''Daddy's Daughters'' () is a Russian TV series that aired for 20 seasons from September 3, 2007 to April 30, 2013. Made by "Kinokonstanta" (episodes 1 to 60), "Kostafilm" (episodes 61 to 370) and " Yellow, Black and White" (since episode 371) film companies, the show revolves around psychoterapist Sergey Vasnetsov (

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) and his five daughters who were all left by their mother after she fled to Canada with a hockey player. The series has very high television ratings and has won multiple awards (received four "

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"). Unlike many other Russian

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of those years, this is an original series, and is not an adaptation of a foreign show.

Plot

Protagonist Sergei Vasnetsov (

), a family therapist from a small private clinic, was in a deplorable situation. His wife, Lyudmila Vasnetsova (

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), left him for a hockey player. To make matters worse, his practice is all but collapsing, as all of his patients have left. His wife's departure leaves their five daughters ( Miroslava Karpovich, Anastasia Sivayeva,

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, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Ekaterina Starshova) in his care.

Cast

as Sergei Alekseyevich Vasnetsov *

as Lyudmila Sergeyevna Vasnetsova * Miroslava Karpovich as Maria Vasnetsova * Anastasia Sivayeva as Darya Vasnetsova (Vasilyeva after marriage) *

as Eugenia Vasnetsova * Elizaveta Arzamasova as Galina Sergeyevna Vasnetsova * Ekaterina Starshova as Polina Vasnetsova ("Pugovka") *

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as Antonina Semyonovna Gordienko (Lyudmila Vasnetsova's mother) *

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as Andrei Antonov (the friend of Sergey Vasnetsov) * Angelina Varganova† as Olga Antonova *

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as Tamara Kozhemyatko (Sergey Vasnetsov's secretary) *

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as Vasily Fedotov (oligarch) * Maria Syomkina as Oksana Fedotova * Mikhail Kazakow as Ilya Polezhaykin (Galina Sergeevna's boyfriend) * Philip Blednyi as Veniamin Vasilyev (Daria's boyfriend, then her husband) * Nina Persiyaninova as Taisiya Kirillovna (headmistress of school, chemistry teacher) * Anna Dimova as Lyudmila Mikhailovna (teacher of Russian language and literature)

Trivia

* Shooting the series began July 13, 2007. Creators and arrangers of the title song "Daddy's Daughters" are brothers Kristovskiy (group «

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»). * At first only 60 episodes were planned. However, because of the huge ratings "Daddy's daughters" was continued. In 2008-2009, the project was a leader among Russian sitcoms. So, in 2008, the average share of premiere episodes in the audience of "all 6-54" was phenomenal — at the level of 19.9% (rating 5.0%). * "Daddy's Daughters" is the first Russian TV series to get adapted by a foreign channel. German channel

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began shooting a German remake called "

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" in spring 2009 and started broadcasting it in August 2010. However, "Ein Haus voller Töchter" received very poor ratings and very poor critical reception. It was panned for its poor and clichéd writing and its overuse of

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. Jan Schlüter of Quotenmeter.de concluded that "television could hardly get worse". * Angelina Varganova who played Olga Antonova died on January 4, 2013, from pneumonia at the age of 41, before she could finish the storyline of the character.Звезда «Папиных дочек» умерла от пневмонии
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Awards

2008 — in the nomination "Sitcom" *

2008 — in the nomination "Producer of a television feature series" (received by Vyacheslav Murugov,

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, Constantine Kikichev) * The award in the field of audiovisual arts for children and youth "Star Bridge" (2008) — in the nomination "TV series for children and youth" * People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" (2009) — in the nomination "Favorite actor" (received by Andrei Leonov) *

2009 — in the nomination "Sitcom" *

2009 — in the nomination "Screenwriter of a television feature series" (received by Alexey Trotsyuk and Vitaly Shlyappo) * People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" (2010) — in the nomination "Favorite TV series" * People's Award of Ukraine "TV Star" (2011) — in the nomination "Favorite actress" (received by

)

Spin-off

A spin-off "Daddy's daughters. New" ''("Папины дочки. Новые")'' was released in 2023.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, https://ctc.ru/projects/serials/papiny-dochki/ STS (TV channel) original programming 2010s Russian television series 2007 Russian television series debuts 2013 Russian television series endings Russian television sitcoms Television series about sisters