Избранный: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A modest employee of the research institute, Oleg Tyapin, is unexpectedly elected to the Duma of the new convocation. He doesn't want to be a deputy at all, but duty is duty - Tyapin leaves provincial Glebov for Moscow to take on new responsibilities. The hero will go through all the stages of development and formation of himself as a new person, fall in love, and most importantly, experience a lot of comical situations.

Series details

• Title: Избранный
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Russian
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2025-09-01
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Okko
• Network country: Russian Federation
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 72988

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-09-01; final listed air date 2025-10-08.

Source and licence

Adapted from Избранный on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.