Wait for Me (russian: Жди меня, Zhdi menya) is an international telecast,

talk show A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk S ...

and also a popular public search service. It appeared on Russian television since March 14, 1998. It was originally broadcast on

Russia-1 Russia-1 (russian: Россия-1) is a state-owned Russian television channel, first aired on 14 February 1956 as Programme Two in the Soviet Union. It was relaunched as RTR on 13 May 1991, and is known today as Russia-1. It is the flagship ch ...

(1998), before being broadcast on ORT (since 2002 on

Channel One Russia Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervyy kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian state-controlled television channel. It is the first television channel to broadcast in the Russian Federation. Its headquarters ...

) (1999–2017) and currently being broadcast on

NTV NTV may refer to: Television * NTV (Bangladesh), a Bengali-language satellite television channel in Bangladesh * NTV (India), Telugu regional channel * NTV (Kenya) * NTV (Mongolia), a television channel based in Mongolia * NTV (Newport Television ...

. Wait for Me is also a

TEFI TEFI (russian: ТЭФИ) is an annual award given in the Russian television industry, presented by the Russian Academy of Television. It has been awarded since 1994. TEFI is presented in various sectors (up to 50 nominations in 2008), such as telev ...

TV Award winner (2018) The production of the program is handled by the television company

VIDgital VIDgital (russian: ВИDgital), formerly and still commonly known as simply VID (, stylized as ВИD, lit. "View"; acronym of '' Vzglyad i Drugiye'', "Outlook and Others") is a Russian and former Soviet TV production company. VIDgital produces sh ...

.Ксения Алфёрова о программе «Жди меня»: Мне больно и горько
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The authors of idea were journalists Oksana Naychuk and Victoria El-Mualla. In the first years of the program's existence, it was possible to find 15-20 people each month with its help, and in 10 years about 150 thousand people were found. By October 2017, their number had increased to 200 thousand.Ведущими «Жди меня» на НТВ станут Юлия Высоцкая и Сергей Шакуров
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Since 2005, VID has begun production of ''Wait for Me'' for viewing in other countries. Since then, the program has come out in an international format. Also, from October 2000 to 2004 a newspaper was published with the same name.

List of leading

* Oksana Naychuk (1998) *

Igor Kvasha Igor Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Игорь Владимирович Кваша; 4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater. Igor Kvasha was one of the ...

(1998—2012)Игорь Кваша: Каждый выпуск «Жди меня» рвал мне сердце
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Maria Shukshina Maria Vasilievna Shukshina (russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Шукшина́; born 27 May 1967) is a Russian actress. Her film credits include '' Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus'' (2010), '' Bury Me Behind the Baseboard'' (2009) and ''Am ...

(1999–2014) *

Sergei Nikonenko Sergei Petrovich Nikonenko (russian: Серге́й Петрович Никоненко; born 16 April 1941 in Moscow) is a Russian actor. He performed in more than eighty films since 1961. Selected filmography * 1967 ** '' The Red and the Whi ...

(2000, 2008) *

Chulpan Khamatova Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theat ...

(2005–2006) *

Aleksandr Domogarov Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for p ...

(2005) * Mikhail Yefremov (2009–2014) *

Egor Beroev Egor Vadimovich Beroev (russian: Егор Вадимович Бероев; born 9 October 1977) is a Russian actor of film, television and theater. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1994. Early career Beroev graduated from the Mikha ...

(2014) *

Aleksandr Galibin Alexander Vladimirovich Galibin (russian: Александр Владимирович Галибин, born 27 September 1955) is a Soviet and Russian actor noted for playing the Master in the miniseries ''The Master and Margarita'' (2005). His a ...

(2014–2017)Ксения Алфёрова о программе «Жди меня»: Мне больно и горько
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Ksenia Alfyorova Ksenia Alexandrovna Alfyorova (; born 24 May 1974) is a Soviet and Russian actress and television presenter. Early life She was born on 24 May 1974, in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is the daughter of actress Irina Alfyorova and Boyko Gyurov (father of ...

(2014–2017)Ксения Алфёрова о программе «Жди меня»: Мне больно и горько
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* Sergei Shakurov (2017–2018) *

Julia Vysotskaya Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya (russian: Юлия Александровна Высоцкая; born 16 August 1973) is a Russian actress and television presenter. Biography Julia Vysotskaya was born in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russian ...

(2017–2018) * Grigory Sergeev (2017–2018) * Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. (since 2018) *

Tatyana Arntgolts Tatyana Albertovna Arntgolts (russian: Татьяна Альбертовна Арнтгоольц; born 18 March 1982) is a Russian theater and film actress, and TV presenter. Biography Twin sisters Tatyana and Olga were born in Kaliningrad, R ...

(since 2018)

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