Poor Anastasia

Poor Nastya is a Russian telenovela originally aired in the Russian Federation from 31 October 2003 to 30 April 2004 on the STS, and of Ukraine from 10 november 2003 to 7 May 2004 on the 1+1. Based on the imperial setting of the 19th century, the series reached international success and was shown in China, Israel, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Greece, Bulgaria and more than twenty countries worldwide. With the budget of $11.8 million, it is the most expensive Russian television project so far. The sequel was planned, but had not been produced yet.