Valeriia Zoidova

About what leads to sex, and what happens immediately after it. In one of the novels, a guy agrees to have a child with his best friend, unaware of her insidious plan. In another, a casual acquaintance makes a vegan wonder if sex contradicts her beliefs. And the dispute between two strangers about feminism is resolved in bed, where a woman is not going to remain in debt to a man. The heroes of the stories tell not about sex, but about what surrounds it.

Martha, at the age of eight, leads a life full of childish worries. The only relative nearby is the grandfather, who needs supervision more than the granddaughter. In order not to end up in an orphanage, Martha hides the truth from a teacher, a district police officer and a glamorous neighbor and asks a loser actor to pretend to be her father. Kazan relatives come to the rescue in the person of adventurer Marat. Only in the plans of the arrogant boy, not caring about the girl, but her Moscow apartments.

A fantasy drama infused with music and horror fables based on the real story of the 'King and Jester', a cult Russian punk-rock band, enormously popular in the 1990-2000s. The show goes along the band's rocky road to success and tells the story of its polarizing-natured frontman Michael Gorshenev and his tragic death in 2013. Tricksters, evil spirits, noblemen, and other characters of the 'King and Jester' song verse make their way into the lives of Gorshenev and his bandmates.

February 1934. The passage of the Northern Sea Route in one navigation was an ambitious goal and was of great importance for the USSR. Many considered this venture to be a hopeless and risky venture. The young and daring polar explorers, led by Otto Schmidt, sincerely believed that they would be able to complete the task on the Chelyuskin steamer. But great ideas turned into a great tragedy — the ship was trapped by ice and sank. Now, in the harsh Arctic conditions, the Chelyuskinites have to fight for their lives every minute.

Varvara, the first coachwoman in the history of the city, who began the Barankin family, teleports to the streets of modern Moscow from 1804. A meeting with a relative from the past gives Moscow taxi driver Bata and his three grown-up children magical superpowers encased in power stones. They are very helpful, for example, in unpredictable work in a taxi, but, alas, they only exacerbate personal conflicts. And in the footsteps of Barbara, the mysterious and immortal Velimir is already walking, who dreams of taking possession of the stones.

The heroes of the almanac's stories are students who studied at the same institute in the 90s and lived together in a dormitory. Then many people left, their paths diverged and their lives turned out differently, but they did not lose touch and still communicate, help each other and share common problems. Fellow students meet 20 years later on the anniversary of their favorite teacher. But how many things will happen before this meeting…

Kay aspired to be a chef. As head chef at a Michelin restaurant, he conflicts with a VIP. Jobless, Kay starts a shawarma stand. Childhood friend Zhanna asks him to be chef at her Sochi eatery.

The city of Nizhnevartovsk was lucky: all the income from the Samotlor deposit settled there. But Shevelevo, which is 50 km away, is devoid of oil, money and infrastructure, and is far from the benefits of civilization. But one almost imperceptible earthquake shifts something in the earth's crust, and the well of local plumber Semyon Plakhov suddenly fills with oil instead of water. Now Semyon has two ways: to give up the plot for a song or somehow master the extraction, processing and marketing. To prove to his wife, who wants to get a divorce and leave him with her son, that he is worth something, the quiet and calm Semyon, together with the local gifted freak Ulyan, develops underground oil production and tries to build "the most honest dishonest business."

A former boarding school student, and now a successful young entrepreneur, falls in love with a girl whose parents are not happy with their daughter's chosen one. They set the hero an impossible condition in advance - the wedding will take place only if Fedya's real parents are present.

Matvey is a young diligent altar boy who dreams of becoming a priest. Agata is a spontaneous, daring artist who is not used to planning ahead. After meeting Matvey and Agata, they realize that their seemingly different worlds are united by the same problems and values. But can they really understand it?

Maks and Anna's lives are destroyed by the theft of their only three-month-old child. Six years later, Anna finds the strength to start living again, and Maks does not give up and continues to search for his son.