''Sky'' (russian: Небо, Nebo) is a 2021 Russian

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written and directed by Igor Kopylov, about the Russian military pilots in Syria, and the 2015 shootdown of an Su-24 over Turkey-Syrian airspace. The film was shot with the support of the

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, Минобороны России, informally abbreviated as МО, МО РФ or Minoboron) is the govern ...

and is included in the list of films that must be watched in the

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...

. The three main characters are: Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Soshnikov (

Igor Petrenko Igor Petrovich Petrenko (russian: И́горь Петро́вич Петре́нко; born August 23, 1977) is a Russian actor of cinema and theater. In 2002 President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia. Biography Ig ...

), Captain Konstantin Muravyov ( Ivan Batarev), and Major Vadim Zakharov (

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). Three different characters, three different fates, which are destined to converge at the

Khmeimim Air Base Khmeimim Air Base (Russian: Хмеймим), also Hmeimim Air Base, is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria. The airbase shares some airfield faciliti ...

. ''Sky'' was theatrically released in Russia on November 18, 2021 by

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Background

The film is based on events in the lives of aviators Oleg Peshkov and Konstantin Murakhtin: on November 24, 2015, during a combat flight, their Russian

Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 ( NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It wa ...

fighter jet was shot down by a Turkish fighter in northern Syria. Peshkov and Murakhtin ejected, but Peshkov was still shot by rebels in the air. Konstantin Murakhtin, who survived, was awarded the Order of Courage.

Plot

The film is about three Russian Officers with different backgrounds, who converge at the Khmeimim military base, involved with the shootdown of a Russian Su-24 by a Turkish F-16 over Turko-Syrian airspace in 2015, and the rescue of the crew shortly after.

Cast

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Oleg Soshnikov, the

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pilot (based on Oleg Peshkov) * Ivan Batarev as

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Konstantin Muravyov, a navigator (based on Konstantin Murakhtin) * Sergey Gubanov as

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

Vadim Zakharov,

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Officer of the Russian Army * Maria Mironova as Gelena Soshnikova, Oleg Soshnikov's wife * Glafira Kopylova as Arina Soshnikova, Oleg Soshnikov's daughter * Marina Mitrofanova as Albina Muravyova, Konstantin Muravyov's wife * as Bagaev * Dmitry Vlaskin as Zavyalov * Sergey Zharkov as Chusov * Dmitry Blokhin as Oleg Soshnikov's friend * Igor Botvin as Grishin * Ilya Shakunov as Kubalsky * Anatoly Kot as Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shubin (based on Sergey Shoygu) * Igor Filippov as Aksyonov, commander-in-chief of the

Russian Aerospace Forces The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces ( rus, Воздушно-космические силы, r=Vozdushno-kosmicheskiye sily) or VKS ( rus, ВКС}) comprise the air and space branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Fe ...

(based on Viktor Bondarev) * Andrey Abramov as President of Russia * Sofya Priss as Vera Lopakhina

Production

The film was produced by the 3xMedia film company together with the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...

began in the

Republic of Crimea The Republic of Crimea, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; uk, Республіка Крим, translit. ''Respublika Krym'' ; crh, , is an unrecognized federal subject (republic) of Russia, located in the Crimean Peninsula. Its territory cor ...

in October 2020; later they went to

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and

Lipetsk Lipetsk ( rus, links=no, Липецк, p=ˈlʲipʲɪtsk), also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow. Populatio ...

, including at the existing facilities of the

Release

Marketing

The first teaser trailer for Mission ''"Sky"'' was released on August 23, 2021.

Theatrical

The pre-premiere screening of the film took place on November 14, 2021 in

. The first spectators were officers of the 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces, cadets of military educational institutions, servicemen of the military police, filmmakers, heads of veteran organizations and military patriotic clubs. Mission "''Sky''" premiered at the Karo 11 October cinema center in

on November 17, 2021. It is scheduled to be theatrically released in the

Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

on November 18, 2021 by

References

External links

Official website
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