A bear hunter's son becomes Russia's most wanted. The taiga raised him; the 90s broke him.
59 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestKhabarovsk region. Taiga. Pavel Likhovtsev, a senior ranger and bear hunter, keeps an apiary in the taiga and brings up his eldest son Zhenya as a real peasant. However, with the advent of the nineties, the apiary is ruined. Pavel and his family are forced to go to Khabarovsk in search of a better life. At this time, in Khabarovsk, there is a redistribution of spheres of influence - all power and all resources are transferred to the OCG "Obshchak" - a gang that will soon become the largest criminal group in the world.
Acting
Three actors as Zhenya — seamless physical continuity
Production
Khabarovsk shot on location, unflinching authenticity
Artyom Bystrov
Павел Лиховцев
Egor Kenzhametov
Женя в юности
Saveliy Kudryashov
Женя в детстве
Evgeniy Tkachuk
повзрослевший Женя
Elena Nikolaeva
Лена
Maxim Karushev
Вася в юности
Anna Zavtur
Лиза в юности
Alexandra Babaskina
Лиза в детстве
Polina Maksimova
повзрослевшая Лиза
Filipp Yankovsky
Тунгус
Gela Meskhi
Игорь Кармазов
Aleksandr Golubev
Юра Краб
Evgeny Kharitonov
Зозуляк
Kirill Poluhin
Сахно
Dmitriy Kulichkov
Кисель
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based loosely on real Khabarovsk organized crime figures who dominated 1990s Far East Russia. The 'Obshchak' system of communal criminal fund was actual slang.
Artyom Bystrov spent weeks with actual retired rangers to develop Pavel's physicality — the bear stand scene used no stunt double.
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