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IN BRIEF

As before, Vladimir Putin has been rated the first among politicians, A.Arshavin – the first among sportsmen, and S.Bezrukov  - the first among actors.

MOSCOW, January 10, 2012. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) presents the data devoted to the most popular people, television programs, serials and movies of the year 2011.

The politician of the year 2011, as before, has become Vladimir Putin (38%), followed by Dmitry Medvedev on the second place (19%). They are followed by V.Zhirinovsky (8%), G.Zyuganov (7% versus 2% two years ago), S.Smirnov (5%) and a newcomer – M.Prokhorov (5%). Least popular politicians are G.Yavlinsky, A.Kudrin i S.Sobyanin (1% for each).

 

A.Arshavin has become the best sportsman for the fourth time, despite a slight decline (from 11 to 5%). The second position is held by a newcomer F.Emelianenko (4%), O.Zaitseva and N.Valuev (4% for each). They are followed by E.Plyushenko, A.Povetkin (2%), A.Kabaeva, E.Isinbaeva, Klichko brothers, V.Lebedev, A.Ovechkin, A.Yagudin, I.Slutskaya (1% for each).

As before, the best actor is S.Bezrukov (9%). He is followed by M.Averin and E.Mironov  (4% for each), then E.Boyarskaya, M.Porechenkov, K.Khabenskiy (2%), M.Aleksandrova, F.Bondarchuk, L.Gurchenko, F.Dobronravov, L.Durov, D.Dyuzhev, M.Efremov, A.Kovalchuk, O.Menshikov, V.Mashkov, A.Mikhailov, N.Mikhalkov, E.Yakovleva, M.Basharov, I.Urgant, Ch.Khamatova, I.Okhlobistin (1% for each).

According to Russians, the most popular writers have been B.Akunin and D.Dontsova; they have been leaders of the recent two years (3% for each).  The second position is held by T.Ustinova (2%), A.Marinina, V.Pelevin, M.Veller, M.Zadornov (1% for each).

F.Kirkorov has become the best performer for the second time (11% versus 8% a year ago). Top three performers also involves N.Baskov and S.Mikhailov  (8% for each). They are followed by A.Pugacheva (4%), D.Bilan, E.Vaenga, G.Leps, D.Khovorostovskiy (3% for each). Valeriya, S.Rotaru, Yu.Shevchuk and I.Krutoy have 2% (each).  The least popular musical performers are N.Babkina, V.Brezhneva, N.Kadysheva, K.Kinchev, I.Kobzon, S.Lazarev, L.Leschenko, A.Makarevich, V.Meladze, A.Netrebko, K.Orbakaite, Nyusha, A.Rozenbaum, D.Matsev, V.Spivakov (1% for each).

For the third year in a row the TV talk show “Pust Govoryat” has become the best one (16%), followed by “Novosti” on the second place (7%). They are followed by “Davay pozhenimsya” and “Zhdi menya” (4% for each), “Pole chudes” (3%), “Vremya” , “Zhit zdorovo”, “ZhKKh”, “Comedy Club”, “NTVshniki”, “Pryamoy efir”, “Chelover i zakon” (2% for each), “ProjectorParisHilton”, “Chrezvychainoe proishestvie”, “Shto? Gde? Kogda?”, “Zdorovie”, “100 k 1”, “6 kadrov”, “Bitva ekstrasensov”, “Bolshaya raznitsa”, “Bolshie gonki”, “Govorim i pokazivaem”, “Dom – 2”,  KVN, “Kontrolnaya zakupka”, “Programma maksimum”, “Modniy  prigovor”, “Nasha Russia”, “O samom glavnom”, “Otkritaya studiya”, “Poslednee slovo”, “Svoya igra”, “Sreda obitaniya”, “Subbotniy vecher” (1% per each).

“Svaty” series are recognized to be the best TV series of the year (12%), followed by the leader of the previous year “Glukhar” on the second place – (8%). They are followed by “Interny”, “Univer” (4% for each), “Efrosinia”, “Obruchalnoe koltso” (2% for each), “Voroniny”, “Vse k luchshemu”, “Dikiy, “Zhizn i priklyucheniya Mishki Yaponchika”, “Zdravstvui, mama”, “Realnie patsany”, “Tayny sledstviya” (2% fore each). The least popular TV series are “Kamenskaya”, “Likvidatsiya”, “Morskie diavoly”, “Papiny dochki”, “Sled”, “Schastlivy vmeste”, “Utomlennye solntsem”, “Shaman” (1% for each). 

“Vysotskiy. Spasibo, shto zhivoy” has become the movie of the year (9%), followed by the leader of the previous year The Avatar– (3%) and “Utomlennye solntsem-2” on the second place (3%). The third position is held by “Elki” (2%), followed by “Admiral”, “Albanets”, “Boy s teniyu”, “Ironiya sudby”, “The Twilight”, “Tsitadel” and other movies (1% for each).

