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KVN

KVN is a Russian humour TV show and competition where teams compete by giving funny answers to questions and showing prepared sketches. The programme was first aired by the First Soviet Channel on November 8, 1961. Eleven years later, in 1972, when few programmes were being broadcast live, Soviet censors found the students' impromptu jokes offensive and anti-Soviet and banned KVN. The show was revived fourteen years later during the Perestroika era in 1986, with Alexander Maslyakov as its host. It is one of the longest-running TV programmes on Russian Television. It also has its own holiday on November 8, the birthday of the game, which KVN players celebrate every year since it was announced and widely celebrated for the first time in 2001.

1961 |51 Seasons  | 1h 55m |  Family, Comedy, Talk

Seasons List

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Season 1

1961

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Season 2

1961

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Season 3

1963

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Season 4

1964

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Season 5

1965

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Season 6

1966

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Season 7

1967

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Season 8

1968

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Season 9

1969

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Season 10

1970

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Season 11

1971

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Season 12

1972

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Season 13

1986

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Season 14

1987

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Season 15

1988

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Season 16

1989

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Season 17

1990

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Season 18

1991

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Season 19

1992

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Season 20

1993

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Season 21

1994

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Season 22

1995

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Season 24

1996

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Season 25

1997

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Season 26

1998

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Season 27

1999

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Season 28

2000

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Season 29

2001

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Season 30

2003

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Season 31

2002

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Season 32

2004

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Season 33

2005

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Season 34

2006

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Season 35

2007

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Season 36

2008

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Season 37

2009

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Season 38

2010

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Season 39

2011

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Season 40

2012

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Season 41

2013

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Season 42

2014

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Season 43

2015

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Season 44

2016

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Season 45

2017

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Season 46

2018

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Season 47

2019

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Season 48

2020

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Season 49

2021

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Season 50

2022

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Season 51

2023

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Season 52

2024

More Details

Creator

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Status

Returning Series

Languages

Russian

Network

Central Television USSR