Vremya is a unique biography project that tells viewers about the lives of outstanding people: musicians and athletes, politicians and scientists, TV hosts and actors, film, theater, and music stars. On Vremya channel, legendary people speak about themselves, their lives, and their epoch.

Vremya is the history of the XX century in person. Journalist investigations, declassified documents, unique archive materials and biographic evidence — Vremya channel uses this puzzle to carefully recreate the lives of those who have forever made their way into history, and opens previously unknown pages in the lives of idols.

Viewers will see author and biographic programs, documentary premieres, programs about legendary people and landmark events, Russian and international documentary series, and priceless archive materials of the State Radio and Television Fund and Channel One Russia.

In his author program Zolotoy Vynyl (Golden Vinyl), musician Oleg Nesterov describes the making of cult Soviet songs and the lives of their authors and performers. In the show Po Volne Moyey Pamyati (On the Waves of My Memory), famous singers and composers share their memories of the highlight moments in their lives. Program Monologue presents the revelations of the heroes of our time. Marina Raikina’s program Roli Ispolnyaut (Cast) treats the audience to unforgettable encounters with theater idols.

The series of biographical films Chelovek v Kadre (Person in Shot) gives viewers unknown details of the lives of film stars long gone. The section Po Zayavkam Zriteley (Upon Viewers’ Requests) presents unique remastered programs, while Artefakti Vremeni (Artifacts of Time) shows rare footages from the Soviet past of our country.

The Vremya studio has already seen Irina Rodnina, Bella Akhmadulina, Yuri Nikolayev, Muslim Magomayev, Iosif Kobzon, Natalia Varley, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, Alexander Zbruyev, Veniamin Smekhov, Armen Jigarkhanyan, Elena Tsyplakova, Alexander Shirvindt, and many others. Viewers will meet Alexander Sklyar, Eduard Khil, Ivar Kalnynsh, Lyudmila Porgina, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Natalia Belokhvostikova, Tatiana Antsyferova, Olga Korbut, Lech Walesa, Maryla Rodowicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Joanna Chmielewska, and Wojciech Jaruzelski.

Vremya will tell stories from the lives of Luciano Pavarotti, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Deep Purple, Boris Pasternak, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Sigmund Freud, Benito Mussolini, Ernesto Che Guevara, Yves Saint Laurent, Mahatma Gandhi, Christian Lacroix, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Paul McCartney, and other outstanding people of our time.

National research of non-air TV channels TNS TV Index + in the 1H of 2009 showed that Vremya became the leader in popularity in its segment. It also registered the best parity of home reception and monthly viewing.