Historical or period drama is a film genre in which stories are based on historical events and famous persons. Some historical dramas attempt to accurately portray a historical event or biography, to the degree that the available historical research will allow. Other historical dramas are fictionalised tales that are based on an actual person and their deeds.
This is a list of films that are based on actual events. All films on this list are from Russian production unless indicated otherwise.
Not all films have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to increase the substance and popularity of the film. For films pertaining to the history of Near Eastern and Western civilisation, please refer to list of historical period drama films and series set in Near Eastern and Western civilization.
The action in the majority of the films is set in the region of modern Russia.
| Title | Original title | Release year | Time period | Settings, Events | Personalities | External |
| Viking | Викинг | 2016 | 970–1016 | Kievan Rus' | Vladimir I of Kiev | |
| Prince Vladimir | Князь Владимир | 2006 | 980–1015 | Kievan Rus | Vladimir I of Kiev | |
| Knights' Novel | Рыцарский роман | 2000 | 1096–1099 | Byzantine Empire, First Crusade | | |
| Iron Lord | Яросла́в. Ты́сячу лет наза́д | 2010 | 1010 | | Yaroslav the Wise | |
| Mongol | Монгол | 2007 | 1192–1227 | Mongolia | Genghis Khan | |
| The Scythian | Скиф | 2018 | 1090 | Tmutarakan | | |
| Alexander | Александр. Невская битва | 2008 | 1239—1240 | | Alexander Nevsky | |
| Furious | Легенда о Коловрате | 2017 | 1223–1242 | Siege of Ryazan | Evpaty Kolovrat | |
| The Horde | Орда | 2012 | 1357 | Golden Horde | Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev | |
| Land of Legends | Сердце Пармы | 2022 | 1451 | Great Perm | Mikhail Yermolaevich | |
| Czar | Царь | 2009 | 1566—1569 | Principality of Moscow, Tsardom of Russia | Ivan the Terrible | |
| Lady of Csejte | Кровавая леди Батори | 2015 | 1590—1610 | Kingdom of Hungary | Elizabeth Báthory | |
| 1612 | 1612: Хроники смутного времени | 2007 | 1612 | Tsardom of Russia, Time of Troubles | | |
| Russian Ark | Русский ковчег | 2000 | 1800–2000 | History of Russia | Hermitage Museum | |
| The Sovereign's Servant | Слуга государев | 2007 | 1709 | Battle of Poltava | | |
| The Conquest of Siberia | Тобол | 2019 | 1714–1716 | | | |
| Peter the Great | Пётр Великий (Жизнь и смерть Петра Великого) | 1910 | 1685—1725 | Russian Empire | Peter the Great | |
| Tsarevich Alexei | Царевич Алексей | 1997 | 1714—1718 | | Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia | |
| Taras Bulba | Тарас Бульба | 2009 | 1740 | | Taras Bulba | |
| 1812 | 1812 | 1912 | 1812 | French invasion of Russia | | |
| The Ballad of Uhlans | Уланская баллада | 2012 | 1812 | Battle of Borodino | | |
| Vasilisa | Василиса | 2014 | 1812 | French invasion of Russia | Vasilisa Kozhina | |
| Fort Ross | Форт Росс: В по́исках приключе́ний | 2014 | 1860 | Fort Ross, California | | |
| Union of Salvation | Союз спасения | 2019 | 1825 | Decembrist revolt, Union of Salvation | | |
| Defence of Sevastopol | Оборона Севастополя | 1910 | 1854—1855 | Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War | | |
| The State Counsellor | Статский советник | 2005 | 1876 | Russian Empire | | |
| The Turkish Gambit | Турецкий гамбит | 2005 | 1877 | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | | |
| The Duelist | Дуэлянт | 2016 | 1860 | Aleutian Islands and Saint-Petersburg | | |
| The Barber of Siberia | Сибирский цирюльник | 1998 | 1870 | | | |
| The Silver Skates | Серебряные коньки | 2020 | 1899 | Russian empire | | |
