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- 5 wins & 2 nominations

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Ville Haapasalo

Raivo
(as Ville Khaapasalo)

Viktor Bychkov

Kuzmich

Sergey Russkin

Sergei Olegovich

Aleksey Buldakov

General

Semyon Strugachyov

Lyova Soloveychik

Sergei Kupriianov

Kachalov
(as Sergey Kupriyanov)

Sergei Gusinskiy

Semyonov
(as Sergei Guslinsky)

Igor Sergeev

Count

Igor Dobryakov

Nobleman

Yury Makusinsky

Hunter

Zoya Buryak

Milkmaid

Boris Cherdyntsev

Commandant

Aleksandr Zavyalov

Ensign

Saara Hedlund

Milkmaid

Aleksey Poluyan

Zaderzhannyy

Aleksandr Vasiliev

Pilot

Director
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writer
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
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Trivia
As Raivo gets acquainted with the group, one of them cracks that the Russian elephant is the best friend of the Finnish elephant, a line which leaves the Finn completely bewildered. This is a reference to a well-known Soviet joke poking fun at academics whose adherence to the party line often resulted in nonsense. The joke: Competing to write a book on African elephants, a Frenchman produces a volume on the love lives of elephants; a German writes a 21-volume series titled "A Brief Introduction to the African Elephant", and the Soviet writer comes up with just one sentence: "The African elephant is the best friend of the Soviet elephant."

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Featured in Radio Dolin: Peculiarities of the National Hunt - How Alexander Rogozhkin Created the Canon of the National Blockbuster (2021)

Peculiarities of the national humor

"Peculiarities of the National Hunt" by Aleksandr Rogozhkin is the funniest and most popular comedy of the 90s. Scenes of Russian modern hunting with the participation of the ever-drunk general, the company of his friends, a Finnish guy and a huntsman masterfully alternate with hunting scenes of hunting in Russia of the 19th century. Despite the fact that the amount of vodka drunk is measured in boxes, the characters of the general, the huntsman and the young Finn became popular favorites. The best roles in the career of Aleksey Buldakov, Viktor Bychkov and Ville Haapasalo.