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Founded by Borys Shefir, Serhiy Shefir and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2003.1
Kvartal 95 Studio was founded in 2003 on the basis of the KVN team Kvartal 95, which, in turn, is named after the 95th Kvartal, a neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih. Kvartal 95 KVN team was founded in 1997 while its official debut took place in 1998 at the KVN festival in Sochi. The studio as well as the KVN team was created by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who ran in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, and was elected President of Ukraine.
According to Zelenskyy, the objective of the company is to "make the world a better place, a kinder and more joyful place with the help of those tools that we have, which are humor and creativity". It has produced such popular shows as Vechirniy Kvartal (English: Evening Neighbourhood), Svaty (The In-Laws), and Servant of the People. A television channel using its brand launched in 2016.
After Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, Kvartal 95 closed its office in Moscow and began shutting down business ties with Russia. By Zelenskyy's estimation, this reduced Kvartal 95's average revenue per hour of TV programming from $200,000 to $30,000. From 2014, Kvartal 95 also began visiting the war zone to perform for Ukrainian soldiers at the front in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
After Zelenskyy's inauguration, many leading figures of Kvartal 95 joined Zelenskyy's administration as Deputy Heads of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine, and one was appointed Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Secret Service.
From Wikipedia’s article on Kvartal 95 Studio, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4