CHELYUSKIN: THE FIRST
PERIOD SET SERIES IMAGES
While the Brits are currently enraptured by Mr. Bates vs the Post Office series which unveils the national scandal in such a captivating way that the viewers are now asking for the real perpetrators to be punished, the ![]()
Russians are preparing a series on an important moment from their own history but a much older one. Today I am bringing you the first images from their new series CHELYUSKIN: THE FIRST (Челю́скин]) about a Soviet![]()
steamship, reinforced to navigate through polar ice, that in 1934 became ice-bound in Arctic waters during a navigation along the Northern Maritime Route from Murmansk to Vladivostok and sank. 111 people were on board the![]()
Chelyuskin, and all but one were rescued by air. The expedition's task was to determine the possibility to travel by non-icebreaker through the Northern![]()
Maritime Route in a single navigation season. Gleb Kalyuzhny, Sergey Godin, Kirill Goncharov, Alexey Rozin, Kirill Kyaro, Dmitry Kulichkov and Dmitry Chebotarev will lead the cast!
Russians are preparing a series on an important moment from their own history but a much older one. Today I am bringing you the first images from their new series CHELYUSKIN: THE FIRST (Челю́скин]) about a Soviet
steamship, reinforced to navigate through polar ice, that in 1934 became ice-bound in Arctic waters during a navigation along the Northern Maritime Route from Murmansk to Vladivostok and sank. 111 people were on board the
Chelyuskin, and all but one were rescued by air. The expedition's task was to determine the possibility to travel by non-icebreaker through the Northern
Maritime Route in a single navigation season. Gleb Kalyuzhny, Sergey Godin, Kirill Goncharov, Alexey Rozin, Kirill Kyaro, Dmitry Kulichkov and Dmitry Chebotarev will lead the cast! STORY STARTS IN FEBRUARY 1934
Navigating the Northern Sea Route in one navigation was
an ambitious goal and was of great importance for the USSR. Many
considered![]()
this venture a futile and risky undertaking. Young and daring
polar explorers, led by Otto Schmidt, sincerely believed that they
would be able to complete ![]()
their task on the Chelyuskin steamship. But
great ideas turned into a great tragedy - the ship was trapped in ice
and sank. Now, in the harsh Arctic conditions, the “Chelyuskinites” have
to fight for life every minute.
this venture a futile and risky undertaking. Young and daring
polar explorers, led by Otto Schmidt, sincerely believed that they
would be able to complete 
their task on the Chelyuskin steamship. But
great ideas turned into a great tragedy - the ship was trapped in ice
and sank. Now, in the harsh Arctic conditions, the “Chelyuskinites” have
to fight for life every minute.