The best Russian mini-series collected in our selection are in no way inferior to the well-known foreign multiseries films. To verify this, you just need to look at our list of the most interesting domestic TV shows.
10. Method | Number of episodes: 16
Opens a list of the best Russian mini-series detective thriller "Method". Graduate of the Faculty of Law Esenya Steklova, by chance, becomes an intern of Rodion Meglin, one of the most successful and mysterious detectives of the Investigative Committee. He manages to solve the most complex crimes, but no one knows the reason for his success. Meghlin prefers to solve crimes alone, but Yeseni has a personal motive for working with a brilliant detective. Many years ago, the girl’s mother was killed, and Yeseni’s father hides from his daughter the details of the tragedy. Under Meglin, the girl hopes to gain the necessary experience and uncover the mystery of the death of a loved one. Strange logic and unpredictable behavior of the detective give Yeseni a lot of difficulties.
Number of episodes: 16.
9. The idiot | Number of episodes: 10
Continues the list of the best Russian mini-series drama "Idiot"based on the novel of the same name by the classic of Russian literature F. M. Dostoevsky. Director Vladimir Bortko was able to most accurately recreate the atmosphere of the famous work in the series.
After prolonged treatment for epileptic seizures in a Swiss clinic, Prince Myshkin returns to Russia. On the way, he makes an acquaintance with Parfen Rogozhin, who tells his fellow traveler about his passionate affection for Nastasya Filippovna, a beautiful woman with a tragic fate, who was once a former kept woman of the wealthy Totsky. The life story of Nastasya Filippovna, from which men literally lose their heads, interested Myshkin. He becomes an involuntary catalyst for subsequent tragic events.
Number of episodes: 10.
8. Major | Number of episodes: 24
Some of the best Russian TV shows include crime drama Major, which has gained immense spectator popularity. Igor Sokolovsky is not used to denying anything to himself and lives on a grand scale, without thinking about tomorrow. His next thoughtless act compels the father of the major, an influential and wealthy man, to make a tough decision. He deprives his son of his livelihood and sends him to work in the same police department with whose employees he had a conflict. Sokolovsky is waiting for a far from welcoming reception - he is openly despised and shunned. Major, who initially hated a new job, is gradually drawn into the everyday life of the police department and meets his first love.
Number of episodes: 24 (two seasons).
7. The team | Number of episodes: 15
"Brigade" - One of the most popular domestic mini-series, which received the status of a cult.
The serial film shows the story of four friends who created a criminal group led by Sasha Bely. Conventional Moscow guys, by coincidence, were on the other side of the law and became one of the most influential criminal groups.
The "Brigade" is primarily a series about friendship, solidarity and devotion shown on the background of criminal events.
Number of episodes: 15.
6. Liquidation | Number of episodes: 14
Among the best Russian TV series includes a detective “Liquidation”. Post-war Odessa. Marshal Zhukov, who fell into disgrace, is sent here. Having become the commander of the Odessa military district, the disgraced military leader decides to give up all his efforts to eradicate crime in the city. In the fight against bandits, Zhukov uses cruel methods that work flawlessly in a war, but are unacceptable in peacetime. In response, criminal elements staged pogroms in Odessa. At this time, the head of the city’s anti-bandit department, David Gotzman, is trying to get on the trail of a dangerous criminal named Academician, who is amazingly aware of the progress of the searches. The gotsman assumes that the bandit is directly related to law enforcement agencies, which means that everyone involved in the investigation is suspected.
Number of episodes: 14.
5. The border. Taiga novel | Number of episodes: 8
"Border. Taiga novel " - One of the best Russian melodramatic series. The series is set in the 1970s in a small military garrison in the Far East. Everything is in full view and it’s hard to hide anything from others. Marina, the wife of captain Goloshchekin, a strong-willed and dangerous man, suddenly falls in love with officer Stolbova. Having learned about the secret relationship of his wife, Nikita Goloshchekin decides to eliminate the opponent by any means.
Number of episodes: 8.
4. Saboteur | Number of episodes: 4
The list of the best domestic TV shows continues military drama "Saboteur". The series is set in 1942. The plot focuses on graduates of the intelligence school performing dangerous operations behind enemy lines.
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3. Children of Arbat | Number of episodes: 16
Serial film "Children of the Arbat", created based on the eponymous novel-tetralogy by Anatoly Rybakov, is one of the best Russian series. The picture begins in 1932. Sasha Pankratov, a student at a Moscow institute, falls under the rink of repressions that began in the country. He is sent to exile in Siberia, and in Moscow Sasha’s mother, his friends and the girl Varya in love with him remain.
Number of episodes: 16.
2. The Master and Margarita | Number of episodes: 10
"Master and Margarita" - One of the most interesting and controversial Russian TV series, created based on the novel of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov. Director Vladimir Bortko reacted very carefully to the plot of the famous work, practically thoroughly recreating it on the screen.
The picture begins on one of the spring evenings in Moscow. At sunset, on the Patriarch's Ponds, between the poet Ivan Bezdomny, MASSOLIT Chairman Mikhail Berlioz and some strange foreigner, an interesting conversation takes place, which laid the foundation for a chain of mysterious and mystical incidents.
Number of episodes: 10.
1. Homeland | Number of episodes: 12
"Homeland" - One of the best Russian series shot in the psychological thriller genre. Its premiere took place on the Russia-1 television channel, for which the multi-part film was the most successful in the last few years.
Major Alexei Bragin was considered dead for six years during a military operation in 1993 in the North Caucasus. Years later, he is found chained to a wall in a bunker located on the territory of a terrorist training camp. Despite the difficult physical and psychological condition of Bragin, who was tortured all these years, he is suspected of having been recruited by terrorists.
Number of episodes: 12.