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The Road to Calvary (2017)

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Original title
Хождение по мукам
Directed by
Konstantin Khudyakov
Genre
drama fiction
Country
Russia
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
16+
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Russian miniseries that follows two sisters and their loved ones through the turmoil of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the civil war. It shows how their personal lives and relationships are shaped by the enormous historical events around them.

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What happens

The Road to Calvary (Russian: Хождение по мукам, romanized: Khozhdeniye po mukam) is a Russian 12-episode television miniseries from 2017. It is based on the eponymous trilogy of novels of the Soviet writer Alexei Tolstoy and directed by Konstantin Khudyakov. The first run began on November 27, 2017 at 21:40 on NTV in Russia. The series was available on Netflix with English subtitles but Netflix seems to have pulled it as of September 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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