''Klim'' (russian: Клим) is a

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psychological crime drama television series starring

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as the title character, Detective Chief Inspector Klim, who works in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia. The series is a direct remake of the BBC TV series ''

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''. The show is produced by

Sreda The Moscow Literary Sreda (russian: Моско́вская Литерату́рная Cреда, Moskovskaya Literaturnaya Sreda/Moskovskaja Literaturnaja Sreda) was a Moscow literary group founded in 1899 by Nikolai Teleshov. The name Sreda me ...

for broadcast on

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. Shooting began in Moscow in August 2014, and the first episode aired January 2016.

Plot

Klim is a Detective Chief Inspector working for the Serious Crime Unit in

Saint Petersburg Police The Saint Petersburg Police (russian: полиция Санкт-Петербурга), officially the Main Administration for Internal Affairs of the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (Главное управление внут ...

. A dedicated police officer, Klim is obsessive, possessed, and sometimes dangerous in the violence of his fixations. However, he has paid a heavy price for his dedication; he has never been able to prevent himself from being consumed by the darkness of the crimes with which he deals. For him, the job always comes first. His dedication is a curse and a blessing, both for him and those close to him.

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