Best Russian web series to watch

By the KyaDekhu team · Updated 23 October 2026 · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb

8 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 6.3.

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   1. Masha and the Bear (2009)

   Web series · Russian · 7m/ep · U · Animation, Family · IMDb 7.1 (5.4K votes)

   Masha is an energetic three-year-old who can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Bear is a warm, fatherly figure that does his best to guide his friend and keep her from harm, often ending up the unintended victim of her misadventures.

   Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour

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   2. Romanovs. The Last Word (2023)

   Web series · Russian · 40m/ep · Documentary

   The reconstruction of the stories of witnesses and participants in the execution of the royal family, the investigation of which has not yet been completed. Many of the evidence and investigation materials have been made public for the first time. It is based on the story of the people who shot the royal family, which

   Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges

   Netflix
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   3. Awakening (2021)

   Web series · Russian · 47m/ep · Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · IMDb 6.6 (88 votes)

   Investigator Pavel Frolov gets into a car accident. After that, his life is torn into two parallel realities — in one of them his son Kirill survived the disaster, in the other his wife Svetlana. Every morning, when Pavel wakes up, he finds himself alternately, in reality with his son, then with his wife. In each of th

   Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-hearted warmth

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   4. Cordon (2024)

   Web series · Russian · 46m/ep · Drama · IMDb 5.9 (25 votes)

   Former border guard Sasha Dymov returns to his native village of Kordona after serving time in prison on false charges. There is nothing left of his previous life — his wife left for her best friend, it is impossible to return to law enforcement agencies. A faithful comrade Trofimych comes to the rescue — he takes Dymo

   Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense

   Netflix
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   5. Alex Lyuty (2020)

   Web series · Russian · 52m/ep · IMDb 6.3 (60 votes)

   1975. A writer preparing to publish a book about Hitler's executioner is murdered at his dacha outside Moscow. Just before his death, he manages to tell his friend, General Pyotr Somov, head of the Interior Ministry's special department for the search for war criminals, some incredible news: Lyuty, who had been presume

   Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense

   Prime Video
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   6. Masha's Spooky Stories (2014)

   Web series · Russian · 5m/ep · U · Kids, Animation · IMDb 6.2 (99 votes)

   Masha explains why there's no need to be scared of things like monsters, the dark, going to a new school, thunder and other common childhood fears.

   Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth

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   7. Booba (2014)

   Web series · Russian · 4m/ep · Animation, Kids · IMDb 6.6 (666 votes)

   The world is a mystery to little Booba. But he approaches the curiosities around him with wonder, finding adventure in his everyday surroundings.

   Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth

   Netflix
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   8. Masha's tales (2012)

   Web series · Russian · 5m/ep · U · Animation, Kids · IMDb 5.7 (140 votes)

   Masha, it turns out, loves to tell stories! And she tells them, as would any child with creativity, a little in her own way - because children see the world, not as we, adults.

   Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun

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