''Investigation Led by ZnaToKi'', or ''Investigation Led by Experts'' (russian: Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи,
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''Sledstvie vedut ZnaToKi'') was a popular 1971-1989
Soviet
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detective
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TV-series with two
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n series (2002 and 2003). Total episodes released — 24.
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
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based on the lyrics ''Invisible Battle'' (Nezrimiy Boi - ''Our mission is both dangerous and difficult, and most invisible at first glance...'') by
Anatoly Gorokhov
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features in almost all series. It became an unofficial hymn of the
Soviet Militia
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.
Original cast members
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Georgy Martyniuk
Georgy Yakovlevich Martyniuk ( rus, Георгий Яковлевич Мартынюк, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪtɕ mərtɨˈnʲuk; 3 March 1940 – 13 February 2014) was a Russian film and theater actor.
Biography
Born in Orenbu ...
as Pavel Znamenski, Senior investigator
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Leonid Kanevsky
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as Aleksandr Tomin, Senior Inspector-detective
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Elza Lezhdey
Elza Ivanovna Lezhdey (russian: Эльза Ивановна Леждей; 19 February 1933 — 12 June 2001) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was best recognized for her role as Zinaida Kibrit in ''Investigation Held by ZnaToKi''. Appearing in ...
as Zinaida Kibrit, laboratory analyst
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Lidia Velezheva
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as Kitaeva, laboratory analyst (since 2002, after Elza Lezhdey's death)
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Vera Vasilyeva
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as Margarita Nikolayevna Znamenskaya, Znamenski's mother
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Semen Sokolovskiy as Colonel Skopin, Chief of Investigation department, Znamenski's boss
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Lev Durov as Afanasiy Filippov, Senior Inspector of
GAI
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(traffic police)
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Anatoly Grachov as Mikhail Tokarev, Senior Inspector of
OBKhSS
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(financial police)
Occasional cast
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Boris Ivanov
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Leonid Bronevoy
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Valery Nosik
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Stanislav Chekan
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Nikolai Karachentsov
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Leonid Markov
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Biography
Markov was born in the villa ...
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Iya Savvina
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Leonid Kuravlyov
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Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
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Alexander Kaidanovsky
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 / 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
Episode 01Episode 02Episode 03Episode 04Episode 05Episode 06Episode 07Episode 08
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