The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted December 24-25, 2011. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin of error does not exceed 3.4 %.

In you opinion, who is politician of the year in Russia?

 (open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Putin

60

Putin

50

Putin

55

Putin

38

Medvedev

24

Medvedev

33

Medvedev

37

Medvedev

19

Zhirinovsky

4

Zhirinovsky

6

Zhirinovsky

5

Zhirinovsky

8

Zyuganov

 

2

Zyuganov

3

Sobyanin

4

Zyuganov

7

Lavrov

2

Shoigu

2

Zyuganov

2

Mironov

5

Other

11

Other

11

Shoigu

2

Prokhorov

5

Hard to tell

24

Hard to tell

24

Other

7

None

2

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

26

Other

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

35


In your opinion, who is the sportsman of the year in Russia?

(open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

2007

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Plyushenko

7

Arshavin

18

Arshavin

18

Arshavin

11

Arshavin

5

Yagudin

3

Isinbaeva

10

Isinbaeva

7

Plyushenko

5

Emelianenko

4

Pavlyuchenko

2

Plushenko

4

Akinfeev

3

Isinbaeva

3

Zaitseva

4

Sychev  

2

Pavlyuchenko

3

Plyushenko

3

Ovechkin

3

Valuev

4

Sharapova

2

Tszyu

2

Yagudin

2

Kabaeva

2

Plyushenko

2

Arshavin

2

Sharapova

2

Turchinsky

2

Gamova

2

Povetkin

2

Slutskaya

2

Other

11

Valuev

2

Yagudin

2

Other

10

Other

15

Hard to tell

51

Fetisov

2

Kerzhakov

2

Hard to tell

66

Hard to tell

66

 

 

Other

22

Other

19

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

48

Hard to tell

57


In your opinion, who is the actor or actress of the year in Russia?

 (open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

2007

2008

2009

 

2010

 

2011

Abdulov

4

Khabenksy

14

Tikhonov

10

Bezrukov

4

Bezrukov

9

Zavorotnyuk

3

Bezrukov

3

 Khabensky

7

Averin

4

Averin

4

Khabensky

3

Zavorotnyuk

3

Bezrukov

6

Boyarskaya

3

Mironov

4

Snatkina

3

Mikhalkov

3

Freindlikh

4

Poroshina

3

Boyarskaya

2

Bezrukov

3

Mironov

3

Basharov

3

Khabensky

2

Porechenkov

2

Galkin

3

Domogarov

2

Yankovsky

3

Boyko

2

Khabensky

2

Mashkov

3

Abdulov

2

Boyarskaya

2

Galkin

2

Other

18

Khamatova

2

Porechenkov

2

Mironov

2

Others

24

Hard to tell

54

Basharov

2

Snatkina

2

Snatkina

2

Hard to tell

49

 

 

Porechenkov

2

Other

29

Turchinsky

2

 

 

Other

27

Hard to tell

44

Khamatova

2

 

 

Hard to tell

51

Other

29

 

 

Hard to tell

41

 

 


Who is the writer of the year in Russia, in your opinion?

 (open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

Solzhenitsin

7

Dontsova

5

Dontsova

7

Akunin

3

Dontsova

4

Akunin

2

Other

7

Dontsova

3

Pelevin

2

Other  

10

Hard to tell

81

Ustinova

2

Ustinova

2

Hard to tell

80

 

 

Other

5

Akunin

2

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

82

Other

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

75

 

 

 

 

 

 


In your opinion, who is the musical performer of the year in Russia?

(open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Bilan

17

Baskov

8

Kirkorov

8

Kirkorov

11

Baskov

7

 Bilan

7

Baskov

7

Baskov

8

Pugacheva

5

Pugacheva

7

Mikhailov

6

Mikhailov

8

Kirkorov

3

Krutoy

6

Krutoy

6

Pugacheva

4

Rotaru

3

Kirkorov

5

Rotaru

5

Bilan

3

Krutoy

2

Rotaru

4

Valeriya

4

Vaenga

3

Makarevich

2

 Kobzon

3

Pugacheva

4

Leps

3

Kadysheva

2

Khvorostovsky

3

Meladze

3

Khvorostovsky

3

Kobzon

2

Rybak

2

Bilan

3

Valeriya

2

Nikolaev

2

Leps

2

Leps

3

Rotaru

2

Magomaev

2

Leschenko

2

Nikolaev

2

Shevchuk

2

Leschenko

2

Makarevich

2

Lyube

2

Krutoy

2

Valeriya

2

Valeriya

2

Kadysheva

2

Other

7

Other

13

Kadysheva

2

Hard to tell

37

Hard to tell

44

Hard to tell

39

Leontiev

2

 

 

 

 

Maksim

2

 

 

 

 

Other

28

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

36

 

 

                                                            

In your opinion, what is the TV program of the year in Russia?

