Crossroads (Kazakhstani TV series)
| Crossroads | |
|---|---|
| Genre | soap opera |
| Written by | Leyla Akhinzhanova Elena Gordeeva Albina Akhmetova Mikhail Belyakov |
| Directed by | Aibarsha Bozheeva Andrey Marmontov Elena Prokoptseva Vladimir Tyulkin Ermek Shinarbaev Bagdad Mustafin |
| Country of origin | Kazakhstan |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of episodes | 465 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Abay Karpykov Kalykbek Salykov |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Portabello Pictures, Kazakhfilm |
| Original release | |
| Network | Khabar TV |
| Release | April 11, 1996 – 2000 |
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Crossroads (Russian: Перекресток, romanized: Perekryostok) was a Kazakhstani soap opera that ran from 1996 to 2000. It was the first soap opera produced in Kazakhstan. It became the most popular TV program in Central Asia, reportedly reaching 60 million homes in four countries: Russia, Uzbekistan, China and Kazakhstan. It is still unmatched in viewership and duration among Kazakhstani TV shows. The show was funded by a British government program to transfer knowledge to countries in the former Soviet Union and to promote the transition to a market economy.
The story line revolves around two families, the working-class Kazakh Umarovs and the professional-class Russian Platonovs. Their families are joined through marriage of the Umarovs' daughter to the Platonovs' son.
It was recognized as the best series of 1998 at the CIS media forum. A sequel to the series titled Crossroads in Astana started in 2015 on Khabar TV, the same station that aired the original.