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| Company type | Public |
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| Industry |
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| Founded | 2003; 23 years ago (2003) |
| Founders | Volodymyr Zelenskyy Serhiy Shefir Boris Shefir |
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| Website | https://kvartal95.com/en/ |
Kvartal 95 Studio (Ukrainian:Сту́дія «Кварта́л-95»,lit. 'Studio «Neighborhood-95»';Russian:Сту́дия «Кварта́л-95») is a Ukrainianproduction company founded in 2003 byVolodymyr Zelenskyy alongsideSerhiy Shefir andBoris Shefir [uk].[1][2][3] The company produces films and television shows in Russian and Ukrainian, as well as organising concerts.
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Kvartal 95 Studio was founded in 2003 on the basis of theKVN team Kvartal 95, which, in turn, is named after the95th Kvartal, a neighborhood inKryvyi Rih. Kvartal 95 KVN team was founded in 1997[4][5] while its official debut took place in 1998 at the KVN festival inSochi. The studio as well as the KVN team was created byVolodymyr Zelenskyy, who ran in the2019 Ukrainian presidential election, and was elected President of Ukraine.[6]
According to Zelenskyy,[2] the objective of the company is to "make the world a better place, a kinder and more joyful place with the help of those tools that we have, which are humor and creativity". It has produced such popular shows asVechirniy Kvartal (English:Evening Neighbourhood),Svaty (The In-Laws), andServant of the People.[2][3] Atelevision channel using its brand launched in 2016.
After Russia's2014 annexation of Crimea, Kvartal 95 closed its office in Moscow and began shutting down business ties with Russia.[7] By Zelenskyy's estimation, this reduced Kvartal 95's average revenue per hour of TV programming from $200,000 to $30,000.[8][7] From 2014, Kvartal 95 also began visiting the war zone to perform for Ukrainian soldiers at the front in theRusso-Ukrainian War.[7][9][10]
After Zelenskyy's inauguration, many leading figures of Kvartal 95 joined Zelenskyy's administration as Deputy Heads of thePresidential Administration of Ukraine, and one was appointed Deputy Head of theUkrainian Secret Service.[11][12][1]
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The following is an incomplete list of current and former members of Kvartal 95.[13]
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