Variant 'Omega' 1975

Under Military Law (2015 - 2016)

6.5 /10

It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the city, while a number of Soviet government representatives are happily profiting from other people’s misery.

Average Episode Run Time: 53` . Year(s): 2015 - 2016

Director: Maksym Mekheda

Producer: Vladyslav Riashyn , Artem Dollezhal

Stars: Ekaterina Klimova , Evgeniy Volovenko , Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy , Maksim Drozd , Viktor Saraikin , Oleksandr Kobzar

The Optimists (2017)

6.6 /10

The early 1960s. The Soviet Union is experiencing a bright Khrushchev-era, full of hope. A group of young diplomats at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs come face to face with world-changing global events. Before long, these wide-eyed idealists find themselves deep in the breathtaking world of spy games, mortal dangers, and brilliant political maneuvering.

Average Episode Run Time: 52` . Year(s): 2017

Director: Alexey Popogrebsky , Michael Idov

Producer: Valery Todorovsky , Maksim Koroptsov , Anton Zlatopolskiy

Stars: Andrey Smirnov , Jonathan Salway , Vladimir Vdovichenkov , Severija Janušauskaitė , Artyom Bystrov , Egor Koreshkov

The Road to Calvary (2017)

6.9 /10

Swept up in political unrest during World War I, two sisters in St. Petersburg cope with turbulent romances as Russian history is made around them.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2017

Stars: Sergey Koltakov , Anna Chipovskaya , Andrey Merzlikin , Yuliya Snigir , Aleksey Fokin , Anton Shagin

Trotsky (2017)

7.1 /10

The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the true face of Comrade Trotsky.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2017

Director: Konstantin Statskiy , Aleksandr Kott , Oleg Malovichko

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy , Olga Sutulova , Aleksandra Mareeva , Maksim Matveev , Evgeniy Stychkin , Mikhail Porechenkov

Liquidation (2007)

8.2 /10

Liquidation is a highly popular Russian television series, which parallels the famous The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed with notable ethical shift. In the "Meeting Place", chief of criminal investigations Gleb Zheglov had a modus operandi "Thief must go to prison, no matter how I put him there". In Liquidation, chief of criminal investigations David Gotsman's motto has changed to "Thief must go to prison, but lawfully so". The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Vladimir Mashkov and Konstantin Lavronenko. Sergei Makovetsky had to replace Andrey Krasko, who died of heart attack during the filming.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2007

Director: Ekaterina Pobedinskaya , Sergey Ursulyak

Producer: Svetlana Zhigalkina , Sergey Danielyan , Willie Geller

Stars: Vladimir Mashkov , Mikhail Porechenkov , Vladimir Menshov , Sergei Makovetsky , Svetlana Kryuchkova , Konstantin Lavronenko

Конь Белый (1993)

7.9 /10

The White Horse is a Russian TV serial broadcast in 1993. The film, in 10 episodes, was directed by Gelii Ryabov. It presents the Russian civil war in Siberia from 1917–1920 and the struggle of the White Russians under the command of Admiral Alexander Kolchak against the Bolshevik forces, until his final defeat. The cast includes: The series was the first important cinematographic production after the fall of the Soviet Union to address the subject of the Russian Revolution and Civil War from 1917 to 1920. The series presents the fates of several characters on both sides of the conflict, caught in the turmoil of events beyond their control. It also shows important events which took place in that period, such as the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, as well as the struggle of Admiral Alexander Kolchak, head of state of the counter-revolutionary Russia until his defeat by the Bolsheviks. The director does not take sides and presents the revolution and the civil war as a cruel and senseless confrontation between two parts of the people, in which nobody is a real winner and all ordinary people are losers.

Average Episode Run Time: 55` . Year(s): 1993

Stars: Anatoliy Guzenko , Gennadiy Glagolev , Veronika Izotova , Vladimir Simonov , Vladimir Belousov , Nikolay Kochegarov

Life of a Mistress (2019)

7.2 /10

Polina Lebedeva, daughter of the childless prince Alexei Petrovich Golovin, is the most enviable bride of the Yamburg district. During the ball in honor of her birthday, Alexei Petrovich dies of a heart attack. This grief is only the beginning of hard trials, destined for the girl ..

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2019

Director: Dmitry Cherkasov

Stars: Tatyana Babenkova , Lidiya Kopina , Vladislav Abashin , Ivan Dobronravov

Night Swallows (2013)

6.5 /10

On 8th October 1941, Stalin issued a secret order forming a female aviation unit.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2013

Director: Mikhail Kabanov , Andrey Zhitkov

Producer: Vitaliy Bordachev , Vladyslav Riashyn

Stars: Tatyana Arntgolts , Elizaveta Nilova , Denis Nikiforov , Ekaterina Olkina , Mariya Pirogova , Mikhail Evlanov

The White Guard (2012)

6 /10

The White Guard is a Russian television series, based on the novel by Bulgakov, The White Guard.

Average Episode Run Time: 56` . Year(s): 2012

Director: Sergey Snezhkin , Marina Dyachenko , Mikhail Bulgakov

Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy , Mikhail Porechenkov , Evgeniy Dyatlov , Andrey Zibrov , Sergey Garmash , Kseniya Rappoport

The Countess de Monsoreau (1998)

8 /10

Paris 1578, France is in the middle of a struggle for power between king Henri III and his brother Duke d'Anjou. Court intrigues are intertwined with a love story between count de Bussy and a mysterious countess de Monsoreau.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 1998

Director: Vladimir Popkov , Sergey Zhigunov

Producer: Sergey Zhigunov

Stars: Alexandr Domogarov , Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy , Oleksiy Horbunov , Gabriella Mariani , Yuri Belyayev , Kirill Kozakov

Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East (2010 - 2014)

8.5 /10

The epic television history of the Second World War’s Eastern Front giving an unprecedented Russian perspective on the war’s most decisive and bloody theater.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2010 - 2014

Director: Anna Grazhdan , Valeriy Babich

Producer: Valeriy Babich , Vladyslav Riashyn , Konstantin Ernst

The Penal Battalion (2004)

7.4 /10

Drama of the penalty parts of political prisoners, who fought on the Soviet fronts.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2004

Director: Nikolay Dostal , Nicolay Dostal , Eduard Volodarskiy

Producer: Vladimir Dostal

Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov , Yuri Stepanov , Aleksandr Bashirov , Iliya Kovrizhnykh , Aleksei Zharkov , Andrey Merzlikin