Russian TV series about death

List of the best Russian TV series about death, selected by visitors to our site: The Dead Lake, Bloody Mistress, Dead Mountain: The Dyatlov Pass Incident, Trotsky, The Red Bracelets, The Method, Закон каменных джунглей, The '90-s. Funny and Loud, My Mom's Penguins, 257 Reasons to Live.

In the top there are new series of 2021, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration02:16

Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genredrama, history
CountryRussia

18th century, The Russian Empire. The series tells the life story of Darya Saltykova, who was called Saltychikha by serfs. The landowner brutally tortured about one and half hundreds peasants, for which "Russian Elizabeth Bathory" was imprisoned at underground prison, where she spent 33 years until her death. How a young girl who was brought up in a monastery turned into a monster?

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, detective, military, history
CountryRussia

Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, biography
CountryRussia
Duration02:26

The life pages of a man who changed the world but paid back everything he had. Leon Trotsky is being interviewed in Mexico city of the year 1940 by Canadian journalist Frank Jackson. During eight days they have eight interview sessions revealing the true face of Comrade Trotsky.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Duration00:46

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration02:47

The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is eager to get the internship with the glorious investigator but she could hardly expect the challenges she would face while working with Rodion. Together they investigate the cruelest crimes that took place in the history of Russian criminality.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, crime
CountryRussia
Duration01:00

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:00

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Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia

A witty drama about growing up and self-actualization that makes you want to not only laugh out loud, but also shazam every track.

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Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:33

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

A humorous series, the hallmark of which is that all the characters are played by one person — Anton Lapenko. The bulk of the dialogue is improvisation. The plot is based on the life and adventures of characters from Anton's Instagram. The series is made in the style of Soviet cinema and does not have a clear time reference — it is a kind of Universe in which the 80s and 90s of the XX century intertwine.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrebiography
CountryRussia

Investigation of the causes of death of Vladislav Listyev. 25 years passed, but the perpetrators of the highest-profile contract murder in Russia in the 1990s were not found. Or didn’t you want to? Or found, but silent? Rodion decided to conduct his investigation. He wants to know the name of the customer. Six months of work, dozens of interviews with colleagues, friends and relatives of Listyev, investigators who conducted the case. And everyone answers the main question: who killed Vlad Listyev?

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredetective, history
CountryRussia

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Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryRussia

Pops is telling a story of Max coming to the jubilee of his old dad with his family. During this journey the unsolved family problems arise, which deal with the relations and upbringing process. Max recalls memories from his childhood, where he tries to find the way to solve his own family problems. But instead of answers he finds only child offenses and questions which he hasn’t yet asked. Max is going to clear this up.

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Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryRussia

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 4.6
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryRussia

1940. Three little boys find mysterious package from another dimension including the potion allowing the human beings live much longer they do. One of them suddenly dies in the river while others drank the potion. Now they are able to live million more years but still they will never forget what happened with their friend.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia
Duration01:20

The main character is the star of a popular TV series about doctors, actor Yegor Rumyantsev. Having achieved great success, he becomes an egoist and does not notice the feelings and experiences of those around him: he does not come to the shooting, leads a promiscuous sex life and deceives people. One day, Egor finds out that he has HIV. Rumyantsev's brother Lev is a mediocre and unlucky actor who runs a program about useful handicrafts on the cable channel "Ant-TV". Leo has a pregnant wife with two young daughters. He has no prospects for making money and moving up the career ladder until he gets a chance to replace his brother Yegor in the series.

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Genredrama, adventure, detective, history
CountryRussia

April 1958. Maria Krapivina, a graduate of the law faculty of Leningrad University, Department of criminal procedure and criminalistics, is assigned to the UGRO of the Central district police Department. Just a girl, an excellent student, the daughter of intelligent parents falls into a team consisting of rough and experienced operatives who have passed the war. On the first day, Masha wants to quit. But she gets her hands on information about a traitor in the Department associated with a large and audacious gang. Masha decides that it is her duty to stay and uncover the "mole". And also to prove that it is worth something. Everyone falls under suspicion, including the head of the Opera Department of the Swedes ,the "uncouth lout", with whom Masha unexpectedly falls in love, and every day more and more..

