90s Russian miners digging for coal and dignity while everything crumbles.
52 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestThe plot centers on a mining family. The time of events falls on the difficult 90s. The heroes get into a difficult life and try to find the strength to endure the trials.
Acting
Yuliya Khlynina's transformation across time is devastating.
Production
Painstaking 90s period detail that reeks of authenticity.
Direction
Kott refuses easy sentimentality—every frame earns its weight.
Alexander Korshunov
Петр Журавлев, отец Полины, Томы и Фёдора, шахтёр
Elena Tsyplakova
Лидия Журавлева, мать Полины, Томы и Фёдора
Yuliya Khlynina
Полина в молодости
Viktoriya Tolstoganova
Полина Журавлева
Tatyana Polosina
Тома в молодости
Inga Strelkova-Oboldina
Тома Журавлева
Andrey Sokolov
Константин Макаров, хозяин шахты
Yura Borisov
Гена в молодости
Aleksandr Bukharov
Гена Клочков
Aleksandr Gorbatov
Федор Журавлев
Ilya Akintyev
Дима, сын Полины и Гены
Vladimir Verevochkin
Вася, сын Томы и Ивана, воспитанник Макаровых
Nikolay Kozak
Егор, начальник охраны
Arina Zharkova
Люба в молодости
Elena Panova
Люба
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series captures the 'black 90s'—Russia's brutal economic transition that decimated industrial towns like Shakhty, where real miners' strikes were violently suppressed.
Kott cast actual former miners as extras; their improvised lunch scenes in episode 3 were unscripted, adding documentary-level authenticity to the family dinner table.
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