According to 56% of Russians, Vladimir Putin is man of the year, and Angela Merkel—woman of the year. The best television show1 is “Let Them Talk,“ best movie – “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” and best TV series* – “And Quietly Flows the Don.”
This survey took place between 18 and 21 December 2015 and was conducted throughout all of Russia in both urban and rural settings. The survey was carried out among 1600 people over the age of 18 in 137 localities of 48 of the country’s regions. The survey was conducted as a personal interview in respondents’ homes. The answer distribution is presented as percentages of the number of participants along with data from previous surveys. The statistical error of these studies does not exceed 3.4%.
WHO COULD BE CALLED “MAN OF THE YEAR”?* (respondents indicated names themselves, but not more than 5 people)
|
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
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|
V. Putin |
56 |
V. Putin |
57 |
V. Putin |
26 |
V. Putin |
28 |
|
S. Lavrov |
10 |
S. Shoygu |
9 |
S. Shoygu |
7 |
S. Shoygu |
10 |
|
S. Shoygu |
8 |
S. Lavrov |
8 |
D. Medvedev |
4 |
D. Medvedev |
8 |
|
D. Medvedev |
4 |
D. Medvedev |
4 |
E. Snowden |
4 |
B. Obama |
5 |
|
A. Lukashenko |
2 |
V. Zhirinovsky |
3 |
M. Khodorkovsky |
3 |
V. Zhirinovsky, M. Prokhorov |
4 |
WHOM WOULD YOU NAME WOMAN OF THE YEAR?* (respondents indicated names themselves)
|
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
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|
A. Merkel |
6 |
V. Matvienko |
7 |
A. Pugacheva |
12 |
G. Vishnevskaya |
6 |
|
V. Matvienko |
6 |
A. Pugacheva |
4 |
V. Matvienko |
4 |
A. Pugacheva |
5 |
|
P. Gagarina |
4 |
E. Glinka – Doctor Liza |
3 |
A. Merkel |
4 |
V. Matvienko |
4 |
|
A. Pugacheva |
2 |
E. Nabiullina |
2 |
K. Sobchak |
2 |
K. Sobchak |
4 |
|
E. Nabiullina |
1 |
A. Merkel |
2 |
L. Putina |
1 |
A. Merkel |
2 |
* 5 most indicated names given
1 Translator’s Note – “Television show” here is understood to mean news programs, talk shows, reality television, etc. “Television series” refers to serialized/episodic fictional programming.
COULD YOU NAME THE BEST TELEVISION PROGRAM OF THE YEAR?* (year in question indicated; respondents named program themselves)
|
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
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|
Let Them Talk |
8 |
Let Them Talk |
7 |
Let Them Talk |
10 |
Let Them Talk |
12 |
|
The Voice |
6 |
The Voice |
6 |
The Voice |
6 |
The Voice |
5 |
|
Sunday Evening with Solovyov |
2 |
Let’s Get Married |
3 |
News |
4 |
Let’s Get Married |
4 |
|
Let’s Get Married |
2 |
News |
3 |
Field of Miracles |
3 |
Field of Miracles |
3 |
|
KVN |
2 |
Comedy Club |
2 |
Let’s Get Married |
3 |
Wait for Me |
3 |
|
Time News on Channel One |
2 |
Vesti |
2 |
Comedy Club |
2 |
Battle of the Psychics |
2 |
|
Field of Miracles |
2 |
Urgant in the Evening |
2 |
Vesti |
2 |
Comedy Club |
2 |
|
Vesti |
2 |
Field of Miracles |
2 |
Battle of the Psychics |
2 |
News |
2 |
|
Solovyov Show |
2 |
Sunday Evening |
2 |
Wait for Me |
2 |
Vesti |
2 |
|
One for One |
2 |
Live |
2 |
House 2 |
1 |
House 2 |
2 |
COULD YOU NAME THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR?* (year in question indicated; respondents named movie themselves)
|
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
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|
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens |
3 |
The Hobbit |
2 |
Stalingrad |
7 |
Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive |
2 |
|
Battle for Sevastopol |
3 |
Interstellar |
1 |
Yolki 1,2,3 |
4 |
Twilight |
2 |
|
And Quietly Flows the Don |
3 |
Sunstroke |
1 |
Legend No. 17 |
3 |
Avatar |
2 |
|
The Martian |
1 |
Ekaterina |
1 |
Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive |
1 |
Yolki |
1 |
|
Leviathan |
1 |
The Postman Tryapitsyn’s White Nights |
1 |
The Hobbit |
1 |
The Hobbit |
1 |
|
Dawns Here Are Quiet |
1 |
Yolki |
1 |
Love in the Big City |
1 |
Good Luck, Gentlemen/ New Good Luck Gentlemen |
1 |
|
Ukraine |
1 |
Stalingrad |
1 |
The Fast and the Furious 6 |
1 |
The Irony of Fate/ The Irony of Fate 2 |
1 |
|
50 Shades of Grey |
1 |
Kiss! 1,2 |
1 |
Kiss! |
1 |
The Avengers |
1 |
|
Battalion |
1 |
Poddubny |
1 |
Mamas |
1 |
Brigade: The Heir |
1 |
|
The Hunger Games |
1 |
The Hunger Games |
1 |
Avatar |
<1 |
Mamas |
1 |
COULD YOU NAME THE BEST TV SERIES OF THE YEAR?* (year in question indicated; respondents named series themselves)
|
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
2012 |
||||
|
And Quietly Flows the Don |
7 |
Phys Ed Teacher |
5 |
Parents-in-Law |
4 |
Wood Grouse |
4 |
|
Secrets of Investigation |
4 |
House with Lilies |
4 |
Interns |
4 |
Parents-in-Law |
4 |
|
Trace |
3 |
The Major |
3 |
Cop Wars |
3 |
Interns |
4 |
|
Pregnancy Test |
2 |
Trace |
3 |
Trace |
3 |
Spiderweb |
3 |
|
College |
2 |
Bros |
3 |
The Voronins |
3 |
Efrosinya |
3 |
|
Catherine the Great |
2 |
Interns |
3 |
The Thaw |
3 |
Trace |
3 |
|
Interns |
2 |
The Voronins |
2 |
The Magnificent Century |
2 |
The Magnificent Century |
3 |
|
Kitchen |
2 |
Secrets of Investigation |
2 |
Secrets of the Institute of Noble Women |
2 |
College |
2 |
|
Cops |
1 |
College |
2 |
Sherlock |
2 |
The Voronins |
2 |
|
The Voronins |
1 |
While the Village Sleeps |
2 |
College |
1 |
Secrets of Investigation |
2 |
* Ten most given opinions indicated.
Translated by Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (formerly Monterey Institute of International Studies).