An Ordinary Woman

Has been marketed as "the first Russian series made for international audiences".

Eight months after its premiere on Russian television, a so-called "screenwriter's version" of the first season, subtitled "Nerasskazannaya Istoriya" ("The Untold Story") made its debut on the Russian streaming platform TNT-Premier, as it was "so tough that it cannot be shown on TV", being rated 18+ instead of 16+. Screenwriter Maria Melenevskaya, the only woman on the creative team, was upset that the initial release "did not include some important points that reveal the characters of Marina and Sveta" and together with co-writer Denis Utochkin, they convinced director Boris Khlebnikov to release "an even more feminist and uncompromising version" of the story and "show the audience the series as it was originally conceived".

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Anna Mikhalkova/Evgeny Grishkovets/MARUV (2018)