Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestShorty after the 1917 Russian Revolution, during the New Economic Policy era, a criminal becomes a police officer through a case of mistaken identity and uses his knowledge to solve cases previously out of reach of the force.
Acting
Anton Shagin's slippery charm keeps you rooting for the fraud
Production
Gritty 1920s Petrograd recreated with moody authenticity
Writing
Cases that weaponize class tension like a blunt instrument
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The NEP era was a real historical loophole where limited capitalism returned—making Mikhail's grift weirdly period-accurate social commentary.
Anton Bormatov adapted this from his own 2017 film of the same name, expanding what was originally a tight con-man tragedy into episodic moral chaos.
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