
Victory Days: Mashkov — in the Brest fortress, Porechenkov — on leave

Movie
"Operation Karpaty 2", 16+
Directed by Mikhail Agranovich. Starring: Vladimir Verevochkin, Alexander Loye, Maria Lisova, Evgeny Sidikhin, Gela Meskhi and Ivan Oganesyan.
Continuation of the popular crime detective action game. The year is 1949. Western Ukraine. A saboteur named Raven was thrown into the Carpathian Mountains to carry out sabotage and sabotage. His handlers from the British intelligence service MI6 are unaware that Raven is actually a Soviet intelligence officer, an MGB lieutenant. He has information that will help expose foreign intelligence agents. Another high-class professional, who has long been embedded in the structures of the MGB, is working against Raven. With the help of his beloved Angelina and a repeat Plague thief, Raven needs to thwart the plans of the "mole".
May 4, from 2:30 p.m., REN TV
"Blood type", 12+
Director: Maxim Brius. Starring: Karina Andolenko, Petar Zekavitsa, Alexey Nilov, Leonid Gromov, Maxim Radugin, Andrey Rudyka, Eva Williams, Mark Alexandrov.
November 1943. The Fascists are bringing a new batch of Soviet orphans to Vyritsa, where a so-called orphanage has been set up in a former pioneer camp. The conditions here are unbearable: cold, hunger, forced labor, punishment cells for disobedience. For attempting to escape, he will be shot. But the worst part is that children are used here as blood donors for wounded Germans... Despite all the horror and the unthinkability of what is happening, the young heroes come together, find the strength and decide to escape.
Starting from May 8 at the box office
SMERSH 3, 16+
Director: Mikhail Kabanov Starring: Igor Petrenko, Vladislav Kotlyarsky, Yuri Anpilogov, Leonid Gromov, Anastasia Mikulchina, Sergey Ivanyuk, Sergey Komarov, Polina Dolindo.
In the center of the plot of the new, third part of the popular SMERSH franchise are two captains of the Soviet counterintelligence SMERSH ("Death to spies!") Konstantin Lavrov and Pavel Semenov. The war is nearing its end, but the German command is still hatching plans that will allow the Nazi troops to achieve a turning point and defeat the Red Army. Risking their lives, Lavrov and Semenov carry out the most difficult and dangerous tasks of the command to counter the plans of the Germans both behind the front line and in the Soviet rear. The fierce confrontation between the intelligence services of the USSR and nazi Germany is reaching its peak in the final phase of the war.
May 8, 2:30 p.m., REN TV
"Not on the list," 12+
Directed by Sergey Korotaev. Starring: Vladislav Miller, Alyona Morilova, Vladimir Mashkov, Pavel Chernyshev, Yana Sexte, Natalia Kachalova, Vitaly Egorov, Evgeny Miller.
June 21, 1941. Full of hope for a bright future, young Lieutenant Kolya Pluzhnikov (Vladislav Miller) arrives in Brest to begin his service. The officer does not have time to enroll in the military personnel, and at four in the morning, artillery shells are heard exploding: the war has begun. And Kolya, having never been included in the military lists, takes the first 10-month battle in his life.
Starting from May 1 at the box office
"Final", 12+
Directors: Peter Zelenov, Vladimir Presnyakov, Oleg Presnyakov. Starring: Denis Shvedov, Yulia Ilyina, Irina Pegova, Dmitry Guberniev, Sergey Bezrukov, Igor Kostolevsky, Sergey Shakurov, Mikhail Troinik.
A spectacular action game about the legendary victory of the Russian national volleyball team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Millions of viewers around the world are waiting for the broadcast of the men's volleyball final game, which will determine the winner of the XXX Olympic Games. The Russian national team, which has never won gold, and the Brazilian national team, favored by contracts and victories, are competing. Many people think that the outcome of the game is predetermined. But they
They're wrong.
