The Time of the Happy(2026)

The Time of the Happy is a Russian series that follows Marina and Ivan Schastykh from the final days of the Soviet Union through three decades of upheaval. After the birth of their triplets in the late 1980s, the family settles into apartment 13, but their optimism fractures as the prosperous 1980s give way to the economic chaos of the 1990s. Ivan, a once-promising scientist at Moscow State University, abandons his academic ambitions to become a tutor and stay-at-home father while Marina hustles at the market to keep the family afloat. The series traces their struggles through hardship and adaptation, eventually reaching 2012 as a new era of possibility emerges. A portrait of ordinary Russian life across generations, marked by sacrifice, resilience, and the quiet dramas of survival.