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Central Russia's Vampires
Genrefantasy
detective
mystery
comedy
Written byAleksey Akimov
Olga Simonova
Roman Borodavkin
Konstantin Garbuzov
Dmitriy Shepelevich
Directed byAnton Maslov
Dmitry Gribanov
ComposersIvan Kanaev
Denis Vorontsov
Country of originRussia
Original languageRussian
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16 + 1 special episode
Production
ProducersEduard Iloyan
Vitaliy Shlyappo
Denis Zhalinskiy
Aleksey Trotsyuk
Running time50-73 minutes
Original release
NetworkStart
TNT channel
Release18 March 2021 (2021-03-18) –
present

Central Russia's Vampires[a][1] (Russian: Вампиры средней полосы, romanized: Vampiry srednej polosy) is a Russian TV series produced since 2021. Made by "Start Studio" film companies. The premiere was held on the Start video service. The television premiere took place on the TNT channel.[2]

Plot

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1st Season

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A family of vampires lives peacefully in Smolensk. They don't touch people. But the Guardians keep an eye on the vampires. One day, in a birch grove near Smolensk, the police find the completely drained corpses of two guys with bite marks. The vampires headed by Svyatoslav Vernidubovich are tasked with finding the killers.

Cast and characters

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  • Yuri Stoyanov as Svyatoslav Vernidubovich Krivich (head of the vampire family)
  • Ekaterina Kuznetsova (season 1) / Anastasiya Stezhko (season 2) as Anna (vampire, policeman)
  • Gleb Kalyuzhniy as Evgeniy (vampire, blogger)
  • Artyom Tkachenko as Zhan Ivanovich (vampire, doctor)
  • Olga Medynich as countess Olga Vorontsova (vampire, theater teacher)
  • Mikhail Gavrilov as Ivan Zhalinskiy (policeman)
  • Tatyana Dogileva as Irina Vitalyevna Bredikhina (head of the Guardians)
  • Dmitry Lysenkov as Konstantin Bredikhin (Irina Vitalievna's son, later – the new head of the Guardians)
  • Andrey Sokolov as Andrey Usachev (policeman) — season 2
  • Eva Smirnova as Mila (vampire, child) — season 2
  • Egor Druzhinin as Boris Feliksovich (enemy of vampires) — season 2

Seasons

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  • The first season was shown from March 18, 2021, to May 6, 2021.[3]
  • A special New Year's episode was released on December 29, 2021.[4]
  • The second season was shown from December 13, 2022, to January 31, 2023.[5]

Production

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In 2018, the filming of the pilot series took place in Smolensk.[6] Filming of the first season took place in Moscow, Smolensk and Serpukhov from January to December 2020.[7][8][9] The second season was filmed in 2022.[10] The role of Stanislav Vernidubovich was originally written for Yuri Stoyanov.[11] On February 2, 2023, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season.[12]

Reception

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The series received mostly positive reviews from critics.[13][14][15][16] Kino-teatr.ru and Mir Fantastiki publications named "The Vampires of Midland" the best Russian TV series of 2021.[17][18]

Awards

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  • In 2018, for his role in the series, Yuri Stoyanov received the award as the "Best Actor of a pilot of a television series" at the first Pilot Television Series festival in Ivanovo.[19]
  • In 2022, the series won the fourth National Award in the field of the web industry in the nomination "Best Internet series with a running time of more than 24 minutes". And Yuri Stoyanov won in the nomination "Best actor in an Internet series".[20]
  • In 2023, the series won the APKiT Award — in the nomination "Best Comedy Series".[21]

Notes

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  1. ^ Central Russia is an informal region of Russia, vaguely between Southern and Northern Russia

References

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  1. ^ Central Russia’s Vampires
  2. ^ Премьера "Вампиров средней полосы" состоится на ТНТ
  3. ^ Объявлена дата премьеры сериала «Вампиры средней полосы»
  4. ^ "Анонсирован выход новогоднего эпизода "Вампиров средней полосы"". Российская газета. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ "Стартовал второй сезон "Вампиров средней полосы"". Archived from the original on 2022-12-13.
  6. ^ В Смоленске снимают пилотную серию сериала
  7. ^ Михаил Ефремов станет лидером смоленских вампиров
  8. ^ В Серпухове снова снимают кино!
  9. ^ Тизер сериала «Вампиры средней полосы»: Юрий Стоянов и кровопийцы из российской глубинки
  10. ^ Сьёмки второго сезона сериала о смоленских вампирах закончились
  11. ^ Юрий Стоянов: «Мне много раз приходилось расплачиваться за свой язык»
  12. ^ ""Вампиров средней полосы" продлили на третий сезон". Archived from the original on 2023-02-02.
  13. ^ "Как "Вампиры средней полосы" продолжают традиции "Ночного дозора"". mirf.ru. Archived from the original on 2021-07-10.
  14. ^ ""Вампиры средней полосы" с Юрием Стояновым — не детектив или готическая сага, а сериал о семье и России". Meduza. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  15. ^ "Рецензия на 2-й сезон сериала "Вампиры средней полосы": супергерою Юрию Стоянову предстоит сразиться с инфернальной Лукерьей Ильяшенко". vokrug.tv. 2022-12-13. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23.
  16. ^ ""Вампиры средней полосы": Рецензия Киноафиши". kinoafisha.info. Archived from the original on 2022-12-23.
  17. ^ "Лучшие российские сериалы 2021 года. Выбор критиков". kino-teatr.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13.
  18. ^ "Лучшие российские фильмы и сериалы 2021 года: фантастика, мистика и сказки". mirf.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-02-08.
  19. ^ "В Иваново завершился фестиваль телесериалов "Пилот"". thr.ru.
  20. ^ ""Вампиры средней полосы", "Миллионер из Балашихи-2" и Happy End стали победителями премии веб-индустрии". rg.ru. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  21. ^ "В Москве наградили лауреатов X премии Ассоциации продюсеров кино и телевидения". tass.ru. 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
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