Irina Vinogradova

Jelena and her mother Vera left Russia 20 years ago to come to Germany. Since this time, they’ve been living together in a tiny two bedroom appartment. Vera is almost 70 now and unable to accept reality in Germany. In her mind, she still lives in Russia, where she was a famous dancer. She gave up everything to allow her daughter to make her career in the west. But Jelena only managed to get a job as a dance teacher for chubby little girls…

18 directors, 18 novels, 18 short stories about Moscow...

They say that russian robotics is hopelessly behind the world. It’s a lie! We will look at the Izhevsk Dynamics plant, where robots are made, we will visit Izhevsk and Ussuriysk and listen to the enemy of robotisation Vitaly Nalivkin.

Farmer Nikolay has long ago settled on Mars with his family. He leads a peaceful life and tends to his robot-aided farmstead until the Head of a large corporation comes to Mars to get rid of the village and launch a new production line.

Spring of 1914. The eve of the First World War. The Uhlan regiment, in which Lieutenant Alexander Grigoriev serves, stands in a small Russian town. Officers languish from boredom, spend time off duty in a shabby tavern. They drink, they play cards, and without that, a small salary. One day, the city pharmacist introduced the lieutenant to the local rich man of commerce, councilor Stakhovsky, whose niece Nina, at a chance meeting, captivated Grigoriev with her beauty.