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Genremelodrama
CountryRussia

The life of an advertiser does not look successful: the work brings income and satisfaction, the beloved woman agreed to get married. But everything collapses in one moment: Kostya's father dies, and on his hands is not only a family business – a manufacturer of women's shoes, but also helpless relatives who are used to the fact that their problems are solved by a man. Kostya is clearly not suitable for the role of "head of the family": he does not devote enough time to his fiancee Sonya and daughter marusa, he does not communicate much with his mother, and even less with his daughter from his first marriage. He is not interested in the family business and does not delve into the business of the company. But the tragedy forces him to grow up: Kostya no longer goes with the flow, but finds the strength to stand at the helm of the company and be a support for all his women.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, detective
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Duration00:52

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.

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Genredrama
CountryRussia
Duration00:50

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Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehistory
CountryRussia
Duration01:01

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:00

Short comedian sketches about what worries the average 30-year-old guy. Girls, work, friends, everyday little things, and problems of a universal scale. A few minutes of honest humor, a drop of absurdity, and nothing more. This is a quick comedy.

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration00:50

Tourist police officer Lera wants to investigate serious cases and dangerous crimes. But in her department, they are as rare as the good mood of the boss and the intelligence of her colleagues. Despite this, Lera essentially refuses the “cushy little town”, carefully prepared by her admiral father, and does not give up work in the special division for the protection of public order in Sochi. But just how to continue the service and protect the peace of guests of the city, contacting a thief and a swindler?

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryRussia

While the whole country is watching the 1980 Olympics, strange things are happening at one summer camp on the Volga river. Children mysteriously disappear at night, and then return - but not at all the same as before. Carried away by summer freedom and each other, the counselors do not notice how scary urban myths come to life, and the camp leadership pretends that everything is in order. Two boys take it upon themselves to figure out the mysteries. To begin with, they have to figure out if there is at least someone left in the camp who can be trusted.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryRussia
Duration04:24

A single mother from Perm, by the will of fate, finds herself in the capital of Russia, where she makes significant changes to the well-established life of six successful 30-year-old Muscovites.

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Genrethriller, fantasy
CountryRussia

The picture unfolds in an alternative history at the beginning of the 20th century. The monarchy of Europe and the higher nobility consist of those who hide their true origin and secretly rule the world. The young anarchist Karamora, who lost her beloved in a fight with representatives of a secret organization, decides to challenge the centuries-old rule of the nobility, avenge lost love and try to change the world. Gathering like-minded people, he declares war.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryRussia
Duration08:20

The Master and Margarita is a Russian television production of Telekanal Rossiya, based on the novel The Master and Margarita, written by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov between 1928 and 1940. Vladimir Bortko directed this adaptation and was also its screenwriter.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, comedy
CountryRussia

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Genrecomedy
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryRussia

Sixteen contestants of a new survival show are taken to the Siberian taiga to compete for the price of one million euros. The rules are simple: no food, personal belongings, electricity, communications and civilization for hundreds of kilometers around. The one remains wins. Soon TV project turns into a deadly game, where LIFE becomes the main prize... What is it? Is it sick TV script? Who is behind this? And who can survive without losing their humanity?

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:40

High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they decide to divorce after 18 years of marriage, so they lock them up in the basement until they'll sort out their problems. Their school friends also decide to do the same with their parents to solve their respective problems

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Genredetective
CountryRussia

Moscow, 1956. Four women who are tied by the military past: work in the special department of the GRU, 11 years later converge again to conduct investigations and help the investigating authorities in especially complicated cases. With phenomenal analytical skills, Irina, Anna, Sophia and Katerina risk themselves, as well as the well-being of their own families, in order to get on the trail of criminals who threaten the lives of ordinary people and the whole country.Cipher is a Russian television detective based on the British mini-series The Bletchley Circle. The working title of the series is "The Ciphers". The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lean-M and the Pobeda Production Association.The premiere of the television series took place on March 11, 2019 on Channel One.




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