The investigation was conducted

Season 10

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 10

35 Episodes

Робингуды по-советски
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Робингуды по-советскиFake MUR officers impersonating police robbed Moscow gold black market dealers in 1974; exposed when a victim reported them to the KGB.
Филипп «Кровавый»
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Филипп «Кровавый»1946, Leningrad. A wave of disappearances is sweeping through the city. Soon, several bodies of the missing are accidentally found, and then, thanks to the testimony of the wife of one of the disappeared, they also come to the criminal. The killer turns out to be Philip Tyurin, who killed for the sake of awards that he could not get at the front. In total, Tyurin confessed to 29 murders.
Хочу ребёнка!
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Хочу ребёнка!1983, Moscow. In one of the maternity hospitals, Yana Leonova, who recently gave birth to a son, dies from a lethal injection for her. Soon someone kidnaps the child himself. Suspicion falls on Anatoliy, the married lover of the deceased and the father of the kidnapped boy. But the investigation do not have time to interrogate him, as he suddenly dies - someone in the park gave him poison to drink and left him to die.
Чёрный гений
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Чёрный генийPosing as a secret agent 'Skopets', Valery Skoptsov killed child traffickers in Oryol, 1989; exposed by an acquaintance.
Хозяин жизни
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Хозяин жизниMeat plant director Nikolai Shkola murdered two girls, daughters of officials he clashed with, in Shilovo, Ryazan, 1981.
Красные чернила
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Красные чернилаGeorgy Strogalyov, son of the city architect, and Igor Silkin raped and murdered young women in Oryol, 1986.
Мясная мафия
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Мясная мафия'Meat mafia' killed factory director Vadim Soldatov and a detective in Moscow, 1984 over stolen sausage schemes; plotters jailed.
Хирург
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ХирургUnqualified medic Yuri Poloka botched births and abortions, causing deaths including Olga Akynshina in Moscow, 1975; exposed later.
Приговорённые
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ПриговорённыеTeens Stanislav Kuptsov and Alexey Panfyorov attacked people with German surnames, killing Valentin Miller in Penza, 1981; reported by a mother.
Бункер. Современная версия
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Бункер. Современная версияAleksandr Komin imprisoned women in a garage bunker, forcing them to sew in Vyatskiye Polyany, 1995-97; escaped victim Irina Ganyushkina exposed him.
Тренер
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ТренерTeacher Nikolai Evplov led a gang committing robberies and murders, eliminating disloyal members in Penza, 1980.
Вокзал для двоих
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Вокзал для двоихTrain chief Mikhail Semyachkin murdered passengers, including a woman thrown from a train near Petushki, Vladimir region, 1972; killed by buffet worker Olga Babenko.
Стрелок
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СтрелокPipefitter Alexander Labutkin, a former gun tester, shot victims in Leningrad forest parks, 1933 with ball-bearing bullets.
Волчица
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ВолчицаOrphanage graduate Nadezhda Volkova murdered sons of officials in Moscow region, 1974 and Stanislav Boretsky in 1981 after they pressured her for sex.
Лицо с обложки
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Лицо с обложкиEx-con Felix Ryumin drove model Regina Zbarskaya to suicide for past testimony and murdered her friend Anna Poroshenko in Moscow, 1987; killed himself in 1993.
Поклонник
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ПоклонникValery Monin, godson and obsessed admirer, murdered seductive teacher Liliya Tsukanova and a man in her Krasnodar flat, 1990.
Дело Горбатого
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Дело ГорбатогоYuri Alexeev, faking a hunchback, led a gang robbing underground millionaires in Leningrad, 1977-82; caught trying to sell victim's coins.
Delo o vedme
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Delo o vedmeElderly Yefrosinya Izotova abducted boys from a camp in Ivanovo region, 1978, convincing one she was 'Baba Yaga'.
Зимняя вишня
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Зимняя вишняEnvious friend Nonna murdered Alla Makeeva in Moscow, 1981 over a foreign marriage; ordered her son Vasya killed, but he survived.
Лгунья
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ЛгуньяDuped by fiancee Natalya Kurkova's rape lie, Andrey Arkhipov murdered 7 in Volgorechensk, 1991; killed by accomplice Ivan Lugovoy in Crimea.
Маленький свидетель
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Маленький свидетельPilot Nikita Volkov's wife Alena had lovers murder him in Moscow, 1977; one killed the other and Nikita's father protecting witness daughter Nastya.
Солнечные дети
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Солнечные детиObsessed with curing her autistic daughter, Larisa Ikonnikova abused adopted Down syndrome teens Maria and Nikolai, attempting murder in Moscow region, 1977.
Чёрная кошка с берегов Невы
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Чёрная кошка с берегов НевыTeen gang leader Evgeny 'Ryzhik' Volkov committed murders on Leningrad's Vasilievsky Island, 1945; exposed by a fatally wounded policeman.
Убийцы тоже плачут
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Убийцы тоже плачутGang led by Rinat Guseynov murdered Northern train workers in 1989 and taxi drivers in Kirov region; exposed by boastful member Alexander Dernov in prison.
Чужая жена
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Чужая женаEnvious best friend Vitaly Simonenkov massacred Vadim Shcherbakov's entire family, including children, in Volzhsky, 1989.
Шальные деньги
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Шальные деньгиAirport passport officer Konstantin Sirotin's gang murdered an engineer's family for foreign goods in Moscow, 1984.
Delo Professora
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Delo ProfessoraSeries on high-profile murders investigated by Volgograd's homicide department in the 1980s.
Золотой мешок
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Золотой мешокArkady Bunishko orchestrated murders of his father, a Bolshoi violinist, and stepmother for antique inheritance in Moscow, 1974; linked to UK citizen attack.
Моя коварная няня
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Моя коварная няняNanny Galina Chistyakova kidnapped her charge Seryozha Lavrentiev for ransom, revenge, and sick mother's funds in Moscow, 1982; employer killed a friend.
Влюбленный циркач
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Влюбленный циркачFormer circus strongman Boris Korneev, deemed insane, murdered women linked to Natalya, a girl he tried to rescue from abuse in Voskresensk, 1968; killed her too.
Любовь и золото
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Любовь и золотоGang led by ex-OBHSS officer Nikolai Vasin, Yury Basov, and taxi driver Anatoly Shelestov robbed wealthy flats, murdering occupants in Leningrad, 1982.
Северный детектив
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Северный детективSeries on brutal murder sprees causing public panic in Arkhangelsk and Naryan-Mar, 1990; killers swiftly apprehended.
Бифштекс с кровью
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Бифштекс с кровьюVet expert Victoria Kolosova murdered on Moscow's Biryulevo market, 1983 by meat mafia; investigation uncovered warring underground meat barons in Saratov, one car-bombed.
Идеальное похищение
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Идеальное похищениеEx-inspector Nikolai Yastrebov orchestrated kidnappings of Nastya Ilyina and Stepan Vavilov in Moscow, 1983; both murdered, ransom stolen.
Очи чёрные
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Очи чёрныеPreviously convicted Roma Leonid Ogly committed robberies and murders during a 1977 crime spree in Kuibyshev.