Soviet exchange student and hospital nurse who treats Christiane. She meets Alex at an anti-government demonstration and begins dating him. Later, she inadvertently reveals the true political reality to Christiane, complicating Alex's carefully constructed deception.
Natalia is a mother seeking asylum in Sweden with her husband, Sergei, and their daughters, Alina and Katja. As the family faces possible deportation, she is desperate for Katja to recover and helps rehearse the family’s account of the alleged attack, pressing Alina to keep her testimony consistent.
Valya becomes involved in the frantic search for a missing girl, amid demands for money, drug use, confusion, and talk of war and geography.
Elizaveta is the head of the Fair Care Foundation in Moscow and the story’s central figure. On the day of her thirtieth wedding anniversary, she visits patients, sends humanitarian supplies, and responds to a desperate request involving a dying child, ultimately breaking the law to obtain painkillers.
Rita is a woman trapped by Alyosha's gambling debt and the danger created by his creditor. After Yaya helps her escape, she becomes Yaya's close companion and learns sign language. Rita later returns to Alyosha despite Yaya's warnings, loses her savings, and is eventually left partially deaf, finding lasting solidarity with Yaya.
Nina, Daniil's Wife, is emotionally separated from Doctor Daniil Pokrovsky by his consuming commitment to the space program. She seeks reassurance, children, and a shared future, but the remote launch range and military bureaucracy prevent her from reaching him and deepen the conflict in their marriage.
Mamlakat is a 17-year-old village girl who works in a restaurant and dreams of becoming an actress. After Yassir seduces her and leaves, she becomes pregnant without understanding how it happened. Her family, including Safar and Nasreddin, travels across Central Asia to find the father and force a marriage.
A young widow who came from Belgrade, Anitsa becomes Andrei's lover and receives poets at her home, including Osip Mandelstam and Vladislav Khodasevich. She is also friends with Alexander Blok, whom Nikolai knows. After Vita and Shust are killed, Anitsa leaves the city with Vita's little boy.
Katya is the woman who suddenly enters Sasha's path. Unaware of his supernatural powers and the destructive danger surrounding him, she falls in love with him. Her feelings create an intimate connection to Sasha amid the growing hostility of the entire world toward him.
Chulpan Khamatova has 71 screen credits in a career dating back to 1996. Their work is anchored in the Manyunya Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include Good Bye, Lenin!, The Extremists, Feat. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
