Kvartal 95 Studio
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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry | Film, television |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founders | Volodymyr Zelenskyy Serhiy Shefir Boris Shefir |
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| Website | https://kvartal95.com/en/ |
Kvartal 95 Studio (Ukrainian: Сту́дія «Кварта́л-95»; Russian: Сту́дия «Кварта́л-95») is a Ukrainian production company founded in 2003 by Volodymyr Zelenskyy (who later became President of Ukraine) alongside Serhiy and Boris Shefir.[1][2][3] The company produces films and television shows in Russian and Ukrainian, as well as organising concerts.
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History
[edit]Kvartal 95 Studio was founded in 2003 on the basis of the KVN team Kvartal 95, which, in turn, is named after the 95th Kvartal, a neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih. Kvartal 95 KVN team was founded in 1997[4][5] while its official debut took place in 1998 at the KVN festival in Sochi. The studio as well as the KVN team was created by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who ran in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, and was elected President of Ukraine.[6]
According to Zelenskyy,[2] the objective of the company is to "make the world a better place, a kinder and more joyful place with the help of those tools that we have, which are humor and creativity". It has produced such popular shows as Vechirniy Kvartal (English: Evening Neighbourhood), Svaty (The In-Laws), and Servant of the People.[2][3] A television channel using its brand launched in 2016.
After Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, Kvartal 95 closed its office in Moscow and began shutting down business ties with Russia.[7] By Zelenskyy's estimation, this reduced Kvartal 95's average revenue per hour of TV programming from $200,000 to $30,000.[8][7] From 2014, Kvartal 95 also began visiting the war zone to perform for Ukrainian soldiers at the front in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[7][9][10]
After Zelenskyy's inauguration, many leading figures of Kvartal 95 joined Zelenskyy's administration as Deputy Heads of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, and one was appointed Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Secret Service.[11][12][1]
Members
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The following is an incomplete list of current and former members of Kvartal 95.[13]
Current members
[edit]- Yevhen Koshovyi
- Oleksandr Pikalov
- Stepan Kazanin
- Yuriy Velykyi
- Yuriy Tkach
- Yuriy Krapov
- Mika Fatalov
- Irina Soponaru
- Volodymyr Martynets
Former members
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Walker, Shaun; Roth, Andrew (2020-03-07). "Volodymyr Zelenskiy: 'My White House invitation? I was told it's being prepared'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ a b c "About us". KVARTAL 95. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Team History". KVARTAL 95. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Зеленский Владимир Александрович". LB.ua. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Пресс-конференция бывшего участника "Квартала 95" Манжосова не состоялась, он исчез". Интерфакс-Украина (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Ukraine election: Comedian Zelensky wins presidency by landslide". BBC News. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Shuster, Simon (2024). The showman: the inside story of the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky. London: William Collins. p. 106-110. ISBN 978-0-00-859918-8.
- ^ "Зеленський: Якщо мене оберуть президентом, спочатку будуть поливати брудом, потім – поважати, а потім – плакати, коли піду [Zelensky: If I am elected president, at first they will pour dirt on me, then they will respect me, and then they will cry when I leave]". Gordon. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Yves Jeuland; Lisa Vapné (directors) (2025). How Volodymyr Became Zelensky (documentary). France: Arte.
- ^ Onuch, Olga; Hale, Henry E. (2022). The Zelensky effect. London: Hurst & Company. p. 246. ISBN 9781787388635.
- ^ "Нові кадри в Адміністрації. Кого Зеленський привів на Банкову". Українська правда.
- ^ "Zelensky's childhood friend appointed SBU's first deputy chief (Document)". 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Актори [Actors]". Квартал 95 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ "Хто такий Денис Манжосов і чому виник скандал довкола Зеленського [Who is Denis Manzhosov and why did the scandal around Zelensky arise]". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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