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    Russian Drama TV Shows

    The 40 most popular russian drama TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Wedding Ring
    TMDB1.0

    Wedding Ring

    2008 · RU

    No overview available

    Simple Truths
    TMDB2.8

    Simple Truths

    1999 · RU

    A youth TV novel about school life. The situations that the characters find themselves in are familiar to every teenager, and the problems that the characters are trying to solve are of concern to everyone: how to deal with unrequited love (and is it necessary?), how to resolve a conflict with teachers or classmates, how to find a common language with parents, how to skip a physical education lesson, how, finally, to wipe the two in the diary without consequences for school life.

    Soldiers
    TMDB3.6

    Soldiers

    2004 · RU

    No overview available

    Secrecy of the Investigation
    TMDB4.0

    Secrecy of the Investigation

    2000 · RU

    In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?

    Understand. Forgive
    TMDB4.0

    Understand. Forgive

    2006 · RU

    Each episode is a fictional, self-contained story about difficult family relationships.

    Streets of Broken Lights
    TMDB3.3

    Streets of Broken Lights

    1998 · RU

    Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find the most incredible ways out of any situation. They uphold the law and emerge victorious.

    The Kitchen
    TMDB3.9

    The Kitchen

    2012 · RU

    Maksim "Max" Lavrov wants to become a great chef. But he finds out that the kitchen isn't the place for an easy career. And at restaurant "Claude Monet," this job looks to be harder and much more complicated than just cooking.

    Junior League
    TMDB3.5

    Junior League

    2013 · RU

    In the town of Podolsk, The Bears hockey club hires a new coach, Sergei Makeyev, a former National Hockey League player, who sets out to get the club to the Junior Hockey League and make The Bears a successful team.

    The Private School
    TMDB3.1

    The Private School

    2011 · RU

    An elite private school conceals dark secrets. When a teacher disappears, students embark on a perilous journey, facing obstacles and revelations before the gripping conclusion.

    Sklifosovsky
    TMDB3.8

    Sklifosovsky

    2012 · RU

    No overview available

    Happy Together
    TMDB2.8

    Happy Together

    2006 · RU

    The ordinary life of an ordinary family from the province: a couple, 2 children, a dog and neighbors. Dasha is a housewife who loves to watch TV shows and go shopping. Her husband, Gena, is a shoe store manager, likes to hang around in the garage and watch football with friends. Their daughter Sveta is a student of high school, changes the guys every week. And their son Roma is playing computer thew whole day and intrigues sister. Bukins quarrel at least once a day - so they have fun. They have been together for 16 years and still love each other. This is the happiest family in the world.

    Kremlin cadets
    TMDB1.4

    Kremlin cadets

    2009 · RU

    The history of the series develops around three Suvorov graduates - Ilya Sukhomlin, Stepan Perepechko and Alexei Syrnikov, who entered the Moscow Higher Military Command School at the end of the summer, where each of them is awarded the rank of junior sergeant. Along with the Suvorovites, graduates of ordinary schools, without a military education, called "schoolchildren" - Dmitry Krasilnikov, Gennady Varnava and Nikolai Kovnadsky, enter the school. The third side is made up of the so-called "army men" - Evgeny Bragin, Sergey Gonchar and Stepan Prokhorov - who have already served as conscripts in the army and have more practice than theory. Later, Maxim Makarov, transferred from St. Petersburg for a fight with a colleague, joins the main characters. Aleksey Syrnikov, meanwhile, is being transferred to the Ryazan Airborne School, which he dreamed about while still being a Suvorovite.

    Ekaterina
    TMDB3.8

    Ekaterina

    2014 · RU

    1745. The reigning Empress Elizabeth Petrovna is infertile. The only heir is her feeble-minded nephew Peter III. Elizabeth cannot allow Peter to ascend to the throne, so she decides to marry the tsarevich, wait for the birth of her son, and then take the boy and raise him as a real Russian emperor herself. Brides are coming to St. Petersburg. Among them is the lovely Fike - the young Princess Sofia Frederica from the impoverished branch of the Prussian kings.

    The Story of His Maid
    TMDB1.9

    The Story of His Maid

    2026 · RU

    Moscow, XIX century. Lavish balls, glittering manors and backstage intrigues. A young and enviable bachelor, Count Nikolai Sheremetyev, returns to the world of high society from the war. His arrival blows up secular circles: mothers and daughters are plotting, dreaming of getting a rich groom. But for Nikolai himself, everything is more complicated — according to his mother's will, he must marry within a year, otherwise he will lose his inheritance. At this time, the Averin family is teetering on the brink of ruin due to gambling debts of the head of the family. Their daughter Anna, a stubborn and witty noblewoman, decides to meet the count personally, hoping that he will forgive the debt.

    Life on Call
    TMDB3.8

    Life on Call

    2022 · RU

    The story of an unusual businessman Alexander Schmidt, nicknamed Magic, who is ready to fulfill the most daring and explicit sex fantasies of his clients.

