Serkan Bolat is at home: 16 Russian TV series worth watching

The history of Russian TV series, of course, began not with the advent of streaming in the last few years, but with them – such high-profile projects as “Call DiCaprio!”, Happy Ending, “Psycho”, “Chick”. others. And in fairness, many of the most valuable domestic representatives of the genre (for example, “Trigger” or “Major”) once never started with digital releases and gathered millions of viewers on television screens long before the cinemas moved. to our phones and laptops. What other “Made in Russia” series are worth your time?

“Trigger” (2018 – …)

Perhaps one of the best Russian series of all time, which started on Channel One and “moved” from the second season to Kinopoisk (the sequel was also shown on television, but nine months later). A terrible tragedy forces the psychologist, accustomed to treating patients with shock therapy, to return to practice. Intense drama with Maxim Matveev.

“Major” (2014 – …)

A detective drama in which a rich father sends his son Igor Sokolovsky (Pavel Priluchny) to work at the police station, meets his love and decides to find his mother’s murderer. By the way, the rights to show the project were bought by Netflix in 2016, and it premiered on Channel One – the only exception was the fourth season, which first aired on Kinopoisk.

“Kitchen” (2012 – 2016)

You will definitely appreciate this comedy drama. Novice cook Maxim Lavrov gets a job at one of the capital’s top restaurants, where he meets the chef – a culinary prodigy with a gambling and alcohol addiction, restaurant manager Victoria Goncharova, whose heart will try to melt for six seasons, and new co-workers who appear to be just waiting for the rookie to miss out. A real STS hit from Dmitry Dyachenko, Zhora Kryzhovnikov and Anton Fedotov.

“Policeman from Rublevka” (2016)

Sasha Petrov, Sergey Burunov, Sofia Kashtanova and others in the TNT crime comedy about police officer Grisha Izmailov working in Rublyovka, Russia’s most elite region. And he often solves cases that go beyond his authority, but also make fun of the boss. We wouldn’t be lying if we said our love for Sergey Burunov was born from this project.

“Method” (2015 – 2021)

Konstantin Khabensky and Paulina Andreeva in a detective thriller about an investigator, a law graduate who is used to solving the most complicated murders alone and suddenly becomes an intern. The Method was meanwhile nominated for a Golden Eagle award, and the project was also acquired by Netflix in 2017. True, the second season had to wait a long time – its premiere took place five years later on Channel One.

“The Master and Margarita” (2005)

Rossiya TV channel entered the chat. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov, directed by Vladimir Bortko, the director of the movie “The Heart of a Dog”. The events unfold in Moscow in the mid-1930s, when Woland (the Devil himself!) and his entourage are announced.

“Ivanov Ivanov” (2017 – …)

A worthy domestic comedy that made a star from Alexei Lukin. This is the story of how an oligarch and an unemployed man discover that their child is being mixed up in a maternity hospital. Thus, 16 years later, the lives of both families are turned upside down. And we followed how it was on STS.

“Conclusion” (2022)

Another detective from Channel One is noteworthy. Vera Elagina (Victoria Isakova) is a brilliant surgeon who becomes a coroner to escape prison.

“Hotel Eleon” (2016 – 2017)

The spin-off “Kitchen” is not inferior to the original. Events unfold in the Eleon Hotel, no longer in the kitchen, after the retirement of the restaurant’s chef, Viktor Barinov. At least we watched it on STS for the lead handsome Milos Bikovich.

“Password” (2018 – …)

They obviously know a lot about detective stories on Channel One, and Cipher is another confirmation of that. Vera Storozheva’s atmospheric project about girls with unique abilities fighting crime in 1950s Moscow.

“Casanova” (2020)

A pinch of romance with Svetlana Khodchenkova in a retrospective detective from Channel One. The events unfold in 1978 in Moscow, where the Soviet police are looking for a cute swindler. But of course, things don’t go as planned.

“Pregnancy Test” (2014)

Not just detectives: a melodrama from Channel One with Svetlana Ivanova in the studio. The new head of the obstetrics department, the young and talented Natalya Bakhmetyeva, comes to the center of experimental science and medicine. She learns one day that she is expecting a child from an ex-boyfriend—an older married officer. It’s as addictive as Knock on My Door, and the four seasons speak of it better than any word.

“Ghost” (2019)

Fighters from NTV entered the conversation. A drama with Pavel Priluchny about a murderer who has lost his memory and has no idea who he is and where he came from. All he has is a frightened woman’s face and a tattoo tip that will lead him to guns, money and fake passports.

“Katherine” (2014)

The great Russian Empress II, who was greatly appreciated by critics and audiences. (the budget is estimated at 283.6 million rubles).

“Betrayal” (2015)

What will be the fate of the people who deceive them? The incredible story of a young woman (Elena Lyadova) with a husband and three lovers was told on TNT.

“Crime” (2016 – 2017)

We open “Russia – 1”. Dramatic detective (adaptation of Scandinavian series), played by Pavel Priluchny and Daria Moroz, is the investigation of the brutal murder of a young girl in a seaside town.