TY - JOUR TI - Russian TV Series Yesterday and Today. Part I AU - Kajtoch, Wojciech TI - Russian TV Series Yesterday and Today. Part I AB - Russian TV Series Yesterday and Today. Part I The article in a concise way summarizes first Sowiet attempts at production of the tv series. In the years of perestroika and in early 90’s, after having come in contact with the Western productions, the Russian television mastered production of telenovellas and contemporary crime dramas at the end of the XXth century. At the outset the Russian tv, while being independent from the state, developed the big-scale production of the tv series. After 2000 the rule of Putin and the dominance of the state sponsoring accounted for the further development of the Russian tv series market, due to the realization by the state authorities of the educational and propaganda potential of this tv genre. The author describes the most important thematic sub-genres of Russian tv series, as: military, sensation, historical, and particular importance of the historical crime drama.   VL - 2016 IS - Volume 59, Issue 1 (225) PY - 2016 SN - 0555-0025 C1 - 2299-6362 SP - 231 EP - 251 DO - 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.017.5194 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/rosyjskie-seriale-wczoraj-i-dzis-czesc-i KW - Soviet Union KW - Russia KW - propaganda KW - perestroika KW - history KW - tv genre