
About this season
Set in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, it tells the story of Sasha Pankratov, a student and loyal Komsomol member from the Arbat neighborhood of Moscow who is unfairly exiled to Siberia. As his family and friends, including his love interest Varya Ivanova, grapple with Sasha's sudden detention and departure, the series shows the growing fear and paranoia that gripped Moscow in the years before the murder of Sergey Kirov and the start of Stalin's Great Purge.
Episodes (16)

1. Episode 1
Aired 30 August 2004 • 48 min

2. Episode 2
Aired 31 August 2004 • 48 min

3. Episode 3
Aired 1 September 2004 • 48 min

4. Episode 4
Aired 2 September 2004 • 48 min

5. Episode 5
Aired 6 September 2004 • 48 min

6. Episode 6
Aired 7 September 2004 • 48 min

7. Episode 7
Aired 8 September 2004 • 48 min

8. Episode 8
Aired 9 September 2004 • 48 min

9. Episode 9
Aired 13 September 2004 • 48 min

10. Episode 10
Aired 14 September 2004 • 48 min

11. Episode 11
Aired 15 September 2004 • 48 min

12. Episode 12
Aired 16 September 2004 • 48 min

13. Episode 13
Aired 20 September 2004 • 48 min

14. Episode 14
Aired 21 September 2004 • 48 min

15. Episode 15
Aired 22 September 2004 • 48 min

16. Episode 16
Aired 23 September 2004 • 48 min