Craving a good detective series tonight? 😎 Try this Soviet one! Crime in the USSR is said to have dropped during the hours that this was aired on TV. The entire country, including criminals, was glued to the screen as investigators Gleb Zheglov (played by Vladimir Vysotsky) and Vladimir Sharapov tracked down a criminal gang in the post-war Soviet Union. They were the Holmes and Watson of their day—even Sharapov’s moustache was Watson-esque. 🔔 Russia Beyond