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The Cyrus the Great Diamond is stolen from an excavation site in Iran and falls into the hands of a Russian boy vacationing at the seaside with his family.
The brisk and determined Sasha wants to take revenge on her ex-boyfriend and disrupt his wedding. To put his plan into practice, Sasha comes to St. Petersburg, where he gets a job at the registry office. But instead of the registrar of weddings, she gets the place of the registrar of divorces. Sasha becomes a witness to many ridiculous situations, as well as a participant in romantic adventures.
When genetic diversity became minimal and humanity was on the verge of extinction, the Heritage program was launched, designed to replenish the population. It was headed by bioengineers Alexander and Elizabeth Gordeev and geneticist Peter Sergeevich. A group of scientists spent a hundred years in cryogenic sleep in order to thaw healthy embryos in the future. However, scientists could not imagine what the first generation of new people and the last hope of mankind would turn out to be.
Nine passengers on the Perm-Antalya flight find themselves locked in the airport's border control zone. It appears that they were gathered there for a reason.
The heroes of the almanac's stories are students who studied at the same institute in the 90s and lived together in a dormitory. Then many people left, their paths diverged and their lives turned out differently, but they did not lose touch and still communicate, help each other and share common problems. Fellow students meet 20 years later on the anniversary of their favorite teacher. But how many things will happen before this meeting…
Lavrenty Semenovich Timoshin, or simply Lavrik, is a young, promising, but very anxious candidate of sciences, who heads the biochemistry laboratory of a serious research institute and has been developing a cure for fear for several years. Mostly from his own. Lavrik is afraid of everything — scientific achievements, his mother's anger, love and reforms at the National Research University. The latter are not long in coming. The rector of the Bogomolov Institute, who has held this position for a long time, wants to give up his post to the younger generation, and Lavrik is the best candidate. But will this position be a boon for Lavrik and will it still allow him to complete his research, especially when such drastic changes go far beyond career growth?
Andrey Romanov finds himself at the epicenter of a clash between Russian and Western intelligence services. Together with his team of top Russian special agents, he is recruited by GRU officer Maksim Kolosov for a special mission into enemy territory. The group's goal is to find out what is happening in a secret laboratory near the border of the country, where work is underway on a new biological weapon. Andrey also has a personal goal - revenge. The enemy's team is led by his father's killer. Andrey's group is completely secret; almost no one knows about its true purpose. Everything does not go according to plan when it becomes clear that there is a "mole" among them.
Ivan is a young and successful lawyer who enjoys great attention from women. However, this is not mutual, because Ivan is a worthy husband and father, who is among the 20% of faithful men. But the day comes when every good family man wonders if he has the right to "left." Especially when your assistant is a sexy beauty, but also your wife's best friend. A quiet family life or a new romance? Career or fear of losing everything? And finally, what should I do when my wife writes that she is with a friend, and you are with this friend?
An ideal sports career is an Olympic champion, two-time world champion, three-time champion of Russia and Europe in ice dancing. But in January last year, a sudden illness almost took Roman Kostomarov's life. He was in a coma, doctors performed several operations on him and had to amputate his limbs. Forecasts for recovery were less than a percent. But he survived. Thanks to the love and support of his family and loved ones, he did not lose faith and embarked on the path of recovery. And 11 months later, Roman went back on the ice with his partner Tatyana Navka to perform their famous program "Carmen", which brought them an Olympic gold medal. He, like his hero bullfighter, was able to tame the disease and regain a full life.
By an absurd coincidence, two families who did not know each other at all rented the same cottage for New Year's Eve. There is no time to give up housing, so they are forced to somehow find a common language and get along under the same roof.
Tolya Sidorov is a simple worker of early retirement age from some remote place in Russia. Unexpectedly he discovers his artistic talent and becomes a sensation in the world of modern art. And all this because the creation of his masterpieces happens at a very intimate moment... The fame of the unusual artist spreads across the Internet, and even experts from Moscow come to visit an exhibition of Anatoly’s urinary painting. And like in the Russian fairy tale, the hero is miraculously showered with recognition and money. But Tolya prefers to stay incognito, trying to understand whether his work is real art. And the men from the factory would laugh at him if they found out.
