''Spetsnaz'' (russian: Спецназ) is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by
Andrei Malyukov.
Overview
The series is set mostly in Russia and follows the adventures of four (initially six) members of the
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz are special forces in numerous post-Soviet states. (The term is borrowed from rus, спецназ, p=spʲɪtsˈnas; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or .)
Historically, the term ''spetsnaz'' referred to the S ...
. The locations also switch frequently and have also included
Chechnya,
Afghanistan
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,
Dagestan, and
Kosovo
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.
Through the course of the series, the characters have done everything from rescuing shot-down pilots in Chechnya to rescuing the passengers and crew of a hijacked
Aeroflot plane grounded in Afghanistan.
Cast
The following are recurring characters in the show
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Aleksandr Baluyev as Major 'Klim' Platov, the hardened veteran unit commander
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Aleksei Kravchenko as Captain 'Doc' Vyazemsky
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Vladislav Galkin as Senior Lieutenant 'Yakut' Urmanov
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Igor Lifanov
Igor Romanovich Lifanov (russian: И́горь Рома́нович Лифа́нов; born 25 December 1965) is Russian actor of theater, cinema and TV.
Biography
Igor Lifanov born December 25, 1965, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, ...
as Senior Warrant Officer 'Khrust' Khrustalyov
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Vladimir Turchinsky as Lt. Col. Ozornykh
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Aleksandr Nosik as Senior Warrant Officer 'Zmey' Kobrin
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Andrei Zibrov as Warrant Officer Aleksey 'Shakh' Shakhmametyev
Ban
In October 2014 the
Ukrainian State Film Agency
The Ukrainian State Film Agency ( uk, Державне агентство України з питань кіно; romanization: ''Derzhavne ahentstvo Ukrayiny z pytanʹ kino''), known in short as Derzhkino ('' uk, Держкіно''), is the centr ...
banned some Russian films, particularly ''Spetsnaz,'' for demonstration and distribution. According to the head of the agency Pylyp Illenko, that decision was caused by events in Ukraine which has made it "''improper to show Russian films with obvious propaganda, for example, exaltation of Russian law enforcement and Russia itself, on Ukrainian TV channels now.''"
References
External links
Unofficial website
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2002 Russian television series debuts
2002 Russian television series endings
Chechen wars films
Russian military television series
Russian television miniseries
2000s Russian television series
Channel One Russia original programming
Action television series
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