| Yolki 1914 | Ёлки 1914 | 2014 | 1914 | | | |
| Admiral | Адмиралъ | 2008 | 1914–1917, 1964 | World War I, Russian Revolution, Russian Civil War | Aleksandr Kolchak | |
| Matilda | Матильда | 2017 | 1890–1896 | | Matilda Kshesinskaya and Nicholas II | |
| Wild League | Дикая Лига | 2019 | 1909 | | | |
| Raspoutine | Распутин | 2011 | 1916 | | Grigori Rasputin | |
| The Romanovs: An Imperial Family | Романовы. Венценосная семья | 2000 | 1917 | Sverdlovsk, Russian Republic | Nicholas II of Russia | |
| Battalion | Батальонъ | 2015 | 1916—1917 | | Maria Bochkareva | |
| The Heritage of Love | Герой | 2016 | 1916—1920, 2015 | | | |
| Sunstroke | Солнечный удар | 2014 | 1920 | Red Terror | | |
| Burnt by the Sun | Утомлённые со́лнцем | 1994 | 1927—1940 | Great Purge | | |
| Burnt by the Sun 2 | Утомлённые со́лнцем 2 | 2010 | 1941 | Eastern Front (World War II) | | |
| Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel | Утомлённые со́лнцем 2: Цитадель | 2011 | 1943 | | |
| White Tiger | Белый тигр | 2012 | 1943 | | | | |
| The Match | Матч | 2012 | 1942 | The Death Match | | |
| Fortress of War | Брестская крепость | 2010 | 1941 | Defense of Brest Fortress, Operation Barbarossa | | |
| Battle for Sevastopol | Битва за Севастополь | 2015 | 1941–1942 | Siege of Sevastopol | Lyudmila Pavlichenko | |
| Stalingrad | Сталинград | 2013 | 1942–1943 | Battle of Stalingrad, Pavlov's House | | |
| Persian Lessons | Уроки фарси | 2020 | 1943 | The Holocaust | | |
| V2. Escape from Hell | Девятаев | 2021 | 1944 | 1st Ukrainian Front, Usedom | Mikhail Devyataev | |
| Panfilov's 28 Men | 28 панфиловцев | 2016 | 1941 | Battle of Moscow | |
| The Last Frontier | Подольские курсанты | 2020 | 1941 | | |
| AK-47 | | 2020 | 1941 | Invention of AK-47 | Mikhail Kalashnikov | |
| The Sun | Солнце | 2005 | 1945 | Hirohito | | |
| Beanpole | Дылда | 2020 | 1945 | | | |
| The Age of Pioneers | Время первых | 2017 | 1965 | Voskhod 2 | Alexei Leonov | |
| Gagarin: First in Space | Гагарин. Первый в космосе | 2013 | 1960–1961 | Vostok 1 | Yuri Gagarin | |
| Paper Soldier | Бумажный солдат | 2008 | |
| Dear Comrades! | Дорогие товарищи! | 2020 | 1962 | Novocherkassk massacre | | |
| Streltsov | Стрельцо́в | 2020 | 1958–1968 | Soviet Union | Eduard Streltsov | |
| Vanished Empire | Исчезнувшая империя | 2008 | 1973 | | | |
| Legend No. 17 | Легенда номер 17 | 2013 | 1956–1972 | Summit Series | Valeri Kharlamov | |
| Going Vertical | Движение вверх | 2017 | 1972 | 1972 Olympics | | |
| A Dog Named Palma | Пальма | 2021 | 1974—1976 | | | |
| The Icebreaker | Ледокол | 2016 | 1985 | | | |
| Salyut 7 | Салют-7 | 2017 | 1985 | Soyuz T-13 | Vladimir Dzhanibekov | |
| Chernobyl | Чернобыль | 2021 | 1986–1987 | Chernobyl disaster | | |
| The 9th Company | 9 рота | 2005 | 1979–1989 | Soviet–Afghan War, War in Afghanistan | | |
| Leaving Afghanistan | Братство | 2020 | | |
| Kandagar | Кандагар | 2010 | 1995–1996 | Airstan incident | | |
| The PyraMMMid | Пирамммида | 2011 | 1990s | MMM | Sergei Mavrodi | |
| Prisoner of the Mountains | Кавказский пленник | 1996 | 1995 | First Chechen War | | |
| Alive | Живой | 2006 | Early 2000s | Second Chechen War | | |
| Olympus Inferno | Олимпиус Инферно | 2009 | 2008 | Russo-Georgian War | | |
| August Eighth | Август. Восмого | 2012 | | |
| 22 Minutes | 22 Минуты | 2014 | 2010 | MV Moscow University hijacking | | |
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Rollberg, Peter (2016). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 281. ISBN 9781442268425.
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