Taiga Novel (2000) featured a cast of 87 tracked actors. Of these, 47 (77%) are still alive today and 14 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Galina Polskikh, age 86. This TV series starred Aleksey Guskov and Marat Basharov.
77% still with us· verified cast54% of full cast · incl. 26 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 77% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 70.1 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast87 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksey Guskov Nikita Goloshchyokin - kapitan | Nikita Goloshchyokin - kapitan | Living | 20/05/1958 | 68 | — | 42 |
 Marat Basharov Ivan Stolbov - leitenant | Ivan Stolbov - leitenant | Living | 22/08/1974 | 52 | — | 26 |
 Olga Budina Marina Goloshchyokina - vrach | Marina Goloshchyokina - vrach | Living | 22/02/1975 | 51 | — | 25 |
 Elena Panova Galina Zhgut | Galina Zhgut | Living | 09/06/1977 | 49 | — | 23 |
 Mikhail Efremov Aleksey Zhgut - starshyy leitenant | Aleksey Zhgut - starshyy leitenant | Living | 10/11/1963 | 63 | — | 37 |
 Renata Litvinova Albina Voron - medsestra | Albina Voron - medsestra | Living | 12/01/1967 | 59 | — | 33 |
 Andrei Panin Vyacheslav Voron - major-osobist | Vyacheslav Voron - major-osobist | Deceased | 28/05/1962 | 50 | 06/03/2013 | 38 |
 Vladimir Simonov Vadim Glinskiy - pevets | Vadim Glinskiy - pevets | Deceased | 07/06/1957 | 68 | 08/11/2025 | 43 |
Vadim Gusev Ranenyy starik | Ranenyy starik | Deceased | 25/02/1925 | 79 | 06/06/2004 | 75 |
 Valentin Golubenko Beglyy ugolovnik | Beglyy ugolovnik | Deceased | 08/10/1940 | 82 | 02/10/2023 | 60 |
 Mikhail Belenkiy Beglyy ugolovnik | Beglyy ugolovnik | Living | 11/03/1984 | 42 | — | 16 |
 Vladimir Yepifantsev Beglyy ugolovnik | Beglyy ugolovnik | Living | 08/09/1971 | 55 | — | 29 |
Dmitriy Shablinskiy Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vladimir Vdovichenkov Patrulnyy | Patrulnyy | Living | 13/08/1971 | 55 | — | 29 |
A. Lagutkin Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Timur Bazinskiy Kazaryan - serzhant | Kazaryan - serzhant | Living | 05/07/1973 | 53 | — | 27 |
Marina Sukhova Direktor detskogo sada | Direktor detskogo sada | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Natalya Pozdnyakova Direktor podshefnoy shkoly | Direktor podshefnoy shkoly | Deceased | 25/12/1955 | 66 | 22/09/2022 | 45 |
Tatyana Maslova Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yuliya Korotkova Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ivan Zabiyaka Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 20/07/1944 | 82 | — | 56 |
Aleksey Losyuk Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Sergey Fedorov Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 12/07/1966 | 60 | — | 34 |
 Dmitri Ulyanov Ofitser | Ofitser | Living | 26/10/1972 | 54 | — | 28 |
 Evgeny Berezovsky Ofitser | Ofitser | Living | 12/06/1972 | 54 | — | 28 |
Andrey Petrov Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Yana Shivkova Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 27/07/1975 | 51 | — | 25 |
Filipp Feoktistov Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Irina Tomskaya Uchitelnitsa | Uchitelnitsa | Living | 16/09/1974 | 52 | — | 26 |
Vkhan Kho Syk Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
M. Akimova Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rim Rayanov Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
A. Semyonov Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Dmitri Shvadchenko Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Pyotr Barancheev Ofitser | Ofitser | Living | 09/06/1974 | 52 | — | 26 |
 Yuliya Nazarenko Nadya | Nadya | Living | 22/07/1977 | 49 | — | 23 |
Denis Sysoev Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Baatr Kolaev Kitayskiy propagandist | Kitayskiy propagandist | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Sergey Batalov Zheleznodorozhnik na stantsii | Zheleznodorozhnik na stantsii | Living | 19/04/1957 | 69 | — | 43 |
 Aleksandr Bashirov Tsyrkovoy kloun | Tsyrkovoy kloun | Living | 24/09/1955 | 71 | — | 45 |
 Vladimir Timofeev Tsyrkovoy artist-kartyozhnik | Tsyrkovoy artist-kartyozhnik | Living | 24/09/1961 | 65 | — | 39 |
 Boris Opletaev Tsyrkovoy kloun | Tsyrkovoy kloun | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Evgeniy Sarmont Rodstvennik Gali | Rodstvennik Gali | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Vladimir Anikin Provodnik v poezde | Provodnik v poezde | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Aleksandr Ablyazov Chelovek so shramom v poezde | Chelovek so shramom v poezde | Living | 26/05/1960 | 66 | — | 40 |