Starting from May 8 at the box office
Pochtar, 12+
Directed by Andrey Razenkov. Starring: Alexander Petrov, Inga Oboldina, Dmitry Kovgan, Polina Agureeva, Natalia Surkova, Yuri Belyaev, Fedor Lavrov, Alexey Rozin.
A small town in the rear, blooming in May. The most interesting and beautiful women in the city don't know that the humble postman protects them from bad news. But it can't go on like this for long. The post office is monitored by the military department.
Starting May 8 at the KION online cinema
"Legends of our ancestors", 12+
Directed by Ivan Sosnin. Starring: Alexander Yatsenko, Anton Kuznetsov, Alexandra Babaskina, Natalia Pavlenkova, Mariana Spivak.
A reporter from Yekaterinburg, on the instructions of the editorial board, found himself in a village lost in the taiga, where he heard an ancient legend about the lord of the forest. Returning home, he suddenly begins to see and hear this ancient spirit, who asks to save the disappearing fantastic creatures. The journalist agrees and, together with his 12-year-old daughter, who came to him on vacation from Moscow, goes to a region almost untouched by civilization.
Starting from May 1 at the box office
"The Tall One", 16+
Directed by Nikolai Nikitin. Starring: Kirill Zaitsev, Evgeny Miller, Sergey Makhovikov, Sergey Vexler, Artem Fedotov, Karina Andolenko, Vera Shpak.
The series tells about the fate of a man in a ruthless time, who not only cheated death, but by force of will and character was able to lead himself and other people first to hope, and then to a new life. In 1939, Major Ivan Rosly, at the behest of ill-wishers, finds himself in the midst of the Soviet-Finnish war. But it was his unit that broke through the impregnable Mannerheim line, which became the most important stage of the future victory.
From May 5th on Wink
"All shades of red", 16+
Directed by Lodewijk van Lelyveld. Starring: Danny Dorland, Kes van den Broek.
He's a major, used to getting whatever he wants. She's looking for her place in life. Mutual magnetism, which cannot be resisted, fills their world with new colors. How do you distinguish toxic love from real feelings when the passion is so intense?
Starting from May 1 at the box office
"Thirst for glory", 18+
Directed by Elijah Bynum. Starring: Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Harrison Page, Michael O'Hern, Harriet Sansom Harris.
Killian dreams of fame and crowds of fans and believes that bodybuilding will make him a star. But physical and emotional stress push him to the limit, and the desire to appear on the covers of magazines develops into a dangerous obsession.
Starting from May 8 at the box office
Theatre
"Twenty days without war", 16+
Directed by Marina Brusnikina. Starring: Mikhail Porechenkov, Ivan Volkov, Svetlana Kolpakova, Armen Arushanyan, Alexey Varushchenko, Yulia Kovaleva, Igor Khripunov, Daria Yurskaya, Alyona Khovanskaya.
The premiere of the play is based on the screenplay by Konstantin Simonov, a writer, and during the war years, a war correspondent. The main character of "Twenty Days without War", military commander Lopatin, on New Year's Eve, 1943, goes on a three-week vacation to the deep rear, to Tashkent, where a film based on his Stalingrad essays is being shot.
May 8, 18:00, Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.
"Live and remember", 12+
Directed by Irina Avtushenko. Starring: Ruslan Suvorov, Alexander Walner, Danila Rudov, Timofey Melnikov, Sofia Yeremeyeva, Anna Petukhova, Arslan Kenzhaev.
Valentin Rasputin's novel "Live and Remember" is a story about the terrible fate of a man who unwittingly became a deserter. Just a moment of weakness out of a desire to see my family, and there is no turning back. Gradually, a soldier exhausted by the war turns into a hunted beast, forever doomed to hide from people in the taiga. Doomed to live — at the cost of his ruined love, the ruined lives of his loved ones. Live and remember your betrayal.
May 9, 18:00, Provincial Theater
"The Last Fairy tale", 12+
Directed by Anna Shevchuk. Starring: Nikita Shishkin, Yulia Dovganishina, Anastasia Stotskaya, Yulia Churakova, Alexander Babik, Alexey Falko.