    Poor Nastya
    TMDB2.1

    Poor Nastya

    2003 · RU

    Poor Nastya is a Russian telenovela originally aired from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in Ukraine, China, Israel, Serbia, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11,8million, it is the most expensive Russian television project of all time. The sequel was planned, but had not been made yet.

    The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt
    TMDB4.3

    The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt

    2023 · RU

    In the late 1980s, when “perestroika” was taking place in the USSR and the era of the Soviet Union was about to collapse, life became unstable and very different. The 1980s brought not only freedom, but also waves of crime on the city streets. While some young people began to ‘grow up’ on the streets, others found it difficult to find their place in this unpredictable reality. Andrey, lives with his mother and five-year-old sister. He studies at a music school and often encounters street teenagers who harass him. To protect himself, Andrey makes friends with one of these teenagers, Marat, who introduces him to gang life. Youth groups fight for every piece of territory; they defend their right to live the life, even breaking laws and promises. The only thing that matters to them is the vows they make to their gang members-brothers, with whom they confront the violence and fears of the adult world.

    Gangster's Petersburg
    TMDB4.2

    Gangster's Petersburg

    2000 · RU

    A Russian detective series, based on 8 works of Andrei Konstantinov ("lawyer", "Justice / Attorney-2", "The Thief / Journalist-2", "Writer", "Inventor / Writer-2", "The prisoner "," Cop "," Scavenger ") and four works by other writers.

    Russian Affairs
    TMDB3.1

    Russian Affairs

    2019 · RU

    Moscow, present day. The city of big money, passion, gorgeous women and wealthy men, receptions and dangerous intrigue. Dasha, an art historian from the province, who came to the capital, dreams of a new, better life, but a mysterious and cruel incident will change everything.

    Detective Anna
    TMDB3.4

    Detective Anna

    2016 · RU

    Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of Zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman, who is assigned to the police department and teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals.

    Margosha
    TMDB2.4

    Margosha

    2009 · RU

    In the life of the editor-in-chief of the glossy magazine Gosha, a shock occurs after meeting a girl named Karina. Once among the victims, the girl comes up with a rather sophisticated revenge plan and goes to the witch. The next morning, Gosha wakes up and discovers that he has become a woman himself.

    Папины дочки. Новые
    TMDB2.6

    Папины дочки. Новые

    2023 · RU

    No overview available

    Sea Devils
    TMDB3.6

    Sea Devils

    2005 · RU

    No overview available

    One Call Bar
    TMDB3.4

    One Call Bar

    2025 · RU

    In the One Call bar, anyone can call a deceased loved one by agreeing to a deadly game of Russian roulette. Investigator Andrey Morozov is looking for his missing son, and all the evidence leads to a mysterious bar that appears in different places, leaving behind the bodies of dead visitors.

    Silver Spoon
    TMDB3.6

    Silver Spoon

    2014 · RU

    Forced to become an apprentice cop, cocky playboy Igor finds he's got a knack for police work. But his job soon takes him down a dark personal path.

    Banditskiy Peterburg: Advokat
    TMDB4.4

    Banditskiy Peterburg: Advokat

    2000 · RU

    Detective Sergei Chelishchev leaves the police to find the real murderer of his parents. Everything changes when he meets his long-lost friend, a war veteran who joined local mafia following the fall of the Soviet Union.

    Kamenskaya
    TMDB3.9

    Kamenskaya

    1999 · RU

    Crime has spiraled out of control for law enforcement in Moscow, and Police Major Anastasiya Kamenskaya conducts investigations into criminal activities. Frequently, the crimes she investigates involve or are even linked to influential individuals: politicians, businessmen, heads of major criminal organizations. Adapted from novels of Alexandra Marinina.

    Hello Again!
    TMDB3.8

    Hello Again!

    2022 · RU

    Animated comedy with Andrei Merzlikin about the adventures of the bandit Boris who rose from the dead. He awakens in the morgue and decides to reveal the secret of his own death, enlisting the help of a young medical trainee Artem. What is the avenger capable of, who has been in the other world and is eager to punish the killers? Boris is capable of a lot.

    The Dolls
    TMDB3.3

    The Dolls

    2022 · RU

    The roaring twenties of the new century. The era of messengers, electronic cigarettes and universal digitalization. The main character is Andrey Mirkin, a promising head of a PR agency. He owes his success and beautiful life to women. Mirkin can seduce almost anyone, he is charismatic, courteous and cynically uses it. He goes head over heels, not thinking about how many lives he has ruined along the way. He just doesn't care. The cherry on the cake in the hero's career promises to be a multimillion-dollar tender. Mirkin's victory in it is guaranteed in advance. But no one knows how much dirt is behind this well-being. And in the coming days, it will overwhelm Mirkin.

