Russian TV series detective stories

List of the best Russian series of detective stories selected by visitors to our site: Detective Anna, The Ciphers, Wolf Trap, Chikatilo, Meteorite, Whirpool, The Dead Lake, Aleks Ljutyj, Kantselyarskaya Krysa, Central Russia's Vampires.

In the top there are new series of 2022, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, detective
CountryRussia, Ukraine
Duration00:52
CharactersSerial killers, Gangsters, Investigators, Detectives, Cyclists
PlotInvestigation, Intrigue, Riddles
PlaceRussia, Small towns

Nineteen-year-old Anna, living at the end of the nineteenth century in the town of Zatonsk, unexpectedly discovers that she possesses supernatural powers. The spirits of the dead literally haunt her, begging to help. Aided by her visions, Anna manages to investigate and solve a number of mysterious crimes which have baffled the police. An experienced detective, 37-year-old Yakov Shtolman, who is assigned to the police department and teams up with Anna and becomes her partner in hunting down criminals.

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Genredetective
CountryRussia
CharactersStrong women
PlotInvestigation
PlaceRussia
StyleFor girls

Moscow, 1956. Four women who are tied by the military past: work in the special department of the GRU, 11 years later converge again to conduct investigations and help the investigating authorities in especially complicated cases. With phenomenal analytical skills, Irina, Anna, Sophia and Katerina risk themselves, as well as the well-being of their own families, in order to get on the trail of criminals who threaten the lives of ordinary people and the whole country.Cipher is a Russian television detective based on the British mini-series The Bletchley Circle. The working title of the series is "The Ciphers". The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, Lean-M and the Pobeda Production Association.The premiere of the television series took place on March 11, 2019 on Channel One.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountryRussia
CharactersKillers, Criminals
PlotRevenge, Investigation, Justice, Weapons
PlaceRussia, Small towns

After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, he secretly returns to his hometown and learns that the nephew of a local mobster is responsible for his parents’ death. After killing the man, a battle between the old-newcomer and local crime bosses unfolds.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
CharactersSerial killers, Police, Killers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists
PlotInvestigation, Missing people
PlaceUSSR, Russia
StyleDark

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Genredetective
CountryRussia
PlotInvestigation, Death
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
CharactersPolice, Investigators
PlotInvestigation
PlaceRussia

A group of investigators finds murdered teenagers in a city collector. Unraveling this case step by step, the police faces an unconditional evil - a whirlpool of a big city, which sucks and destroys the weak - those whom no one loves and does not care for. This evil destroys people with impunity, and each of the characters is forced to face it personally, look inside themselves to meet their own demons and fears.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration02:16
CharactersInvestigators
PlotRevenge, Supernatural, Death
PlaceRussia
StyleAction

Experienced Moscow police officer Maksim Pokrovskiy is sent to Northern Russia to investigate the murder of the local Oligarch's daughter.

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Genredetective, history
CountryRussia
CharactersSerial killers, Killers, Investigators, Criminals, Detectives
PlotInvestigation, Second world war
PlaceRussia
StyleBased on real events

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Genrecrime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:50
PlotInvestigation
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
CountryRussia
CharactersVampire
PlotSects
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 8.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration10:30
CharactersGangsters
StylePopular

Liquidation is a highly popular Russian television series, which parallels the famous The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed with notable ethical shift. In the "Meeting Place", chief of criminal investigations Gleb Zheglov had a modus operandi "Thief must go to prison, no matter how I put him there". In Liquidation, chief of criminal investigations David Gotsman's motto has changed to "Thief must go to prison, but lawfully so". The stars of the film include famous Russian actors such as Vladimir Mashkov and Konstantin Lavronenko. Sergei Makovetsky had to replace Andrey Krasko, who died of heart attack during the filming.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, detective, military, history
CountryRussia
CharactersStudents, Tourists, Climbers
PlotSupernatural, Survival, Investigation, Death, Travel
PlaceRussia
StyleAtmospheric, Action, Twisted plot, Based on real events

Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:48

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:45
CharactersInvestigators

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Markimdb: 5.9
Genreadventure, crime, detective
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecrime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:50

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Genredetective
CountryRussia
Duration00:49
CharactersPolice, Criminals, Scammers
PlotRobbery, Relationship

Shorty after the 1917 Russian Revolution, during the New Economic Policy era, a criminal becomes a police officer through a case of mistaken identity and uses his knowledge to solve cases previously out of reach of the force.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, detective, military, history
CountryRussia
Duration02:16
PlotLove, War
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration13:20
PlotTime travel, Investigation
PlaceRussia

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryRussia
Duration02:47
CharactersSerial killers, Maniacs, Investigators
PlotLove, Revenge, Investigation, Death
PlaceRussia
StyleSpectacular, Action, Twisted plot, Fascinating, Makes me think

The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is eager to get the internship with the glorious investigator but she could hardly expect the challenges she would face while working with Rodion. Together they investigate the cruelest crimes that took place in the history of Russian criminality.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, adventure, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:40
CharactersWriters, Celebrities

The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.

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Genremelodrama, drama, detective
CountryRussia
Duration00:50
CharactersDoctors, Surgeons
PlotMedicine
PlaceHospitals

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Markimdb: 4.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
CountryRussia, Ukraine
CharactersFamily, Rich guys and poor girls
PlotRelationship

A wealthy and influential family hires Katya as a nurse for a dying father. Most unexpectedly, the young woman becomes his closest confidant and the only person in his life whom he can trust. Passions run high around Katya as a huge inheritance is at stake. From a modest nurse, whose only task was to care for the sick in the last days of his life, Katya involuntarily turns into an active participant of the family drama with all its hopes, fights and disillusions. It turns out that the seemingly happy and tight-knit family has its skeletons in the closet, and these secrets can come at a price of a human life.

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Genredetective
CountryRussia

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersPsychics, Ghosts
PlotSupernatural, Time travel, Investigation, Mystery, Riddles
PlaceUSA
StyleTwisted plot

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.





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