Spetsnaz (miniseries)

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Spetsnaz
Genre	Action-adventure; Drama; Military drama;
Developed by	Andrei Malyukov;
Starring	Aleksandr Baluyev; Aleksei Kravchenko; Vladislav Galkin; Igor Lifanov; Vladimir Turchinsky; Aleksandr Nosik; Andrei Zibrov;
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	7
Production
Production location	Moscow
Production company	Svarog
Original release
Network	ORT
Release	March 25, 2002 –; October 14, 2003

Spetsnaz (Russian: Спецназ) is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.

Overview

The series is set mostly in Russia and follows the adventures of four (initially six) members of the Spetsnaz. The locations also switch frequently and have also included Chechnya, Afghanistan, Dagestan, and Kosovo.

Through the course of the series, the characters have done everything from rescuing shot-down pilots in Chechnya to rescuing the passengers and crew of a hijacked Aeroflot plane grounded in Afghanistan.

Cast

The following are recurring characters in the show

Aleksandr Baluyev as Major 'Klim' Platov, the hardened veteran unit commander
Aleksei Kravchenko as Captain 'Doc' Vyazemsky
Vladislav Galkin as Senior Lieutenant 'Yakut' Urmanov
Igor Lifanov as Senior Warrant Officer 'Khrust' Khrustalyov
Vladimir Turchinsky as Lt. Col. Ozornykh
Aleksandr Nosik as Senior Warrant Officer 'Zmey' Kobrin
Andrei Zibrov as Warrant Officer Aleksey 'Shakh' Shakhmametyev

Ban

In October 2014 the Ukrainian State Film Agency banned some Russian films, particularly Spetsnaz, for demonstration and distribution. According to the head of the agency Pylyp Illenko, that decision was caused by events in Ukraine which has made it "improper to show Russian films with obvious propaganda, for example, exaltation of Russian law enforcement and Russia itself, on Ukrainian TV channels now."^[1]

References

^ В Україні не виходитимуть сім російських фільмів – Держкіно [Ukraine won't allow the release of seven Russian films – Derzhkino] (in Ukrainian). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

External links

Unofficial website (in Russian)
Spetsnaz at IMDb

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[1] В Україні не виходитимуть сім російських фільмів – Держкіно [Ukraine won't allow the release of seven Russian films – Derzhkino] (in Ukrainian). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

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