1996. 5 years since the declaration of Ukraine’s independence. 5 months before the declaration of the death penalty abolition. The kop is killed. The wrong guy is blamed. Oleksandr is a psychiatrist in his last year before retirement. He will have to solve the crime and make the life-or-death decision under pressure of bribed judge, grieving mother, and revengeful cops.
2013. Exiled in Switzerland, Olga, a talented and passionate 15-year-old Ukrainian gymnast, is trying to secure a place in the National Sports Centre. But the Euromaidan revolt erupts in Kyiv, and suddenly her loved ones are involved. While the girl is adapting to her new country and preparing for the European Championships, the Ukrainian revolution makes its way into her life, and nothing will ever be the same again.
The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.
Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.
В 1947 году в ГУЛАГ попадают двое украинцев. Главный герой - воин УПА Данило Червоный. Другой украинец - Виктор Гуров, советский лётчик из Чернигова, самолет которого был сбит над позициями врага и его считают дезертиром, который был в плену. Гуров считает Сталина героем и верит в то, что военный суд ошибся. Оба героя должны пройти через ад и нечеловеческие условия каторги, преследования уголовных главарей, подлость, предательство и отчаяние. Данило находит в себе силы противостоять репрессиям начальника лагеря и делает отчаянную попытку вырваться на свободу, подняв первое восстание в лагере.
