''Univer'' (russian: Универ) is a Russian

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which aired on

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about the life of students living in a dormitory block in Moscow. The show aired from 2008 to 2011, having a total of 5 seasons and 255 episodes. The show triggered two spin-offs: '' Univer. New Dorm'' (started in 2011) and ''

SashaTanya ''SashaTanya'' (russian: СашаТаня ) is a Russian situation comedy television series, a spin-off of Univer. The first run started on June 3, 2013. Plot After graduation, Sasha and Tanya move into a two-room rented apartment on the outskir ...

'' (started in 2013).

Plot

Son of an oligarch Sylvester Sergeev, Sasha, escaped from a university in

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, where he studied finance, and enrolled in the

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Department of the Physics Faculty of MVGU, a university in

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 ...

. Sylvester wants his son to return to his former life, but Sasha believes that he must achieve everything by himself and refuses financial support from his father. Parallel to this, other students living with Sasha go through various entertaining situations and build long-lasting relationships.

Cast

* Andrey Gaydulyan as Sasha Sergeev Официальный сайт сериала «Сашатаня»
/ref> * Valentina Rubtsova as Tanya Arkhipova-Sergeeva *

Maria Kozhevnikova Maria Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova (russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова; born November 14, 1984) is a Russian actress and a politician. Kozhevnikova was voted the hottest woman in Russia in November 2011. S ...

as Alla Grishko * Vitaly Gogunsky as Eduard Kuzmin * Ararat Keschyan as Arthur Mikaelyan (season 2-5) * Alexey Klimushkin as Silvestr Andreevich Sergeev * Alexey Gavrilov as Gosha Rudkovsky (season 1, 4–5, guest season 2) * Larisa Baranova as Lily Volkova (season 4-5) * Stanislav Yarushin as Anton Martynov (season 5)

Cameo

Pavel Volya Pavel Alekseevich Volya ( rus, Павел Алексеевич Воля, , ˈpavʲɪl ˈvolʲə; born 14 March 1979) is a Russian TV host, actor and singer. A former ''KVN'' player, he first came to prominence as the "resident" of the Russian ' ...

Olga Buzova Olga Igorevna Buzova (russian: Ольга Игоревна Бузова; born 20 January 1986) is a Russian media personality and singer. Buzova is regarded as one of the most successful Russian contemporary entertainers. Buzova is most known ...

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Garik Martirosyan Garik Yurievich Martirosyan (russian: Гарик Юрьевич Мартиросян, hy, Գարիկ Մարտիրոսյան; born February 13, 1974) is a Russian Federation, Russian entertainer, comedian, TV host, actor and singer of Armenians, ...

* Anfisa Chekhova * Vladimir Kristovsky *

Sergei Glushko Sergei Vitalievich Glushko (russian: Сергей Витальевич Глушко; born 8 March 1970) is a Russian actor, singer and fitness model, known in the countries of the former USSR as a striptease dancer under the pseudonym of Tarzan a ...

Nyusha Anna Vladimirovna "Nyusha" Shurochkina (russian: А́нна Влади́мировна "Ню́ша" Шу́рочкина; 15 August 1990) is a Russian singer and songwriter. One of the most popular musicians in contemporary Russia, Nyusha has re ...

References

External links

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Univer at the website TNT
TNT (Russian TV channel) original programming 2008 Russian television series debuts 2011 Russian television series endings 2000s Russian television series 2010s Russian television series Russian television sitcoms {{Russia-tv-prog-stub