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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1941.jpg]]
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3	''1941'' is a UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain\|e}}ian historical TV series in Russian language that premiered in 2009.
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5	It follows the residents of a small town of the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] under Nazi German occupation during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and the exploits of local partisans (Soviet guerillas) fighting the Germans. It was followed by two sequels titled, appropriately, ''1942'' and ''1943''.
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7	Not to be confused with the [[Film/NineteenFortyOne1979 Steven Spielberg film]].
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9	!!Tropes
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11	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Arkhip to Maria.
12	* BigDamnHeroes: Uncle Vasily saving Maria from rape.
13	* 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.]]
14	* {{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.]]
15	* 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.
16	* BreakoutCharacter: Walter, who was originally supposed to die at the end of the first season, and was spared due to his popularity.
17	* TheCassandra: Ivan is often right about things (notably he [[spoiler: suspects something is up with Igor immediately]]) but is not heeded.
18	* ChildSoldier
19	* ColdBloodedTorture: The bad guys don't balk about using this even on young children and old ladies.
20	* LesCollaborateurs
21	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Despite having three love interests over the course of the series, [[spoiler: Grisha doesn't end up with any of them.]]
22	* DumbStruck: Eva.
23	* FirstNameBasis: Most characters consistently go by their first names, even the Nazi officers Walter and Thomas.
24	** This changes in '''1942'''. Weissman is usually referred to by his rank, Sturmbannführer.
25	* GuiltRiddenAccomplice: Walter is disgusted by the rape and murder committed by some of the Nazi soldiers.
26	* 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.
27	* LoveAcrossBattlelines: A Nazi officer and a Russian peasant girl.
28	* 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.]]
29	* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler: Igor]].
30	* 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.
31	* 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.
32	** 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.
33	* MistakenlyAttackedMole: Grisha shoots and kills [[spoiler: his own brother Ivan]], having mistaken him for a German agent due to the coat he is wearing.
34	* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry
35	* 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.
36	* 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.
37	* RapePillageAndBurn
38	* LaResistance: Most of the main Ukrainian cast.
39	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Yanko after his bride is raped and murdered.
40	* SmugSnake: Weissman, so much.
41	* 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 BigBad antagonists.
42	* VomitIndiscretionShot: A partisan can't handle seeing some RoadsideSurgery and vomits.
43	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Thomas.]]
44	* 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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