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Investigation Led by Experts
Also known as Investigation Led by ZnaToKi Starring
Georgy Martyniuk
Leonid Kanevsky
Elza Lezhdey Country of origin Soviet Union Russia Original language Russian
No. of episodes 24 Release 1971 (1971 ) – 2003 (2003 )
Investigation Led by ZnaToKi , or Investigation Led by Experts (
Russian : Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи ,
translit. Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi ) was a popular 1971-1989
Soviet
detective TV-series with two
Russian series (2002 and 2003). Total episodes released — 24.
Main characters — investigator Pavel Zna menski, detective Alexandr To min and laboratory analyst Zinaida Ki brit were acting together under a group name ZnaToKi (translated as "Experts").
Song by
Mark Minkov based on the lyrics Invisible Battle (Nezrimiy Boi - Our mission is both dangerous and difficult, and most invisible at first glance... ) by
Anatoly Gorokhov features in almost all series. It became an unofficial hymn of the
Soviet Militia .
This series was the soviet version of the East German
Polizeiruf 110 , which also premiered in 1971.
Original Cast Members
Georgy Martyniuk as Pavel Znamenski, Senior investigator
Leonid Kanevsky as Aleksandr Tomin, Senior Inspector-detective
Elza Lezhdey as Zinaida Kibrit, laboratory analyst
Lidia Velezheva as Kitaeva, laboratory analyst (since 2002, after Elza Lezhdey's death)
Vera Vasilyeva as Margarita Nikolayevna Znamenskaya, Znamenski's mother
Semen Sokolovskiy as Colonel Skopin, Chief of Investigation department, Znamenski's boss
Lev Durov as Afanasiy Filippov, Senior Inspector of
GAI (traffic police)
Anatoly Grachov as Mikhail Tokarev, Senior Inspector of
OBKhSS (financial police)
Non-constant cast
TV episodes
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #1: Black Broker / Chyornyy makler (1971)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #2: What Is Your True Name / Vashe podlinnoe imya (1971)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #3: Red-handed / S polichnym (1971)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #4: A Fault Confessed... / Povinnuyu golovu... (1971)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #5: Dinosaur / Dinozavr (1972)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #6: Blackmail / Shantazh (1972)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #7: Accident / Neschastnyy sluchay (1972)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #8: The Escape / Pobeg (1973)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #9: Witness / Svidetel (1974)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #10: Strike Back / Otvetnyy udar (1975)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #11: At Any Price / Lyuboy tsenoy (1977)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #12: 'Bouquet' Is Standing By / 'Buket' na priyome (1977)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #13: Before The Third Gunshot / Do tretyego vystrela (1978)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #14: Herdsboy With A Cucumber / Podpasok s ogurtsom (1979)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #15: Went And Never Returned / Ushel i ne vernulsya (1980)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #16: From The Life Of A Fruits / Iz zhizni fruktov (1981)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #17: He's Somewhere Here / On gde-to zdes' (1982)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #18: Midday Thief / Poludennyy vor (1985)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #19: The Fire / Pozhar (1985)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #20: Boomerang / Bumerang (1987)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #21: Without The Knife And A Knuckleduster / Bez nozha i kasteta (1988)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #22: Mafia / Mafiya (1989)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #23: Arbitrator / Treteyskiy sudiya (2002)
Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #24:
Pood Of Gold / Pud zolota (2003)
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