Konstantinopol () is a Russian historical drama television series about the fate of Russian émigrés in the 1920s. The working title of the project was Outcasts ().Начались съёмки сериала о судьбах русских эмигрантов начала XX века // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, June 10, 2024
The series was produced by White Media with the support of the Internet Development Institute.Стартовали съёмки сериала «Изгои» о судьбе русских эмигрантов начала XX века // NTV, June 10, 2024
All ten episodes premiered digitally on the streaming platform IVI on October 30, 2025. The television premiere took place on NTV on November 3, 2025.
Plot In November 1920, White Army officer Sergey Neratov arrives in Constantinople together with the surviving soldiers of Wrangel's Army, Russian aristocrats, doctors, and merchants. All of them find themselves outcasts in a foreign land.
In order to survive, men cross legal boundaries, while women abandon their former moral codes. Lonely and having lost his homeland, family, and purpose in life, Neratov becomes one of the leaders of the Russian White émigré community.
Cast Main cast Aleksandr Ustyugov as Sergey Lvovich Neratov Oksana Akinshina as Ekaterina Nikolaevna Dikova, Baroness Sergey Marin as Pyotr Petrovich Sablin, merchant Kirill Käro as Borodaevsky, physician Wolfgang Cerny as Kirpit (Pavel Andreyevich Kirpichyov / Pyotr Andreyevich Kirpichyov), boxer Vyacheslav Chepurchenko as Remnev (Antonio Navarra), gigolo Ksenia Treister as Serafima Petrovna Sablina Aidan Hasanzade as Belgin, hospital nurse Samimi Farhadov as Güler, senior migration inspector Mark Benjamin Pukh as Gulliver, Irish dock worker Dirk Martens as Tirpitz, banker Abdulghani Aliyev as Turgut, chief hospital physician Ilgar Musayev as Kutlug, police captain Kyamran Agabalayev as Altan
Supporting cast Martin John Cook as Colonel Knoxveld, military commandant of Constantinople Sanan Alizade as Nusret, migration inspector Valery Storozhik as Prince Konstantin Alexandrovich Read Alexey Varushchenko as Dolotov, Russian officer Rovshan Kerimdukht as boarding house owner Ilya Yakubovsky as Prince Andrey Konstantinovich Read Pierre Bourel as Pierre, French microbiologist Javidan Novruzov as Omar, pimp Yuliya Vitruk as Lyuska Makovskaya, prostitute Azamat Nigmanov as Ulagay, mercenary Karen Badalov as Abram Sado
Production The screenplay was written in 2017, but production was suspended due to insufficient funding.Медийные лица | Юлия Сумачёва // Rutube, July 30, 2024
Filming took place from April to October 2024 in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Vyborg, and Baku.Стартовали съёмки исторического детектива «Изгои» // Bulletin of Film Distributor, June 10, 2024Как снимали сериал «Константинополь» о судьбе белых эмигрантов // Vokrug TV, June 19, 2025
The streets of Baku were used as stand-ins for Constantinople.Акиньшина и Кяро снимутся в историческом детективе о русской эмиграции // RBC Life, June 10, 2024
Historical and military consultants worked on the production.Историческую драму «Константинополь» покажут в июне в Иваново // Rossiyskaya Gazeta, May 29, 2025
On June 19, 2025, the series opened the 7th Pilot Television Series Festival in Ivanovo.«Константинополь» откроет VII фестиваль сериалов «Пилот» // Kino-Teatr.ru, May 29, 2025
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