Dmitriy Pchela

Intelligence legend Major Maxim Shekhovtsov arrives in Syria to find the dead gunner Alexander. Taking with him a young sniper from the special forces, he goes deep into enemy territory. On a dangerous journey, they will face not only terrorist ambushes and fierce battles, but also personal irreconcilable differences.

The miniseries follows the lives of Tatiana, her two daughters and her granddaughter. Tatiana is a fitness instructor at one of the best gyms in town, her elder daughter works as a secretary in a company while the younger still goes to high school. Tatiana’s experiences with men and in marriage have been painful. She tries to inculcate that same mistrust to her daughters… But it all changes when one of them falls in love!

Maksim, a young and promising ethnographer and postgraduate student, arrives in the village of Rusalino to collect old folklore songs, tales and traditions for his papers in 1993. It was Liuba, a student of the same college, who persuaded him to come to this village, because her aunt, Varvara, lives in Rusalino and the area is famous for having preserved many old songs and rites. The girl believes sincerely that their scientific journey will help them get closer, because she is incredibly in love with Maxim. Liuba does not even suspect that here, in Rusalino, Maksim will meet Rada, a Gypsy girl, who will steal his heart for the rest of his life.

The beginning of the 2000s. New realities, instant adaptation to the proposed circumstances, enchanting careers, unexpected unknown professions... All this could have happened only at the turn of the century, when the Soviet system instantly went out of fashion, replaced by the lightning invasion of the Western world in a grotesque parody. The main character of the film is an inconspicuous girl Nadezhda Strakhova. Nadezhda, oddly enough, is married. Her husband, Vitalik, a provincial, married a childless Nadezhda for the sake of a Moscow residence permit and a typical "Khrushchev" on the outskirts of Moscow. Nadezhda works two jobs to support her small family: in the mornings in the district library and in the evenings in the theater wardrobe. One day her life changes dramatically.

August 1980. The Soviet authorities are preparing Moscow for the Olympic Games and expelling unreliable citizens from the city. One such citizen is the talented cellist Arseny Chaika, who ends up in the village of Protasovo with his rabbit. Meanwhile, in Moscow, foreign journalist William Smith is looking for him for an interview.