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Fartsa (TV Series)
''Fart'' (russian: Фарца́) is a Russian criminal drama about ''fartsovka'' (a widespread phenomenon in the USSR from the 1950s-1980s). In early 2017 ''Fartsa'' became one of the first Russian TV series to be sold to the world's largest American online video service, Netflix. Story Kostya Germanov has lost badly at cards, and is heavily in debt to organized criminals. His three friends, Andrei, Boris and Sanya, decide to help Kostya. The four friends are forced to become speculators as it is the only way to help their friend. Episodes The premiere was broadcast March 30, 2015 on Russia's Channel One. Episodes 1-2: The series is set in 1961, Moscow, in the epoch of Gagarin and space exploration. Novice writer Andrei, who has had a short story published in ''Yunost'', returns to his hometown. He is met by his childhood friends. Soon all of them - Andrei, Boris, Sanya, and Kostya - become fartsovschiki. At the same time, they have a stormy personal life: Andrei is happy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
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Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the customer. The requirement of physical contact Prostitution#Medical situation, also creates the risk of transferring diseases. Prostitution is sometimes described as sexual services, commercial sex or, colloquially, hooking. It is sometimes referred to euphemistically as "the world's oldest profession" in the English-speaking world. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, or more inclusively, a sex worker. Prostitution occurs in a variety of forms, and prostitution law, its legal status varies from Prostitution by country, country to country (sometimes from region to region within a given country), ranging from being an enforced or unenforced crime, to unregulated, to a regulated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s Russian Television Series
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Russian Television Series
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Viktor Petrovich Ivanov
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Tsyganov
Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (russian: link=no, Евгений Эдуардович Цыганов; born 15 March 1979) is a Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and composer. Early life Yevgeny Tsyganov was born in Moscow in the family of employees of the Moscow Research Institute. Yevgeny graduated from the music school in the piano performance class. Starting from the age of nine, he spent four years playing various roles at the Taganka Theatre, where he participated in productions created especially for young viewers. From 1993 until 1997 he performed with the youth rock band ''A.S.'' Afterwards he created a new group with his friends, ''Grenki'', and played with friends at various clubs in and around Moscow. The band released one album and by 2004 disbanded, but again reunited in 2009. In 1996 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, but studied there for only one year and eventually decided to change his major to film direction. In 1997 he enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennady Shpalikov
Gennady Fyodorovich Shpalikov (russian: Генна́дий Фёдорович Шпа́ликов; 6 September 1937 – 1 November 1974) was a prominent Soviet Russian poet, screenwriter and film director. Early years Born in the town of Segezha, Karelian ASSR into a Russian family of military background. His father Fyodor Grigorievich Shpalikov came from peasants of the Orenburg Governorate; he finished the Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy in Moscow and was assigned to build a pulp and paper enterprise in Segezha. In 1939 his family returned to Moscow. With the start of the Great Patriotic War they were evacuated to the Kirghiz SSR along with the Academy and remained there until 1943. Fyodor Shpalikov was sent to the front line; he received an Order of the Red Star in 1944 and was declared missing in action in Western Poland in 1945. Gennady was raised by his mother Ludmila Nikiforovna Perevertkina, also from peasants of the Voronezh Governorate. Her brother was an accl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniil Strakhov
Daniil Alexandrovich Strakhov (russian: Дании́л Алекса́ндрович Стра́хов; born 2 March 1976) is a Russian actor. Internationally, he is best known for his role as Vladimir Ivanovich Korf in the television series ''Poor Nastya'', and as Captain Lisnevsky in the film ''Transit''. Early life and education Daniil Strakhov was born in Moscow, He studied in an experimental "School of self-determination" of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences (based in Moscow secondary school № 734) under the leadership of Alexander Naumovicha Tubelsky. But before entering the theater school parents hired a tutor his son - actor in Malaya Bronnaya Theatre Oleg Vavilov. In 1993, after graduating from high school № 734 (Moscow, lilac Boulevard, 58a), Daniil entered the acting department Moscow Art Theatre School. After studying for a year-to-date avant-garde Leontiev, he transferred to the Shchukin School for a course Yevgeny Simonov. Career In 1996, as a student of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyudmila Arinina
Lyudmila Mikhailovna Arinina (russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Ари́нина; born November 8, 1926, Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was named an Honored Artist of the RSFSR in 1976. Early life Arinina was born on November 8, 1926 in Sinodskoye Village, Saratov Oblast. She is the daughter of painter Mikhail Alexandrovich Arinin (1897 — 1967). In 1948, she graduated from the acting department of GITIS (course of Vladimir Belokurov). Arinina debuted in 1967 in the film ''Four Pages of One Young Life'' (directed by Rezo Esadze). Since then, she has portrayed more than a hundred film roles, including roles in the films of director Pyotr Fomenko: '' For the Rest of His Life'' (1975), ''Almost Funny Story'' (1977), ''Traveling on an Old Car'' (1985). As of 2017, Lyudmila continued to act in films. Personal life She first married Nikolai Mokin (1924 — 1984), theater director and actor. In 1989 sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterina Volkova (actress And Singer)
Yekaterina Yuryevna Volkova (russian: Екатери́на Ю́рьевна Во́лкова, born 16 March 1974) is a Russian actress of theatre and cinema, singer, songwriter, and model. Biography Yekaterina Volkova was born in the city of Tomsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She grew up in the city of Tolyatti, Samara Oblast. Career In 1992, Volkova appeared in the film ''Eastern Roman''. Personal life She was married to Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko ( rus, Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко, , ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ sɐˈvʲenkə, links=yes; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020), known by his pen name Eduard Limonov ( rus, Эд ....http://www.pressmon.com/ru/a/ru/1532104/AKTRISA-EKATERINA-VOLKOVA-VSE-POChEMU-TO-RESHILI-ChTO-LIMONOV-MENYa-NASILNO-OBSTRIG From this marriage, she has a son, Bogdan (b. 2006), and daughter, Aleksandra (b. 2008). The couple broke up. Filmography References External links * 1974 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Yatsenko
Aleksandr Viktorovich Yatsenko (russian: Алекса́ндр Ви́кторович Яце́нко; born 22 May 1977) is a Russian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2003. Selected filmography References External links * 1977 births Living people Actors from Volgograd Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Recipients of the Nika Award Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni 21st-century Russian male actors {{Russia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taisiya Vilkova
Taisiya Aleksandrovna Vilkova (russian: Таи́сия Алекса́ндровна Вилко́ва; born October 25, 1996) is a Russian actress. She appeared in over 30 films. Biography Taisiya was born in Moscow on October 25, 1996, to actor Alexander Vilkov and producer Daria Goncharova. She was eight when her parents separated. Actor Mikhail Polosukhin is her step-father. She has two half brothers. In 2011, she began working as the host of the Disney channel. In 2013, Taisiya entered the ''Moscow Art Theatre School Moscow Art Theatre School is the studio school of the Moscow Art Theatre. It is a state educational institution that has existed since 1943. The initiator of the studio school was Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko.Таисия Вилкова /ref> In March 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
