The investigation was conducted
Season 1
The documentary series investigates the USSR's most sensational criminal cases. Host Leonid Kanevskiy guides viewers through the intricate details of each investigation. Beyond the crimes themselves, the series provides a unique glimpse into Soviet society through narratives of daily life during that period. The series covers the entire Soviet era, from 1917 to 1991.
Where to Watch The investigation was conducted • Season 1
32 Episodes
- Кремлевский гамбит
E1Кремлевский гамбитIn the summer of 1982, Yuriy Andropov raised the issue of poor food supplies to Moscow in the CPSU Central Committee. A big purge began, which was eventually targeted at the first secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU, Viktor Grishin. Many leaders of Soviet trade were detained on charges of embezzling socialist property, including the former head of Glavtorg Tregubov and the director of the Eliseevskiy grocery store, Yuriy Sokolov. - Ленька Пантелеев. Налетчик № 1
E2Ленька Пантелеев. Налетчик № 1In the early 1920s, a raider named Leonid Pantyolkin, nicknamed "Lyonka Panteleev", appeared in Petrograd. He was engaged in robberies and murders. Militia managed to neutralize the bandit, but he soon escaped from the Kresty prison, but the militia established his whereabouts. During the second detention, Pantyolkin put up armed resistance to the militia and was killed. - Угрозыск против «Фантомасов», 2-я серия
E4Угрозыск против «Фантомасов», 2-я серияOn June 7, 1973, after 18-month lull, the 'Fantômas' gang robbed a Southern Water Mgmt Inst. cashier in Rostov-on-Don, took 125K rubles and killed a witness; leaders Tolstopyatov bros caught after chase by officers Rusov and Saliutin. - Знамя Адольфа Гитлера
E11Знамя Адольфа ГитлераBeginning on October 18, 1941, in besieged Leningrad, attacks on trucks with bread, vital for the city, began. The bandits killed the car drivers. As it turned out, the murders and robberies on the instructions of the Abwehr were committed by a gang of 12 former criminals led by a certain Kasharniy. - Охотники за бриллиантами, 1-я серия
E13Охотники за бриллиантами, 1-я серияOn Nov 14, 1980, robbers stole part of a vast diamond and jewelry collection from writer Alexei Tolstoy's widow in Moscow; Smuggler Leonid Slepak organized it, hiring thief Anatoly Beca, who was caught but escaped mid-investigation. - Щипач
E19ЩипачJuly 28, 1981. An unprecedented incident occurred in the Arkhangelskoye estate near Moscow - a diamond necklace was stolen from Galina Brezhneva, daughter of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev, and after a while, the corpse of a famous thief in law was found near the estate. - Любовь под кремлевскими звездами
E21Любовь под кремлевскими звездамиMay 23, 1952. There was an arrest of General Nikolay Vlasik, the head of Stalin's security service. Many believe that it was due to Valentina Istomina, Stalin's housekeeper. The episode also talks about the wives and women of many party leaders. - Красная бригада
E23Красная бригадаIn 1980, a gang appeared in Kazan, engaged in robberies and murders. Its leader, Vladimir Pustovit, hid his accomplices under the guise of the anti-Soviet Red Brigade organization. Vladimir Pustovit and the chief executioner of the gang, Viktor Osipov, were sentenced to death. - Черный капитан
E24Черный капитанMay 1978. In the south of the RSFSR, the disappearance of drivers with their personal vehicles began. Immediately 5 cars with bullet holes were found at the bottom of the Nevinnomysskiy Canal. After a long time, a gang of 4 was established. The bandits were brothers Dmitriy, Yuriy and Valeriy Samoylenko and Sergey Lezhennikov. - Возвращение Святого Луки. Современная версия
E26Возвращение Святого Луки. Современная версияOn March 9, 1965, at Moscow's Pushkin Museum, previously convicted museum worker Valery Volkov stole Dutch master Frans Hals' "Evangelist Luke"; captured months later claiming collector Valery Alexeyev commissioned the theft. - Убить реформатора!
E27Убить реформатора!October 4, 1980. Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Belorussian SSR, died in a car accident on the Moscow-Brest highway. The car he was in collided with a truck at high speed. The truck driver, Nikolay Pustovit, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but was later amnestied. - Коронованные воры
E30Коронованные ворыIn 1992, riots swept through the colonies and prisons of Russia. This is how the underworld reacted to the death in the White Swan colony of the legendary thief in law Vasiliy Babushkin, nicknamed Vasya Brilliant. He was the last of the founders of the clan of thieves in law, along with Mishka Yaponchik and Naftaly Frenkel.
