Fandorin's adventures take place in the Russian Empire of the late 19th century, and he regularly finds himself at the center of key historical events, including development of Masonic and Revolutionary movements.

Fandorin quickly exposes the murderous intrigue which has led to the death ... and opens up a can of worms which will have him crossing Europe in search of a mastermind ... or maybe even the godfathers behind a terrorist plot.

According to the sources, the official synopsis is that The October revolution did not take place, the Bolsheviks did not come to power, and Czar Nicholas III (played by Maksim Matveev) shares the government of the country with the progressive Prime Minister Dmitry Orlov (Evgeniy Stychkin).

Being engaged in not the most interesting work, he learns strange news: the owner of an oil pipeline company, a young millionaire, shoots himself in the temple in the center of Petrograd in front of dozens of people.

The series also stars Mila Ershova, Alexander Semchev, Milena Radulovich (from "Balkan Frontier"), Artem Bystrov, Grigory Vernik.