A large-scale musical that captured the hearts of the audience. The story of a modern Moscow couple, Max and his girlfriend Zhenya, who suddenly find themselves in the world of the Arabian Nights. The performance is striking in its visual scope: luxurious palaces appear literally out of thin air, a mystical caravan passes through the auditorium, and the characters fly on a real magic carpet. Musical numbers with oriental motifs are intertwined with modern rhythms, and Tarkan Şikidim's hit in a new arrangement has turned into an enchanting "Fire Dance".
May 2, 3, 10, 11, 13:00, 18:00; 4 May, 13:00; May 6, 7, 19:00, May 8, 14:00, MDM Theater
"Mamma is passing by! or the Musical went wrong", 12+
Directed by Anna Shevchuk. Starring: Alexander Gorelov, Alexander Morozov, Yulia Churakova, Yulia Iva.
The light production is ideal for anyone who expects carefree fun and recognizable music from the first notes. The story is about how the director of the factory allocates a budget to a modest theater in the district recreation center for the production of the musical Mamma Mia!, and on the day of the premiere everything goes awry. In a matter of hours, the characters need to completely rebuild the play — come up with a new plot, find other music and write the words. They find salvation in the golden fund of world pop music - with hits by Adele, The Queen, Cher, Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani and other superstars, creating an incredibly funny show.
May 6th and 7th, 19:00, 8, 10, 11 May, 14:00 and 17:00, May 9, 17:00, the Mask Theater
"You will always be", 12+
Directed by Mark Rozovsky. Starring: Yuri Golubev, Vladimir Davidenko, Bogdan Khanin.
The play was based on the diary of Nina Kosterina, a Soviet partisan. The diary was published in 1964 in a separate edition with an introductory article by Lev Kassil and an afterword by her father, Alexei Yevgrafovich Kosterin. In her diary, Nina described the events of her life from 1936 until her death.
May 8, 19:00, the Nikitsky Gate Theater, the Old Stage
"Polyphony", 12+
Directors: Rodion Prikhodko, Egor Bakulin. Starring: Tamara Abrosimova, Georgy Korolchuk, Olga Belyavskaya, Valentina Panina, Nelly Popova, Tatiana Samarina, Elena Simonova, Evgeny Ganelin.
The premiere. There is a tradition in the theater — do not forget! It began in the years when the main director was People's Artist of the USSR Ruben Agamirzyan. The master had the experience of a front-line soldier. He was supported by the artists of the "blockade appeal". Generations are changing. Of those who have been scorched by the flames of war, Tamara Abrosimova, the People's Artist of Russia, remains in the troupe. The audience will hear prose, poetry, songs of those years, as well as see documents, photographs, and archival newsreels.
May 8, 19:00, May 9, 14:00 and 19:00, Komissarzhevskaya Theater (St. Petersburg)
"Hope, faith and love", 12+
Director: Ekaterina Granitova. Starring: Natalia Blagikh, Andrey Kondakov, Kirill Loskutov, Natalia Balandina, Maria Skosyreva, Marina Churakova.
The music of Victory will always be heard in the memory of each of us: in the stories of grandfathers and grandmothers, in documentaries, war songs, romances, military lyrics, ditties, posters, drawings of dolls… From all these musical phrases, the play "Hope, Faith and Love..." was born. It's about them, the brave and courageous heroes who defended their homeland.
May 9, 16:00, Theater Et Cetera
«12», 16+
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. Starring: Vladimir Dolinsky, Georgy Peradze, Igor Sergeev, Sergey Radchenko, Sergey Stepanchenko, Nikolai Burlyaev, Nikita Mikhalkov.
The story is about twelve jurors deciding whether 18-year—old Chechen boy Umar, suspected of murdering his adoptive father, a Russian officer, is guilty. All the evidence points against him, and 11 out of 12 people are ready to convict the young man. But one of the jurors is sure that everything is not so clear. He suggests that his colleagues consider the case more thoughtfully.
