Russians named the most memorable events, films, TV series and people of the past year.

In the survey, Russians named the most memorable events of the past year, the person of the year, popular TV series, feature films, the singer and the singer of 2023.

Of the events of the past year, Russians consider the most important increase in prices, utility tariffs and the exchange rate (38%). Another 25% called the announcement of Vladimir Putin’s participation in the presidential elections in 2024 such an event, and another 22% each referred to events such as the continuation of its own and the military conflict in the Middle East. Shooting attacks in Russian schools closes the top 5 events (21%).

53% of respondents named Vladimir Putin as the Person of the Year in 2023. 9% answered that Alexander Lukashenko could be called the person of the year, 8% each named Mikhail Mishustin and Sergey Lavrov. Russians also named Russian and foreign politicians (Valentina Matvienko, Donald Trump, etc.), heads of state (Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron, Ilham Aliyev, etc.), famous personalities (Elon Musk, etc.), athletes (figure skater Roman Kostomarov and tennis player Daniil Medvedev, etc.), popular performers (Alla Pugacheva, Taylor Swift, Shaman, etc.), another 1% of respondents named themselves or their acquaintances. It is worth noting that this question echoes the question of trust in politicians and public figures, but is not equal to it.

Last year’s person of the year (TOP 10 in recent measurements)

Shaman became the singer of the Year this year (20%), Nikolai Baskov (4%), Philip Kirkorov (4%), Sergey Lazarev (2%) and Grigory Leps (2%) were also named

Polina Gagarina was named the best performer this year (6%). Anna Asti (3%), Valeria (3%), Klava Coca (3%) and Lolita (2%) also got into the top 5

In the first place among the series was the project “The Boy’s Word. Blood on the asphalt” (10%), followed by “Trace” (3%), Secrets of the investigation (2%), “Dog” (1%) and “Reckless Driver” (1%). About 16% of Russians replied that they do not watch TV series at all.

The five best TV series of last year (TOP series in recent measurements)

The best films this year were: “Cheburashka” (6%), “Challenge” (5%), “At the behest of the Pike” (3%), “Oppenheimer” (2%), “Avatar\ Avatar 2” (1%).

In the rating of films, depending on the age group and the size of the settlement, “Barbie”, “The Lackey”, “Eternal Call”, “5 Nights at Freddie’s”, “Fast and Furious”, “The Last Hero” and “Guardians of the Galaxy 3” were also mentioned

The five best feature films of the past year (TOP in recent measurements)