Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov

Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.

  • Title: Leonid Parfyonov
  • Popularity: 10.566
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1960-01-26
  • Place of Birth: Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]
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  • Also Known As: Leonid G. Parfënov, Леонид Парфёнов, Leonid Parfenov, Леонид Парфенов
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Leonid Parfyonov Movies

  • 2011
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    Generation P
    Generation P

    6.289 2011 HD

    A chronicle of Russia's transition from communism to capitalism.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mikhail Efremov

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  • 2006
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    And Personally Leonid Ilyich
    And Personally Leonid Ilyich

    8 2006 HD

    A famous Russian documentarist Leonid Parfyonov with deep investigation into the life of Leonid Brezhnev.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2000
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    Still Waters
    Still Waters

    2.4 2000 HD

    Kashtanov, professor of medicine and famous Moscow surgeon, is experiencing midlife crisis. Suddenly he decides to leave everything and escape to the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Aleksandr Abdulov

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  • 2016
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    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

    7.4 2016 HD

    The history of Jewish people in Russia up until the 1917 revolution.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2012
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    Eye of God
    Eye of God

    7 2012 HD

    The «Eye of God» is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Pushkin Museum. It shows how progressive and pro-West Russians can be, when...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.

    8.2 2017 HD

    Second part of Documentary project

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    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

    7.8 2017 HD

    Third movie in the series.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2009
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    Gogol the Bird
    Gogol the Bird

    7.7 2009 HD

    This biographical picture that was made for the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol,is filmed in the unique style of the author Leonid Parfyonov....

    Genre:

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2013
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    Russia in Bloom
    Russia in Bloom

    5.8 2013 HD

    A documentary about Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, a pioneer in color photography of early 20th-century Russia.

    Genre: History

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2011
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    Boris Godunov
    Boris Godunov

    5.2 2011 HD

    Our eternal theme is crime and punishment. In Boris Godunov, the problems of conscience and existential choice are linked to the history of the...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maksim Sukhanov

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  • 2020
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    Russian Georgians. Part 1
    Russian Georgians. Part 1

    6 2020 HD

    The film is about the historical role of Georgians in Russian, and later - Soviet politics, culture and science. The heroes of the film are Bagration...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2020
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    Leaves. A New Look
    Leaves. A New Look

    1 2020 HD

    Investigation of the causes of death of Vladislav Listyev. 25 years passed, but the perpetrators of the highest-profile contract murder in Russia in...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Vladislav Listyev

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  • 2010
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    Zvorykin-Muromets
    Zvorykin-Muromets

    6 2010 HD

    Parfenov's documentary is about a brilliant scientist and engineer, born in Russia, but only known on the other side of the ocean. The invention of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2005
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    Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
    Bashlachev. The Flight of Death

    1 2005 HD

    A documentary film about the life and early death of Russian singer and songwriter Aleksandr Bashlachev through the eyes of his friends, family...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Aleksandr Bashlachev

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  • 2011
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    He Came to Give Us Freedom
    He Came to Give Us Freedom

    1 2011 HD

    Biographical documentary about Mikhail Gorbachev and the way he did not waste his inner freedom before becoming General Secretary of the Communist...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    In Qvevri Veritas
    In Qvevri Veritas

    1 2021 HD

    Leonid Parfyonov travels to Georgia, where he studies how amphorae are made and grapes are crushed with bare feet, and learns why orange wine is...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
    Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison

    5.5 2021 HD

    Events, people, phenomena that determined the way of life. That, without which it is impossible to imagine us, is even more difficult to understand....

