Russian aristocrat trades silk for sleuthing in this chaotic 19th-century crime caper.
Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestA young man from the noble Bezsonov family — Nikolai — by chance and at the behest of his heart becomes an ordinary official of the detective police. His colleagues receive him coldly, and only an experienced official, Pyotr Romanovich Shchukin, sees in the young man the future star of the investigation. Together they are trying to uncover a chain of mysterious and dangerous crimes committed either in the city slums or in the boudoir of a socialite.
Acting
Denis Nurulin's noble-to-awkward transformation is *chef's kiss*.
Costume
Uniforms vs. ball gowns: the visual tension you didn't know you needed.
Writing
Slum crime meets salon scandal in gloriously messy intersections.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series taps into a wave of Russian prestige TV reimagining 19th-century bureaucracy with modern sensibilities — think 'Sherlock' but make it Tsarist and deeply anxious about class.
Denis Nurulin reportedly took fencing lessons for three months despite Nikolai never actually fencing on screen — the dedication to 'noble energy' was apparently that serious.
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