Bandit Petersburg

Bandit Petersburg is a Russian detective television series. It was one of the most successful Russian series of the early 2000s. The series is loosely based on the eight works of.
The first two parts premiered in May 2000 on the NTV channel. In total, ten seasons were produced, the last of which was broadcast in 2007. The only character who appears in 9 seasons, is Lieutenant Colonel Kudasov by Yevgeny Sidikhin.

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Music

The series' theme song is The City that isn't there, by singer and composer Igor Kornelyuk, and lyricist . Part I of the series also features You're a Stranger To Me by Tatiana Bulanova as a secondary theme.

Anachronism

Although the events of the series are portrayed as taking place in the late 1980s to early 1990s, anachronistic objects such as car models, mobile phones, personal computers, signage and media appear in the series; even gravestones with dates from the late 1990s appear.

Cast

Yevgeny Sidikhin as Lieutenant Colonel Nikita Nikitich Kudasov – Season 1–4, 6–10
Aleksandr Domogarov as Andrei Seregin, the Journalist – Season 1–6
Lev Borisov as Viktor Govorov – Season 1–6
as Detective Alexander Zverev – Season 4–7, 9
as Banker Nikolai Naumov – Season 4–7
Andrei Tolubeyev as Deputy ORB Head Gennady Vaschanov – Season 1–3, 5
Yan Tsapnik as Igor Nikiforov, the Journalist – Season 3, 7–10
Alexander Peskov as Vladimir Dmitrievich Nefedov – season 7–10
Yuri Itskov as Valentin Losev – season 7–10
Dmitry Pevtsov as Sergei Aleksandrovich Chelishchev – Season 2
Aleksei Serebryakov as Oleg Zvantsev – Season 2
Olga Drozdova / Anna Samokhina as Catherina Zvantseva – Season 2
Kirill Lavrov as Yuri Aleksandrovich Mikheev – Season 1
Evgeniya Kryukova as Lydia Pospelova – Season 1

Series structure

The series can be divided into two parts:

Seasons 1 to 6, released from 2000–2003, were set in the 1990s, and featured topics involving bandit lawlessness and corruption in law enforcement.
Seasons 7 to 10, released during 2005–2007, had mostly new characters, was set in more recent times and featured topics that involved big business.

The Baron – 5 episodes
The Lawyer – 10 episodes
The Fall of Antibiotic – 8 episodes
The Prisoner – 7 episodes
The Operative – 5 episodes
The Journalist – 7 episodes

Seasons based on the works of other writers
Redistribution – 12 episodes – 12 episodes
Dutch Passage – 12 episodes
Payback – 12 episodes

Reaction of Konstantinov to the later episodes

Konstantinov said that the series Bandit Petersburg consisted of 7 parts rather than 10, since, in his opinion, Terminal, Dutch Passage and Payback were taken in violation of copyright. Unlike the DVD, these films were broadcast without use of Bandit Petersburg in the title, although the title was listed in channel information.