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''1941'' is a Ukrainian TV series in Russian language that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, ''1942'' and ''1943''.

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''1941'' is a Ukrainian TV series in Russian language that premiered in 2009, following 2009.

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the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, titled, appropriately, ''1942'' and ''1943''.
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'''1941''' is a Ukrainian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942''' and '''1943'''.

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'''1941''' ''1941'' is a Ukrainian TV series in Russian language that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942''' ''1942'' and '''1943'''.
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'''1941''' is a Russian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942''' and '''1943'''.

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'''1941''' is a Russian Ukrainian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942''' and '''1943'''.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: The German characters range from Walter (who is almost an SympatheticInspectorAntagonist) to Thomas (who has BloodKnight tendencies) all the way to various PunchClockVillain mooks and CompleteMonster antagonists.

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* ThoseWackyNazis: The German characters range from Walter (who is almost an SympatheticInspectorAntagonist) to Thomas (who has BloodKnight tendencies) all the way to various PunchClockVillain mooks and CompleteMonster BigBad antagonists.
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* CompleteMonster: The Latvian fascists are seedy rapists and murderers, and display a callous disregard for life and even trigger discipline -- one of them almost shoots one of their own Nazi allies by mistake while drunkenly firing at a portrait of Stalin.
** Weissman looks downright gleeful when he sees the torment Walter is when Dasha (the woman Walter loves) is being led to her execution.
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** Weissman looks downright gleeful when he sees the torment Walter is when Dasha (the woman Walter loves) is being led to her execution.
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* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler: Igor]].
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* SmugSnake: Weissman, so much.
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** This changes in '''1942'''. Weissman is usually referred to by his rank, Sturmbannführer.
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* CompleteMonster: The Latvian fascists are seedy rapists and murderers, and display a callous disregard for life and even trigger discipline -- one of them almost shoots one of their own Nazi allies by mistake while drunkenly firing at a portrait of Stalin.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Yanko after his bride is raped and murdered.
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* RomanticPlotTumor: The interlocking love triangles can be this for many fans. Considering the dire circumstances the characters are in, it can come across as downright {{Narm}} how melodramatic they get over who loves who and who doesn't love who back.
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* BittersweetEnding: As the series ends in '''1943''', our protagonists still have considerably more warfare ahead of them and no certainty who among them, if any, would survive. They've lost many comrades, and [[spoiler: Grisha loses Katya. But Mukha confesses his love to Alyona, and Walter and Dasha are happily engaged.]]


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* DidNotGetTheGirl: Despite having three love interests over the course of the series, [[spoiler: Grisha doesn't end up with any of them.]]
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* ColdBloodedTorture: The bad guys don't balk about using this even on young children and old ladies.
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* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: A variation occurs when Latvian fascists attack a young Soviet couple on their wedding day. The bride is raped and murdered, and the camera lingers not on her dress but rather on her ''stefana'', the crown worn by Orthodox brides. Her groom is later seen clutching it when the partisans arrive to try to save his life.
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: A partisan can't handle seeing some RoadsideSurgery and vomits.
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* DumbStruck: Eva.
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** In '''1942''', the partisans badly need a doctor to tend to their wounded. The partisan sent to kidnap a doctor mistakenly takes Walter instead, who was recovering in the hospital from the wound inflicted by Grisha.
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* {{Blackshirt}}: Several in the village take the opportunity to collaborate with the Nazis, most notably Arkhip and Semyon, for their own ends. [[spoiler: Also Igor, who was taking advantage of Alyona's compassion to collaborate secretly with Arkhip.]]
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* FirstNameBasis: Most characters consistently go by their first names, even the Nazi officers Walter and Thomas.
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* IronWoobie: Ivan, so much. Not only does he not get the girl, he heroically wipes out traitors only to be [[spoiler: killed by his own brother in a case of mistaken identity.]]
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* MistakenlyAttackedMole: Grisha shoots and kills [[spoiler: his own brother Ivan]], having mistaken him for a German agent due to the coat he is wearing.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Uncle Vasily saving Maria from rape.


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* TheDanza: Several, most notably Darya/Dasha and Ivan.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Walter, who was originally supposed to die at the end of the first season, and was spared due to his popularity.


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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Bondarenko for many fans.


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* PetTheDog: A German soldier is perfectly willing to shoot a POW for escaping from him, until Alyona tearfully begs him to spare the man, claiming that he is her husband. The German soldier even fires his gun into the air to give the impression that he shot the POW before walking away.


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* TheCassandra: Ivan is often right about things (notably he [[spoiler: suspects something is up with Igor immediately]]) but is not heeded.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The German characters range from Walter (who is almost an SympatheticInspectorAntagonist) to Thomas (who has BloodKnight tendencies) all the way to various PunchClockVillain mooks and CompleteMonster antagonists.

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* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Walter is disgusted by the rape and murder committed by some of the Nazi soldiers.



* LaRésistance: Most of the main Russian cast.

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* LoveAcrossBattlelines: A Nazi officer and a Russian peasant girl.


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'''1941''' is a Russian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942'''' and '''1943'''.

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'''1941''' is a Russian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942'''' '''1942''' and '''1943'''.



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Thomas.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Thomas.]]
* YouRemindMeOfX: Dasha resembles Walter's deceased fiancee, hence his gigantic soft spot for her. [[spoiler: When Grisha sees the picture of Walter's fiancee in the locket he wears around his neck, he cannot bring himself to kill him.
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'''1941''' is a Russian TV series that premiered in 2009, following the residents of a small town under Nazi occupation and the exploits of local partisans (anti-fascist guerillas) fighting the Nazis. It was followed by two sequels named, appropriately, '''1942'''' and '''1943'''.

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*AbhorrentAdmirer: Arkhip to Maria.
* ChildSoldier
* IdiotBall: Grisha tends to hold it most of the time. Prime example: him coming to Dasha's house to find her, despite her telling him that a Nazi officer is living there.
* LaRésistance: Most of the main Russian cast.
* LesCollaborateurs
* LoveDodecahedron: Ivan loves Alyona but she marries his brother Grisha instead. [[spoiler: Later she has an affair with Igor as well.]] Grisha loves Dasha but marries Alyona anyway. Then the German officer Walter develops feelings for Dasha complicating matters even further. [[spoiler: Eventually Dasha loves him back.]]
* MistakenForCheating: Grisha assumes that Dasha is having an affair with Walter despite her protests. Quite hypocritical of him, considering he's ''married'' and cheating on his own wife with Dasha.
* MistakenIdentity: After being the only survivor of a bombing raid, Grisha discards his bloodstained clothes and puts on the uniform of a dead Soviet officer, causing the partisans to mistake him for such.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry
* OfficerAndAGentleman: Contrary to what one might expect for a Russian series, Walter is absolutely this: kind, noble, brave, and chivalrous. His only negative trait is that, well, he's a Nazi officer.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Thomas.]]

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