Rich kid trades private jets for physics lectures—Russian chaos ensues.
Season 5 • Episode 54
LatestThe son of oligarch Sylvestre Sergeev, Sasha, fled from the university in London, where he studied finance, and entered the astronomical department of the physics department of a Moscow university. Sylvester Andreevich wants to return his son to his former life, but he wants to live "among the people" and wants to achieve everything in life himself. In parallel with this, many funny situations happen to the heroes of the series.
Acting
Gaydulyan nails entitled-to-earnest transformation
Writing
Slepakov's sharp class satire before he was famous
Creators
Semyon Slepakov, Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov
Andrey Gaydulyan
Александр Сергеев
Valentina Rubtsova
Татьяна Сергеева (Архипова)
Vitaly Gogunsky
Кузя (Эдуард Кузьмин)
Mariya Kozhevnikova
Алла Гришко
Aleksey Klimushkin
Сильвестр Андреевич Сергеев
Aleksey Gavrilov
Георгий Рудковский
Larisa Baranova
Лилия Волкова
Stanislav Yarushin
Антон Мартынов
Ararat Keshchyan
Майкл (Артур Микаэлян)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Semyon Slepakov later became Russia's most beloved comedy songwriter; Uni was his early proving ground.
The series captured late-2000s Russian anxiety about nouveau riche families trying to appear 'normal' — Sasha's 'among the people' fantasy resonated because real oligarch kids were doing exactly this.
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