    The Club
    TMDB2.4

    The Club

    2006 · RU

    A television series about the "golden youth" and club life, where there is a lot of music, laughter, talented, beautiful and young actors, and, of course, the first - and therefore real - love! And also - dancing, sex, designer stuff, stylish cars ...

    Living Anew
    TMDB4.0

    Living Anew

    2026 · RU

    The year is 2026. The life of Dima, a forty-year-old emergency doctor, has gone downhill: his wife has left, his colleagues despise him, and alcohol has become his best friend. But one day, while undergoing an MRI scan, Dima is suddenly transported back to 2002. He is an eighteen—year-old boy again, his mother is alive, the love of his life is still free, and the fateful meeting with his ex-wife has not happened. He gets a chance to live his life anew and maybe fix everything.

    Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum!
    TMDB4.2

    Peace! Friendship! Chewing gum!

    2020 · RU

    The year is 1993. 14-year-old Alex Ryabinin lives a normal teenage life - looking for adventure, trying to protect himself from hooligans, does not want learn music, does not know how to meet girls and which adults to follow as an example. On the one hand - an honest but poor family with a saleswoman mother and a father who is a docent, on the other - the dangerous world of an Afghan veteran Uncle Alik. And there's also the girl Zhenya, whose encounter triggers a series of irreversible events that will forever change the life of Alex. Running away from hooligans, Alex steals a car of local criminal authority, and in an instant everything changes. Will he be able to cope with all the problems, being in the heart of events? Will he be able to save his family and finally understand who he is? Only one thing is clear - life will never be the same again. Not for Alex himself, nor for the whole of Russia.

    Trail of Chikatilo
    TMDB2.9

    Trail of Chikatilo

    2026 · RU

    The country is gradually moving away from the 90s, life is getting better and people are again attracted to the Black Sea resorts, where travelers along the way become victims of brutal murderers. In the pursuit of profit, they spare no one: neither women, nor the elderly, nor children. All attempts to get on the trail of criminals end in nothing and there is not a single serious clue in the case. At the same time, Vitaly Vitvitsky and his pregnant wife Irina Ovsyannikova go on vacation to the Crimea and themselves fall into the clutches of criminals, who turn out to be members of the "Amazon Gang", led by a certain Smallpox.

    Brigada
    TMDB3.8

    Brigada

    2002 · RU

    A quartet of childhood pals who create a business together find themselves at the core of a powerful Moscow gang in the aftermath of an unplanned murder.

    Method
    TMDB3.4

    Method

    2015 · RU

    After graduation our main character Yesenia dreams about work- ing with Rodion Meglin. He is a mysterious, secretive man, a lone investigator with little known about his methods. When Yesenia turns into his trainee she begins to realize that the essence of his method is that Meglin himself – that of a maniac. He feels them instinctively. He is allowed to eliminate some of them, look after others and save their lives. Our heroine who was never meant to work alone will go alone, facing the most horrible crimes of the last decade.

    Fisher
    TMDB3.9

    Fisher

    2023 · RU

    1986. Teenagers are killed one by one in the area of the government dachas on Rublevskoye Shosse. Intelligent investigator Valery Kozyrev, his audacious partner from Rostov Evgeny Bokov and very young investigator Natalia Dobrovolskaya begin the investigation, not even knowing how much it will change the fate of each of them. The only witness capable of identifying the maniac - schoolboy Igor, whose parents are not at all happy about his son's contact with the police.

    To the Lake
    TMDB3.6

    To the Lake

    2019 · RU

    A grim drama that unfolds against the backdrop of a global catastrophe. An unknown new virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. Money loses its value and those not yet infected struggle desperately for food and survival.

    The Time of the Happy
    TMDB3.8

    The Time of the Happy

    2026 · RU

    Shortly before the collapse of the USSR, Marina and Ivan Schastykh had triplets and began life in a separate apartment number 13. But the naive 1980s are being replaced by the hungry 1990s, and the mood in the family is no longer rosy. Ivan, once the youngest and most promising candidate of sciences at Moscow State University, is forced to become a tutor and a homemaker while Marina earns money on the market. And then 2012 comes — the energy of the new age.

    Мачеха
    TMDB0.5

    Мачеха

    2007 · RU

    No overview available

    Ундина
    TMDB2.3

    Ундина

    2003 · RU

    No overview available

    About Russian Drama TV Shows

    Russian television

    Russian television leans heavily on historical epic and crime serial, often working at a scale and production length uncommon elsewhere.

    Drama

    Television drama is where the medium made its case as film's equal, from the cable era's antihero epics to the current streaming wave. Long-form gives character change room to actually happen.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1998–2026
    Best reviewed
    The Boy's Word: Blood on the Asphalt (8.6)
    Often also
    Crime, Comedy, Mystery
    Longest run
    25 seasons

    Common questions

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    How is this list ranked?
    Russian drama TV shows are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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