Spring of 1921. The introduction of the NEP is rapidly changing Petrograd, drained of blood by wars and revolution. Marches and hymns are diluted with foxtrot and chanson, well-dressed people appear on the embankments and, as a result, gopniks in a hurry to take money from them. Lawlessness begins, which the Cheka is unable to cope with — shops are robbed five times a day. Then the criminal world of St. Petersburg, led by Uncle Kolya, comes to the defense of the Nepmans, who begins to protect them. However, not all Nepmans agree to pay for such services, and then Uncle Kolya sends combat troops to them. The most famous and productive of them is the gang of Rody, a former anarchist, dude and heartthrob, North Beni Creek.
What? Where? When? is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states since mid-1970s. Today it is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the World Association of Clubs. Over 17 000 teams worldwide play sport version of game, based on the TV show.
Ivan the Terrible is the most discussed Character in the Russian history. At the same time, Ivan is the most unsolved mystery of the Russian Czars. The scale of his political achievements has always overshadowed a living person, and the unparalleled cruelty that entered folklore literally ruled out the possibility of a more complex view of character. The series is an humble attempt to understand the origins of the actions of Ivan IV and look into the dark labyrinth of his soul. Ivan IV of Russia is gradually reborn into the same Ivan the Terrible - a cruel tyrant. And now rumors of his ruthlessness and violent temper are becoming true, and these changes in the character of the king are changing history. Enemies are approaching Russia - will the country be able to survive?
Oleg learns the intricacies of working in a bank, and here he meets the manager Veta. They begin a romance that will change the lives of both. Veta dreams of being close to Oleg, but for this he needs to divorce Katya...
1995-2003. A young ambitious oil trader Oleg Nesterov finds himself involved in espionage games between the special services of Russia and the United States during the reign of Saddam Hussein and becomes a direct participant in the historical events associated with the fall of the regime and the outbreak of the war in Iraq. Principled and inexperienced Oleg is constantly faced with difficult choices: a corrupt boss or a criminal partner, a betrayed bride or someone else's wife, indifference to the troubles of ordinary people or complicity in state crimes, money or love, truth or freedom…
Moscow. 60s. Young lawyer starts working in one of the most pow- erful legal services in USSR called Filial No 1. She needs to prove that her presence there is not accidental.
The history of the formation of the personality of the autocrat Catherine the Great from the moment of her arrival in Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich to her ascension to the Russian throne. Almost 20 years of palace intrigues, conspiracies, power struggles and personal dramas.
As a child, Liza Zaretskaya saw her parents die. She couldn't speak for two years after that and learned to hear people's thoughts. Liza grew up and became a therapist. Her daughter Dasha inherited her gift. Dasha has just graduated from school and wants to study psychology. Albert Kling, a friend of Liza's, is doing complex psychological research and performs tests on Dasha, much to Liza's displeasure. Suddenly Dasha's classmate Ksenya, who was also Liza's patient, goes missing. Police Captain Mikhail Zhikharev asks Liza and Dasha to help his investigation. Dasha's boyfriend Mitya, Kling's assistant joins the search. But Dasha goes missing too.
1917, shortly after the assassination of Grigory Rasputin. The provisional government appoints investigator Heinrich Ivanovich Svitten to study the case of the deceased and find out who he really was for others and for the whole of Russia. Switten collects information bit by bit about the ambiguous elder, but sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish the truth from human speculation. Rasputin's confidants and even members of the royal family help him in the investigation, but everyone has a personal attitude towards this mysterious man. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, on the one hand, respects him immensely, and on the other hand, Switten notices something similar to fear.
The main participant in the secret police experiment "Undercover Taxi" Alexei Turbin enters into a deadly battle with a gang terrorizing the city. Every day he patrols the streets in a specially equipped taxi and simultaneously conducts a personal investigation. Colleagues consider the Turbine to be a magnet for trouble — because it constantly finds itself in the epicenter of events. But it is this quality that helps him solve the most complicated crimes.
The measured life of a provincial town is shaken by terrible news: the body of a 32-year-old woman has been found. There is a suspicion that the deceased is the sister of the investigator of the local police department, Rita Tikhonova, who disappeared 14 years ago. An investigation begins, during which Rita is faced with very strange circumstances and understands that her environment keeps terrible secrets, and her family and friends are not who they say they are.