Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...
Genre	Biopic Musical
Written by	Eduard Volodarsky
Directed by	Vladimir Kott
Starring	Konstantin Khabensky Ivan Stebunov Viktoriya Isakova
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Denis Frolov
Running time	50–54 minutes
Production company	Central Partnership
Original release
Network	Inter 1TV
Release	14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)

Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was... (Russian: Пётр Лещенко. Всё, что было…, romanized: Pyotr Leschenko. Vse, chto bylo...) is a Russian biographical television mini-series, directed by Vladimir Kott, starring Konstantin Khabensky as Pyotr Leshchenko.^[1]

The show depicts the most significant events and milestones in the singer's life: childhood and youth, battles in the First World War, the beginning of his career, his success, touring Romanian-occupied Odessa, his women, and his tragic death in a prison in Romania in 1954.

The first episode of the series aired on Inter on 14 October 2013.^[2] From 22 until 25 May 2017, it was shown on 1TV.^[3]

Cast

Production

Khabensky was chosen to play Pyotr Leshchenko, because the creators of the series said that he resembles the singer with his eyes, smile and an air of "nervousness".^[4] Leshchenko's widow, Vera Belousova, met Khabensky in the late 1990s and also noted at that time that the actor reminds her of Pyotr.^[5]

Konstantin Khabensky and Ivan Stebunov took singing classes to prepare for the shooting, and performed the songs themselves in the film.^[6]

Filming took place in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Yaroslavl, as well as in Lviv and Odessa.^[6]