(open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Vesti

8

Pust govoryat

8

Pust govoryat

12

Pust govoryat

16

Zvezdy na ldu/Lednikovy period

8

Vesti

7

Zhdi menya

7

Novosti

7

Zhdi menya

8

Zhdi menya

7

Vesti

5

Davay pozhenimsya

4

Pust govoryat

6

Vremya

5

Novosti (Pervy kanal)

5

Zhdi menya

4

Novosti (Pervy kanal)

5

Lednikovy period

5

Davay pozhenimsya

5

Pole chudes

3

Comedy Club

5

Novosti (Pervy kanal)

5

Pole chudes

3

Vremya

2

Pole chudes

3

Pole chudes

4

Vremya

3

Zhit zdorovo

2

Malakhov +

3

Davay pozhenimsya

3

Shto? Gde? Kogda?

3

ZhKKh

2

K barieru

3

Comedy Club

3

Bolshaya raznitsa

3

Comedy

2

Minuta slavy

3

Malakhov +

3

ZhKKh

3

NTVshniki

2

Dom-2

2

Shto? Gde? Kogda?

3

Led i plamen

2

Pryamoi efir

2

KVN

2

Bitva ekstrasensov

2

Minuta slavy

2

Chelovek i zakon

2

Zvezdny led

2

Bolshaya raznitsa

2

ProjektorParisHilton

2

Other

32

Chelovek i zakon

2

Bolshie gonki

2

Bolshie Gonki

2

Hard to tell

34

Nasha Russia

2

Dom- 2

2

Chelovek i zakon

2

Shto? Gde? Kogda?

2

KVN

2

Zhit zdorovo

2

Other

20

Minuta slavy

2

Comedy Club

2

Hard to tell

22

Modny prigovor

2

Maksimum

2

 

 

ProjektorParisHilton

2

Segodnya

2

 

 

Svoya Igra

2

Bitva Ekstrasensov

2

 

 

Sports broadcasting

2

Dom - 2

2

 

 

Chelovek i zakon

2

Modny Prigovor

2

 

 

Other

37

Chas suda

2

 

 

Hard to tell

22

Chrezvychainye proishestviya

2

 

 

 

 

KVN

2

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

23


In your opinion, what are the TV series of the year in Russia?

(open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Graf Monte Kristo

11

Karmelita

13

Glukhar

9

Svaty

12

Zhenschina bez proshlogo

5

Odnazhdy budet lyubov

4

Svaty

6

Glukhar

8

Schastlivy vmeste

4

Papiny dochki

4

Pobeg

5

Interny

4

Tatianin den

3

Univer

3

Univer

5

Univer

4

Glukhar

3

Volf Messing

3

Vsegda govori vsegda

5

Efrosinia

3

Ulitsy razbitikh fonarei

2

Margosha

3

Obruchalnoe koltso

5

Obruchalnoe koltso

3

Soldaty

2

Obruchalnoe koltso

3

Interny

4

Voroniny

2

Other

29

Svaty

3

Efrosinia

4

Vse k luchshemu

2

Hard to tell

43

Sled

3

Otechestvennie serialy

3

Dikiy

2

 

 

Likvidatsiya

2

Liteiniy

2

Zhizn i priklyucheniya Mishki Yaponchika

2

 

 

Khozyaika  taigi

2

Papiny dochki

2

Zdravstvui, mama

2

 

 

Admiral

2

Sled

2

Realnie patsany

2

 

 

Menty/Ulitsy razbitikh fonarey

2

Voroniny

2

Tayny sledstviya

2

 

 

Soldaty

2

Margosha

2

Other

15

 

 

Schastlivy vmeste

2

Institut blagorodnikh devits

2

Hard to tell

48

 

 

Tayny sledstviya

2

Other

1

 

 

Other

23

Hard to tell

40

 

 

Hard to tell

42

 

 


What is the movie (Russian or foreign) of the year?

 (open-ended question, up to three answers, shown are answers by at least 2% of respondents)

 

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

2011

Admiral

15

Admiral

7

Avatar

8

Vysotskiy. Spasibo, sho zhivoy

9

Dvenadtsat

7

2012

6

Russian movies

6

Avatar

3

Ironia sudby. Prodolzhenie

2

Taras Bulba

5

Foreign movies

5

Utomlennye solntsem  

3

Ostrov

2

Avatar

3

Admiral

2

Elki

2

Other

17

Tsar

3

Brestskaya krepost

2

Other

7

Hard to tell

53

Kanikuly strogogo rezhima

2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2

Hard to tell

63

 

 

Semnadtsat mgnovniy vesny

2

Other

1

 

 

Sumerki (Twilight)

2

Hard to tell

57

 

 

Other

12

 

 

 

 

Hard to tell

55

 

 

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