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4.8 1 Seasons • 16 Episodes

Children of Arbat - Season 1

Set in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, it tells the story of Sasha Pankratov, a student and loyal Komsomol member from the Arbat neighborhood of Moscow who is unfairly exiled to Siberia. As his family and friends, including his love interest Varya Ivanova, grapple with Sasha's sudden detention and departure, the series shows the growing fear and paranoia that gripped Moscow in the years before the murder of Sergey Kirov and the start of Stalin's Great Purge.

Top Cast

  • Evgeny Tsyganov

    Evgeny Tsyganov

    Саша Панкратов

  • Daniil Strakhov

    Daniil Strakhov

    Юрий Шарок

  • Yevgeniya Simonova

    Yevgeniya Simonova

    Софья Александровна

  • Maksim Sukhanov

    Maksim Sukhanov

    Сталин

  • Chulpan Khamatova

    Chulpan Khamatova

    Варя Иванова

  • Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

    Inga Strelkova-Oboldina

    Нина Иванова

  • Aleksandr Khvan

    Aleksandr Khvan

    Березин

  • Vladimir Simonov

    Vladimir Simonov

    Будягин

  • Roman Madyanov

    Roman Madyanov

    Марк Рязанов

Overview

Set in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, it tells the story of Sasha Pankratov, a student and loyal Komsomol member from the Arbat neighborhood of Moscow who is unfairly exiled to Siberia. As his family and friends, including his love interest Varya Ivanova, grapple with Sasha's sudden detention and departure, the series shows the growing fear and paranoia that gripped Moscow in the years before the murder of Sergey Kirov and the start of Stalin's Great Purge.

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