# For the Tolkien completist: The Russian version of FOTR

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-tolkien-completist-the-russian-version-of-fotr/941130 "2021-04-30T22:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-tolkien-completist-the-russian-version-of-fotr/941130/1 "2021-04-30T22:54:11Z")

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Many of us have strange memories of the Soviet version of [The Hobbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1985_film))

Well, it seems that they also made [The Fellowship of the Ring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khraniteli)  
According to Wikipedia, they included Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wights.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-tolkien-completist-the-russian-version-of-fotr/941130/2 "2021-04-30T23:26:31Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vquKyNdgH3s/maxresdefault.jpg "Хранители | Часть 1 | Телеспектакль по мотивам повести Д.Р.Р.Толкиена") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vquKyNdgH3s)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oLevCLNnLmg/maxresdefault.jpg "Хранители | Часть 2 | Телеспектакль по мотивам повести Д.Р.Р.Толкиена") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLevCLNnLmg)

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-tolkien-completist-the-russian-version-of-fotr/941130/3 "2021-04-30T23:31:20Z")

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“this is what lord of the rings would have been like if frodo had dropped a heroic dose of acid before leaving the shire”

A 13 minute highlight reel:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BVwypiLatbo/maxresdefault.jpg "Highlights from the Soviet Lord of the Rings") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVwypiLatbo)

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**Author:** ![PullmanGabrielle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PullmanGabrielle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PullmanGabrielle)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-tolkien-completist-the-russian-version-of-fotr/941130/4 "2021-07-08T18:07:05Z")

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And yet, thanks to the prologue presented by Ian Holm, we have no doubts about the importance of their mission. It is not merely a treasure hunt but a desperate attempt to reclaim a homeland for a people who have been living in exile for a generation. There is extraordinary beauty in the way that Tolkien’s book, which at the beginning tells of seemingly small and even trivial things (Bilbo, the willy-nilly burglar, reluctantly embarks on a perilous journey), then rises to describe events of significant magnitudes, such as the decisive battle of the five armies. Who cares? I learned about it from [🧙 Glóin | The Tolkien Forum Wiki 🧙](https://www.thetolkienforum.com/wiki/Gl%C3%B3in)