Russia-1 (Russian: Россия-1) is a state-owned Russian television channel, first aired on 14 February 1956 as Programme Two (Russian: Вторая программа ЦТ) in the Soviet Union. It was relaunched as RTR (Russian: РТР) on 13 May 1991, and is known today as Russia-1. It is the flagship channel of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Company (VGTRK)
Previous names:
- РТВ (May 13 - September 15, 1991)
- РТР (September 16, 1991 - August 31, 2002)
- Россия (September 1, 2002 - December 31, 2009)
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![Маша и медведь](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/38/96531.jpg)
The aim of Маша и медведь series is simple and urgent at the same time — the series tries to introdu…
![Машины сказки](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/52/132315.jpg)
Masha's Tales is the first spin-off of the show "Masha and the Bear". Masha tells her two toys - a d…
![Удивительные люди](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/517/1293514.jpg)
A talent show in which people with a high level of intelligence, phenomenal memory and extraordinary…
![Преступление](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/300/750501.jpg)
The investigation of the brutal murder of a young girl turns into a complex psychological drama, rai…
![Акушерка](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/185/464577.jpg)
Tatyana Skvortsova is a talented obstetrician and head physician of the maternity hospital. She devo…
![Пятеро на одного](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/504/1260002.jpg)
An entertaining and intellectual show.A team of five star participants answers questions from viewer…
![Синяя птица](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/503/1259839.jpg)
Синяя птица (Bluebird) is a Russian kids talent show.
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"What does a young man ask about, wishing to meet a girl?", "What is a foreigner surprised at in Rus…
![Ну-ка, все вместе!](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/476/1190513.jpg)
Based on the British format All Together Now, Well, all together! it's a vocal competition show. Ten…
![Спасская](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/275/689595.jpg)
Anna Spasskaya is a Sochi Criminal Investigator, a blonde with a sharp mind and strong character. Sh…
![Хозяйка горы](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/341/854872.jpg)
The story takes place in the town of Kamennyy in the 1990s. Everyone in town knows the legend of the…
![Тайны следствия](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/436/1090322.jpg)
The show revolves around the Deputy Prosecutor Maria Shvetsova and her team who investigate the most…
![Шаляпин](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/470/1175073.jpg)
The story of Fyodor Chaliapin - a man who grew up in a peasant family, but was able to break into th…
![Восьмой участок](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/448/1121079.jpg)
Talented neurosurgeon Inna Loseva, having lost her husband on her own operating table, is forced to…
![Неукротимая Неупокоева](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/510/1277254.jpg)
Zoya Neupokoeva is successful, assertive, and self—confident. One day, she makes an offer to her bos…
![В кругу друзей](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/515/1288511.jpg)
Famous guests come to the studio with their kind and sweet pets and talk about what surprises their…