Obvious , it represents more than an inspired adaptation of novel. More than costumes, dances , dialogues, rooms , it is a chronicle, a precise one, of the Russia behind his fall. The use of Russian - Japanese war is one of the most inspired ingredients and the admirable work of beautiful Elisaveta Boiarskaia represents the fair definition of Anna Karenina in its deep traits. A series about past and gray present, in th frame of a meeting , proposing not just a vision but useful start points for self definition of events. Grace seems the basic virtue of this exceptional Russian series.