Hamza

Nabi Rahimov as Ibn Yamin

Poʻlat Saidqosimov as Zavqiy

Yoqub Ahmedov as Sheikh Ismail-Kohja

Abdulhayr Qosimov as Ahmadbai

Dilorom Qambarova as Zubeida

Tamara Shakirova as Yulduzkhon

Bahodir Yoʻldoshev as Alchinbek

Bimbolat Batayev as Sadykjan Salikhbayev

Razzoq Hamroyev as Sheikh Khazrat

Javlon Hamroyev as Matkaul

Igor Dmitriev as Viktor Medynsky

Danuta Stolarska as Mariya Medynskaya

Yuri Dubrovin as Nikolai Grigorievich

Yuri Gusev as Stepan Sokolov

Sergey Yakovlev as Russian doctor

Shavkat Abdusalomov as Umid Abdusalamov

Murod Rajabov as Gafur

Timofey Spivak as Richardson

Botir Zokirov as Rabindranath Tagore

Shuhrat Ergashev as editor of "Kingash" magazine

Vsevolod Safonov as Comrade Andrey

Nikolai Barmin as N. Barshin

Otar Koberidze as Dundar

Tamara Yandiyeva as Rabia

Viktor Saitov as Mikhail Frunze

Lev Prygunov as Dmitry Furmanov

Rasim Balayev as Emir of Bukhara

Natalya Varley as Mariya Kuznetsova

Sanʼat Devonov as Fayzulla Xoʻjayev

Genrikh Ostashevsky as Anton Petrovich

Gʻani Aʼzamov as a mullah

Zikir Muhammadjonov as Shavkat