May 12, 13, 19:00, Satire Theater
Wuthering Heights, 16+
Choreographer: John Paul Cook. Starring: Ksenia Ryzhkova, Dmitry Sobolevsky, Valeria Mukhanova, Andrey Orlov, John Paul Cook, Daria Kandelaki, Grigory Solovyov.
The tour of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theater will take place for the first time on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. The Moscow audience will see the ballet "Wuthering Heights" to the music of foreign composers, accompanied by the Moscow Youth Chamber Orchestra. The libretto is based on the novel of the same name by Emilia Bronte. The musical director and conductor is Artem Abashev. The premiere of the ballet "Wuthering Heights" took place in the summer of 2024 in Sevastopol as part of the VIII International Opera and Ballet Festival "Chersonesos".
May 7, 8, 19:00, Bolshoi Theater, New Stage
"Banner of Victory", 12+
Directed by Igor Ugolnikov, Yulia Shuleva. Starring: Nikolai Kozak, Sergey Kolesnikov, Sergey Selin, Konstantin Deniskin, Alexander Rozhkovsky, Sergey Fedyushkin, Mikhail Danilyuk.
The premiere. Berlin strategic offensive operation, concentration of all forces, victory in a matter of days, hours, minutes, one step… The moment when the red banner with the hammer and sickle rose over the Reichstag, the moment of triumph, the moment to which our people have been marching for four long years. After 80 years, the Army Theater gives its viewers the opportunity to experience a grand moment together — on the biggest dramatic stage, with actors and real characters of those events looking at us from photographs and newsreels.
May 8-9, 19:00, Army Theater
Concerts
"The storm. Island of Magic, 0+
The theatrical show is a musical directed by the famous director Yuri Kvyatkovsky. This is a modern reading of Shakespeare's play The Tempest. The play tells about justice, loyalty and true love, which is not afraid of any obstacles. Marine mammals, inhabitants of the Moskvarium, take part in the show. As well as more than a hundred artists working in different genres: aerialists and acrobats, professional actors and dancers. Unique costumes have been created for each of them, which are distinguished by attention to detail and bright colors — more than 300 outfits in total.
From May 1 to September 7, Moskvarium
Musical travels, 6+
Premiere of Rashid Kalimullin's symphonic poem "Cape of Good Hope", dedicated to the founding countries of the BRICS. It combines the oriental mystery of China, the atmosphere of colorful rituals of India, the light and joy of the Cape of Good Hope, the carnival energy of Brazil, as well as majestic images of Russia with recognizable motifs by Mikhail Glinka. The choir part will be performed by the ARIELLE vocal ensemble under the direction of Elmira Dadasheva. MGASO and maestro Tao Lin (Beijing), as well as Chinese pianist Rui Ming, will take the stage.
May 6, 19:00, Moscow Conservatory, Great Hall
Music of Soviet cinema, 0+
An evening of instrumental music. The soloists of the chamber ensemble Simple Music Ensemble will present their own interpretation of songs from their favorite films. Guests will hear melodies from the films: "Gentlemen of Fortune", "Beware of the car", "The Caucasian captive", "Ivan Vasilyevich changes his profession", "Office romance", "Irony of Fate", "17 moments of Spring", "An ordinary miracle", "For family reasons", "Diamond Hand", "Tired of the sun."
May 8, 20:00, "House of Simple Music" at the "Bakery"
Museums
Feat of the museum, 0+
The exhibition is dedicated to everyone who defends culture today, as well as to the heroism of Alla Andreeva, an employee of the Museum of Local Lore in Sudzha. The exhibition features paintings and graphic works by Alexei Venetsianov, Vyacheslav Pakulin, Vladimir Serov, George Traugot, Nicolas de Larmessin, Hippolyte Leconte, Charles Louis Simoneau, Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin and other masters, as well as casts and archival documents. 55 unique original photographs by photographer Nikolai Svishchov-Paola are shown for the first time.