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
    Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife

    1 2021 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
    Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children

    1 2021 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 1997
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    Старые песни о главном 2
    Старые песни о главном 2

    4.3 1997 HD

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Lyudmila Gurchenko

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  • 2014
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    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
    The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

    4.2 2014 HD

    The documentary project The Term was conceived in May 2012. When the directing trio commenced mapping the Russian sociopolitical landscape, Vladimir...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kseniya Sobchak

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  • 2012
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    Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
    Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных

    1 2012 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Chulpan Khamatova

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  • 2022
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    Russian Georgians. Part 2
    Russian Georgians. Part 2

    1 2022 HD

    The second part of Leonid Parfyonov's project "Russian Georgians" will begin with a story about Stalin's design of the Russian patriotic upsurge in...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2006
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    And Personally Leonid Ilyich
    And Personally Leonid Ilyich

    8 2006 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2006
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    And Personally Leonid Ilyich
    And Personally Leonid Ilyich

    8 2006 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2012
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    Eye of God
    Eye of God

    7 2012 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2013
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    Russia in Bloom
    Russia in Bloom

    5.8 2013 HD

    Genre: History

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 1997
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    Старые песни о главном 2
    Старые песни о главном 2

    4.3 1997 HD

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Lyudmila Gurchenko

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  • 2013
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    Russia in Bloom
    Russia in Bloom

    5.8 2013 HD

    Genre: History

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2009
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    Gogol the Bird
    Gogol the Bird

    7.7 2009 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2016
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    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

    7.4 2016 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.

    8.2 2017 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.

    8.2 2017 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2016
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    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
    Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

    7.4 2016 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

    7.8 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2017
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    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
    Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

    7.8 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2020
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    Russian Georgians. Part 1
    Russian Georgians. Part 1

    6 2020 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2020
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    Russian Georgians. Part 1
    Russian Georgians. Part 1

    6 2020 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2010
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    Zvorykin-Muromets
    Zvorykin-Muromets

    6 2010 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2010
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    Zvorykin-Muromets
    Zvorykin-Muromets

    6 2010 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    Pocket of Russia
    Pocket of Russia

    10 2021 HD

    Genre: History

    Cast:

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  • 2021
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    Pocket of Russia
    Pocket of Russia

    10 2021 HD

    Genre: History

    Cast:

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  • 1996
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    Старые песни о главном
    Старые песни о главном

    5.3 1996 HD

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Leonid Agutin

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  • 2022
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    Russian Georgians. Part 2
    Russian Georgians. Part 2

    1 2022 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2022
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    Russian Georgians. Part 2
    Russian Georgians. Part 2

    1 2022 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2004
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    O World, You Are a Sport!
    O World, You Are a Sport!

    1 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2004
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    O World, You Are a Sport!
    O World, You Are a Sport!

    1 2004 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2003
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    Russian Empire
    Russian Empire

    1 2003 HD

    A documentary series which presents a modern look at the history of the Russian state from 1697 to 1917. Each episode covers the reign of one or...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2023
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    Namedni
    Namedni

    10 2023 HD

    A series of documentary films chronicling life in ex-USSR and in the world year by year, by Leonid Parfyonov.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2021
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    Fort Boyard Russia
    Fort Boyard Russia

    10 2021 HD

    Russian game show based on the original French format of Fort Boyard.

    Genre: Reality

    Cast: Olivier Siou

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  • 2014
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    Evening Urgant
    Evening Urgant

    7.6 2014 HD

    Evening show Ivan Urgant. Movies, sports, new gadgets, art. What is happening in the country and in the world? Actual characters discussing the day's...

    Genre: Talk

    Cast: Ivan Urgant

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  • 2022
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    Karamora
    Karamora

    5.9 2022 HD

    A young anarchist Karamora and his lover, Alina are caught–up in a confrontation with members of a powerful organization which costs Alina her...

    Genre:

    Cast: Danila Kozlovsky

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  • 2021
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    Без души
    Без души

    1 2021 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Danila Poperechny

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  • 2024
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    вДудь
    вДудь

    1 2024 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Yury Dud

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  • 2003
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    вДудь
    вДудь

    1 2003 HD

    A documentary series which presents a modern look at the history of the Russian state from 1697 to 1917. Each episode covers the reign of one or...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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  • 2023
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    вДудь
    вДудь

    10 2023 HD

    A series of documentary films chronicling life in ex-USSR and in the world year by year, by Leonid Parfyonov.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Leonid Parfyonov

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