Russia's answer to Everybody Loves Raymond, but somehow ran 24 SEASONS.
8.025 minSeason 24 • Episode 22
LatestThe main characters of the series are an ordinary family. The family consists of the following: Kostya, his wife Vera and their children: Masha and the twins Philip and Kirill. Right on the same landing, where the apartment of the young Voronin family is located, Kostya’s parents live: Galina Ivanovna, Nikolai Petrovich and Lyonya - Kostya's older brother.
Acting
Anna Frolovtseva's Galina Ivanovna: the mother-in-law you love to fear.
Writing
Adapting American sitcom beats to Soviet-apartment specificity.
Creators
Lew Schneider, Phil Rosenthal
Georgiy Dronov
Konstantin Nikolaevich Voronin
Ekaterina Volkova
Vera Sergeyevna Voronina
Stanislav Duzhnikov
Leonid Nikolaevich Voronin
Anna Frolovtseva
Galina Ivanovna Voronina
Maria Ilykhina
Maria Konstantinovna Voronina
Boris Klyuev
Nikolay Petrovich Voronin
Yulia Kuvarzina
Anastasia Albertovna Voronina
Vera Tarasova
Ludmila Konstantinovna Voronina
Pavel Kizhuk
Barman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Licensed adaptation of Everybody Loves Raymond that outlived its source material by 15+ years, becoming distinctly Russian in its claustrophobic apartment-setting humor.
At 552 episodes across 24 seasons, it became one of the longest-running sitcoms globally—outlasting the American original's 9 seasons by a staggering margin.
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