 Aleksandr Robak Passazhir poezda - vydovavshyy sebya za okhrannika Galiny | Passazhir poezda - vydovavshyy sebya za okhrannika Galiny | Living | 28/12/1973 | 52 | — | 27 |
 Elena Valyushkina Zhena proigravshegosya passazhira v poezde | Zhena proigravshegosya passazhira v poezde | Living | 08/12/1962 | 63 | — | 38 |
 Aleksandr Mitta Proigravshiysya passazhir v poezde | Proigravshiysya passazhir v poezde | Deceased | 28/03/1933 | 92 | 14/07/2025 | 67 |
 Aleksandr Dubina Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 22/01/1957 | 69 | — | 43 |
 Ilham Khanbudagov Kartochnyy shuler v poezde | Kartochnyy shuler v poezde | Living | 11/12/1951 | 74 | — | 49 |
Sergey Solonitsyn Otets Galiny | Otets Galiny | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vladimir Karpovich Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 26/07/1958 | 68 | — | 42 |
Konstantin Kishchuk Bandit v poezde | Bandit v poezde | Deceased | — | — | — | — |
E. Fedchenko Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ilya Andreev Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Ruslan Khabibullov Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 02/03/1975 | 51 | — | 25 |
 Vladimir Episkoposyan Kartochnyy shuler v poezde | Kartochnyy shuler v poezde | Living | 21/01/1950 | 76 | — | 50 |
 Aleksandr Naumov Ep[isodic role | Ep[isodic role | Living | 01/08/1958 | 68 | — | 42 |
 Valeriy Fedotov Provodnik v poezde | Provodnik v poezde | Deceased | 19/10/1963 | 50 | 02/11/2013 | 37 |
 Aleksandr Semchev Serdyuk - zampolit, major | Serdyuk - zampolit, major | Living | 16/04/1969 | 57 | — | 31 |
 Aleksandra Skachkova Zhena Serdyuka | Zhena Serdyuka | Deceased | 21/03/1973 | 52 | 03/01/2026 | 27 |
 Olga Chudakova Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 21/05/1977 | 49 | — | 23 |
 Zhanna Chirva Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 19/04/1970 | 56 | — | 30 |
Oleg Nepomnyaschiy Semyon Kerzon - administrator Glinskogo | Semyon Kerzon - administrator Glinskogo | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Anna Skvarnik Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 19/07/1975 | 51 | — | 25 |
 Kirill Petrov Ryadovoy | Ryadovoy | Living | 23/05/1976 | 50 | — | 24 |
 Mikhail Zhigalov Stepan Borzov - polkovnik | Stepan Borzov - polkovnik | Living | 02/05/1942 | 84 | — | 58 |
Gennadi Solovyov Ryzheev - ryadovoy | Ryzheev - ryadovoy | Living | 04/07/1978 | 48 | — | 22 |
Aleksey Moiseev Ryadovoy | Ryadovoy | Living | 13/06/1974 | 52 | — | 26 |
 Galina Polskikh Mariya - zhena polkovnika Borzova | Mariya - zhena polkovnika Borzova | Living | 27/11/1939 | 86 | — | 61 |
 Said Dashuk-Nigmatulin Umarov - ryadovoy | Umarov - ryadovoy | Living | 21/10/1980 | 46 | — | 20 |
 Aleksey Usoltsev Brateev - serzhant | Brateev - serzhant | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Aleksey Panin Zhigulin - ryadovoy | Zhigulin - ryadovoy | Living | 10/09/1977 | 49 | — | 23 |
 Aleksandra Nazarova Anna Pavlovna - sanitarka | Anna Pavlovna - sanitarka | Deceased | 17/07/1940 | 79 | 20/08/2019 | 60 |
 Alexandr Karpilovsky Kolya Vasyutin - ryadovoy | Kolya Vasyutin - ryadovoy | Living | 08/05/1964 | 62 | — | 36 |
 Denis Nikiforov Ryadovoy | Ryadovoy | Living | 02/08/1977 | 49 | — | 23 |
Kim Won-Seok Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Aleksey Alekseev Styopochkin - ryadovoy | Styopochkin - ryadovoy | Living | 20/03/1979 | 47 | — | 21 |
 Vladimir Timoshenko Episodic role | Episodic role | Living | 17/10/1975 | 51 | — | 25 |
 Denis Yakovlev Beglyy ugolovnik | Beglyy ugolovnik | Living | 09/04/1978 | 48 | — | 22 |
Arkadiy Ubeev Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kan Te Sik Episodic role | Episodic role | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Aleksei Zharkov «Papa» - kontrabandist | «Papa» - kontrabandist | Deceased | 27/03/1948 | 68 | 05/06/2016 | 52 |
 Tatyana Okunevskaya Tatyana Lvovna - babushka Albiny | Tatyana Lvovna - babushka Albiny | Deceased | 03/03/1914 | 88 | 15/05/2002 | 86 |
 Galina Dyomina Baba Vera | Baba Vera | Deceased | 05/12/1925 | 79 | 08/10/2005 | 75 |
 Sergey Maslennikov Episodic role | Episodic role | Deceased | 12/03/1962 | 58 | 12/06/2020 | 38 |
 Evgeniy Shchetinin карточный шулер в поезде | карточный шулер в поезде | Living | 17/11/1956 | 69 | — | 44 |