Nika with ice: "Lilies of the Valley" celebrated the finale of the second season at the rink

In Moscow, at the Bolotnaya Square skating rink, the creators of the series "Lilies of the Valley. The Second Spring" organized a celebration in honor of the end of the release of the second season. At the same time, they celebrated Shrovetide. The main actors Nika Zdorik and Sergey Gorodnichy came out to journalists and fans to summarize the season, as well as reveal the details of the surprise that awaits viewers in the final episode. And the fans told the audience how much was guessed about their personal lives in the series.

"This project is everything to me. This is my life."

At the Bolotnaya Square skating rink, despite the severe frost, the atmosphere was truly Shrovetide. Journalists and guests of the event were treated to delicious pancakes with boiled condensed milk, hot tea and bagels.

The stars came out to pose for photographers right on the ice. The main celebrities of the evening — Nika Zdorik (Katya) and Sergey Gorodnichy (Lech) — appeared almost simultaneously. Zdorik came in a gorgeous pink fur coat. However, the fur coat, apparently, did not warm at all. It was obvious that Zdorik was shivering all over, but she stood firm and did not refuse to communicate with either journalists or fans. She confessed to us that she was looking forward to the eighth episode, which she would watch tonight.

— I saw some fragments of the eighth episode the day before yesterday on voiceover. How it struck me! Maybe because this is the last episode. After all, we watched a new episode every week from all over the country, did not sleep, and read comments from viewers until four in the morning. And now everything is ending, and it's getting so sad," actress Nika Zdorik shared with Izvestia.

The actress also told reporters that, compared to the first season, her character has changed dramatically. According to her, the first season was very easy, everyone watched it enthusiastically. And in the second season, the creators "walked through people's pain."

— This project is everything to me. This is my life, this is my mission, this is a great responsibility, these are people, this is a country, this is pain, this is love, this is everything! I'm as close to people as possible, I try to pay attention to everyone, we traveled around the cities, presented the series. After performances, I often go out to the lobby because people come from different cities. This is very important to me," said Nika Zdorik.

After the actors gave interviews to journalists, the skating rink was also opened for fans of the series, who, despite the cold, skated with the actors of the series to their favorite songs from "Lilies of the Valley".

The intrigue of the second season, the last episode of which will be released on the night of February 18-19, is built around excruciating uncertainty. As you know, the season is dedicated to the fact that Katya embarks on a dangerous journey to find her husband Lech, who has gone missing. At the same time, the heroine is faced with the collapse of the musical group "Lilies of the Valley", the struggle for inheritance and new intrigues. The sequel was directed by Ilya Shpota, a film debutant and student of Yorgos Lanthimos, today one of the most influential directors in the world.

The journalists were most interested in the question of whether a third season of "Lilies of the Valley" is planned.

— I don't have a version of what the third season will be like or if it will be at all. I would be interested in how this story can be developed further. But let's watch the second season first," Sergei Gorodnichy replied to Izvestia.

"He told me that we could do anything."

The first season of the TV series "Lilies of the Valley. Such a tender love" was released on January 1, 2025 on the Wink platform and unexpectedly became one of the main hits of the year. Even its creators could not have foreseen such a success.

The story of the feelings between the rich heiress Katya and a simple tanker Lech was highly appreciated by the audience. The project directed by Alexander Karpilovsky has garnered more than 100 million views, making actors Nika Zdorik and Sergey Gorodnichy national stars.

A surprise awaits viewers in the last episode of the second season: a 17-minute documentary block. These are monologues by real military wives, whose biographies turned out to be strikingly similar to the story of Katya and Lekha.

The idea to combine fiction with reality was born thanks to feedback from viewers of the first season of Lilies of the Valley. Many wrote to the creators, noting the documentary authenticity in the depiction of garrison life and recognizing their own fate in the relationship between Katya and Lekha.

While working on the sequel, the authors of the project decided to give the floor to those whose life vicissitudes coincided with the screen ones. A collection of stories was announced on social media, and more than 1,000 girls responded to the call.

The authors selected eight heroines from different regions of Russia: Yekaterinburg, Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Sevastopol, Belgorod, Tula, Chekhov and Yuryuzan. The creators of the series met with the women and recorded interviews in which the heroines talked about what they have in common with Katya and Lech, how the series supported them during difficult times, and whether they feel involved in this project.

— I got married in September 2024, and "Lilies of the Valley" appeared in 2025, when my husband and I just began a turning point, as Katya and Lech had in the second season. Watching the series five times, I was looking for the very detail that we were missing. The spouse then said: "I'll watch this series," as I argued to him that the series is very similar to us and the main characters experience the same moments as us, Olga from Moscow, whose story was included in the documentary block of the final series, shared with Izvestia.

Olga's story is really similar to the plot of the series.

— My husband and I met under strange circumstances in Simferopol, far from our hometowns. And on the third day of our acquaintance, I suggested to him: "Let's sign up." Because I realized it's either now or never. At first, we got to know each other from a distance and only then began to see each other. And because we had a six-month gap in communication, we felt that we were moving away and not suitable for each other. And my husband told me that we could do anything, that I was the one, and that we would survive together," Olga said.

On February 23, the CTC TV channel will host the television premiere of the series "Lilies of the Valley. The second spring." After the release, it will be available on Wink in its entirety.