Channel tells the story of Sevastopol

First Channel presents a series of films united by the common name "Sevastopol Stories" and the theme of the heroic city. Films made at the intersection of documentary and feature films in the genre to date "infotainment", cover the whole of more than 200-year history of Sevastopol. Fortress-city and city-symbol, not once covered itself with a bright military glory in the battles for the integrity and independence of Russia's state. To work on the cycle have attracted the best in the country, art directors and specialists in historical costume. Events and images reconstructed on the basis of a rigorous analysis of archival sources, memoirs, eyewitness accounts. For three years filming in the mass scenes of "Sevastopol Stories" withdrew nearly half the population of the city. Senior Cycle - Honored Artist of Russia Igor Zolotovitskii, transformed into "Sevastopol Sketches" in dozens of different characters: from Prince Grigory Potemkin to the military surgeon Pirogov. The first film is called "Crimean vacation Catherine the Great", the First TV Channel, he will be released in March.