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.
| Investigation Led by Experts | |
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| 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 |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1971 – 2003 |
Main characters — investigator Pavel Znamenski, detective Alexandr Tomin and laboratory analyst Zinaida Kibrit were acting together under a group name ZnaToKi (translated as "Experts").
The 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.[citation needed]
Original cast members
edit- 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)
Occasional cast
editTV episodes
edit- 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 / Ushyol i ne vernulsya (1980)
- Sledstvie vedut znatoki. Case #16: From the Life of 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 Knife and 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)
See ru:Категория:Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи for Russian Wikipedia articles on individual episodes.
External links
edit- Episode 01, Episode 02, Episode 03, Episode 04, Episode 05, Episode 06, Episode 07, Episode 08,
- Episode 09, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14,
- Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17, Episode 18, Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 22, Episode 23 at IMDb
