TV series
Children of Arbat
2004, Russian, on 1+1. Created by Yuliya Damsker & Valentin Chernykh.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 16
- Episode length
- 48 min
- Status
- Ended in 2004
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Latest episode
S1 E16: Episode 16
Aired 23 September 2004
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
- Yuliya DamskerCreator
- Valentin ChernykhCreator
- Evgeny TsyganovСаша Панкратов · 16 ep
- Daniil StrakhovЮрий Шарок · 16 ep
- Yevgeniya SimonovaСофья Александровна · 16 ep
- Maksim SukhanovСталин · 16 ep
- Chulpan KhamatovaВаря Иванова · 16 ep
- Inga Strelkova-OboldinaНина Иванова · 16 ep
- Aleksandr KhvanБерезин · 16 ep
- Vladimir SimonovБудягин · 16 ep
- Roman MadyanovМарк Рязанов · 16 ep
- Andrey SmolyakovЕжов · 16 ep
- Emmanuil VitorganШпигельглас · 16 ep
- Sergey YushkevichСоловейчик · 16 ep
Details
- First aired
- 30 August 2004
- Last aired
- 23 September 2004
- Network
- 1+1
- Original title
- Дети Арбата
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Russia
- Type
- Miniseries
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What Children of Arbat is based on
Children of Arbat is based on Children of the Arbat (1987) by Anatoly Rybakov.
1987
Children of the Arbat
By Anatoly Rybakov
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How many seasons of Children of Arbat are there?
Children of Arbat has 1 season and 16 episodes, about 48 minutes each.
Is Children of Arbat finished?
Yes. Children of Arbat ended in 2004, so you can watch the whole story.
Which OTT platform is Children of Arbat on?
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What shows are like Children of Arbat?
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Who created Children of Arbat?
Children of Arbat was created by Yuliya Damsker and Valentin Chernykh and stars Evgeny Tsyganov, Daniil Strakhov, Yevgeniya Simonova.
What is Children of Arbat based on?
Children of Arbat is based on Children of the Arbat (1987) by Anatoly Rybakov.