Until September 7, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
"Without the right to oblivion. On the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory", 0+
The chronology of the exhibition ranges from the invasion of the USSR by Nazi German troops on June 22, 1941, as part of the military Operation Barbarossa, to the Victory Day Parade on Red Square in Moscow on June 24, 1945. More than 500 archival documents and 700 museum exhibits, including personal belongings of heroes of the Soviet Union — Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Alexander Matrosov, Alexei Maresyev, sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko. For the first time, the full set of Stalin's awards will be presented at the exhibition.
Until August 25, the State Historical Museum
"Time for silence", 0+
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the Russian Peace Foundation and RVIO are presenting an exhibition by photographer Andrey Smolnikov. Artistic portraits of the last surviving veterans of the Great Patriotic War, many of whom had crossed the 100-year mark at the time of the shooting. These are veterans, widows, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of veterans of the Great Patriotic War; concentration camp prisoners, home front workers and all those who, at the cost of great efforts, defeated fascism. Filming took place in several dozen settlements of the Stavropol Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia and the Belgorod region for more than five years.
Until May 31, Tverskaya Boulevard
Autobiography, 6+
On May 1, the first branch of the Polytechnic Museum opens in Veliky Novgorod. It will be located in the city center and will become a multifunctional scientific, educational and cultural platform for residents of the region and numerous tourists. An exhibition dedicated to the history of the formation and development of the National Science and Technology Museum of Russia will be presented in one of the halls of the branch. The central exhibits will be a mock-up of a historic building and a mock-up of a legendary Large Auditorium. Visitors will hear an audio performance dedicated to the poetic battle of Mayakovsky and Severyanin.
From May 1, Polytechnic in Veliky Novgorod
Festivals
"Victory Day on Poklonnaya Gora", 0+
The Victory Museum has prepared a large festive program. For the first time, guests of the main museum building on Poklonnaya Gora will be able not only to visit the museum for free, but also to take guided tours of three grand expositions — "Feat of the People", "Battle for Moscow. The First Victory!" and the new museum space "The Way to Victory".
The celebration will begin with a live broadcast of the Victory Day Parade on Red Square in the Vasilevsky Cinema Hall and in the Hall of the Commanders of the Victory Museum. At 12:00, a seven–hour festive concert "Great Victory - 80!" will start on the main festive stage, which will be attended by popular artists, winners of the projects "The Voice", "Come on, all together", "Cranes of Victory". The finale will feature performances by foreign artists participating in the Road to Yalta project.
May 9, 10:00 — 20:00, Poklonnaya Gora, Victory Museum
XVII Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival, 6+
Every year, music fans from different regions of Russia and abroad come to Yaroslavl, knowing that an impeccably structured program awaits them. This year's participants include Sergey Garmash, Evgeny Mironov, Maria Smolnikova, Igor Kostolevsky, and Sergey Shakurov. Chaowen Lo (violin, China), Pavel Milyukov (violin), Alexander Knyazev (cello), Ksenia Bashmet (piano) will take the stage. Peter Lundstrom (violin), Grant Bashmet (violin), Dmitry Masleev (piano), Elmira Karakhanova (soprano), Anna Yurkus (mezzo-soprano), David Posulikhin (tenor), Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone). Maestro Bashmet himself will also take part both as a soloist and as a conductor of his three ensembles.
From May 10 to May 18, Yaroslavl
The second Phenomenon Festival, 0+
The Phenomenon festival of traditional culture and spiritual enlightenment will be held on the territory of the Church of Archangel Michael and the Arkhangelsk Lad center in Crimean Alupka. The guests will enjoy concerts by Alexander F. Sklyar, the Daniil Kramer trio, the Ihtis Ensemble of Sacred Music, Nikola Melnikov and the Octo Ensemble. The program also includes performances and poetry evenings, film screenings, workshops on folk crafts, icon painting, calligraphy, spiritual talks and lectures by Archimandrite Simeon (Tomachinsky), Archpriest Mikhail Petrov. The festival is held with the blessing of Metropolitan Tikhon of Simferopol and Crimea, and the program includes music, theater, film screenings and events in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Victory. The festival is open to all comers, admission to the events is free.
From 1 to 5 May, Alupka (Crimea)
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