''The Cadets'' (russian: Курсанты, translit=Kursanty) is a 2004

Russia 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 ...

n TV series about a class of Soviet artillery officer cadets going through training prior to their commissioning and entry into the

Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

( The Great Patriotic War). The ten parts series are based on the memoirs of Pyotr Todorovsky and directed by Andrei Kavun. The US DVD release of the series was done as two volumes with two discs in each volume.

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* Russia-1 original programming Television series set in the 1940s Russian television miniseries Films directed by Andrey Kavun 2004 Russian television series debuts 2004 Russian television series endings Russian World War II films {{Russia-tv-prog-stub