Royal Inoculation(2023)

Royal Inoculation is a historical drama set in 1768 Russia, where Empress Catherine II faces a devastating smallpox epidemic claiming one in ten lives. Determined to save her nation, Catherine becomes the first to undergo vaccination alongside her heir, Tsarevich Pavel, and mandates the procedure for all subjects. Her bold decree ignites fierce resistance: court conspirators plot against her, peasants riot in the streets, and war with Turkey looms on the horizon. Catherine must navigate treachery and rebellion to enforce vaccination before the plague claims countless more lives. The series chronicles her struggle to implement medical progress against entrenched superstition and political opposition, exploring how one ruler's conviction could transform a nation's fate during its darkest hour.