Peculiarities of the National Hunt is the first and most notable "Russian national comedy".
As soon as it was released in 1995 it became a nationwide success in Russia, the leader at the Russian box office. It won the Nika Award

Nika Award

The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Academy Awards . Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory...

 and Kinotavr

Kinotavr

Kinotavr , also known as Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival carried out in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991...

 awards. It was followed by several other "Peculiarities..." films.

Synopsis

A young Finn who does research in hunting, “Finik”, talks his Russian friend into helping him participate in a real Russian hunt in order to get to know the habits of real Russian hunters. His flamboyant companions include an Army general, a police detective, a local forest ranger (a devotee of Zen Buddhism) and some big-city types from St. Petersburg. The parties where they drink vodka and then have amazing adventures, all this is shocking to “Finik". But he has no regrets about wasted time...