Investigation Held by ZnaToKi, or Investigation Held by Experts was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet detective

Detective

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 TV-series with two Russia

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n series (2002 and 2003). Total episodes released - 24.

Main characters - investigator-detectives Znamenski, Tomin and Kibrit were acting together under a group name ZnaToKi (translated as "Experts").

Song by Mark Minkov

Mark Minkov

Mark Anatolievich Minkov is a Soviet/Russian music composer. His music featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances and filmsHe is known for the original music to more than a hundred cinema and television films, including Sledstvie vedut znatoki , We Are from Jazz , Neznayka s...

 based on the lyrics Invisible struggle (Nezrimiy Boi - If somebody, somewhere among us, sometimes... ) by Anatoly Gorokhov features in almost all series. It became an unofficial hymn of the Soviet Militia.

Original Cast Members

• Georgy Martinyuk as Pavel Znamenski
• Leonid Kanevsky
  Leonid Kanevsky
  Leonid Semenovitsch Kanevski — is a Soviet, Russian and Israeli actor.-Filmography:# 1968 — The Diamond Arm — Contrabandist, put in plaster# 1969 — The Red Tent# 1971 — 2003 — Investigation Held by ZnaToKi — Tomin...
  
   as Aleksandr Tomin
• Elza Lezhdey as Zinaida Kibrit
• Lidia Velezheva as Kitaeva (since 2002 series )

• Boris Ivanov
• Yuri Katin-Yartsev

Non-constant cast

• Vera Vasilyeva as Margarita Nikolayevna Znamenskaya, Znamenski's mother
• Semen Sokolovskiy as Colonel Skopin, Chief of Investigation department
• Lev Durov
  Lev Durov
  Lev Konstantinovich Durov is a Soviet/Russian theatre and films actor since 1955, People's Artist of USSR.-Filmography:actor* I Step Through Moscow * All The King's Men - Sugar Boy* Stariki-razboyniki - driver...
  
   as Filippov, Chief Inspector of GAI
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• Anatoly Grachov as Mikhail Tokarev «Reserve To», Chief Inspector for economical crime investigations

TV episodes

• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 01: Black Broker / Chyornyy makler (1971)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 02: What Is Your True Name / Vashe podlinnoe imya (1971)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 03: Red-handed / S polichnym (1971)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 04: A Fault Confessed... (is half redressed) / Povinnuyu golovu... (1971)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 05: Dinosaur / Dinozavr (1972)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 06: Blackmail / Shantazh (1972)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 07: Accident / Neschastnyy sluchay (1972)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 08: The Escape / Pobeg (1973)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 09: Witness / Svidetel (1974)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 10: Strike Back / Otvetnyy udar (1975)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 11: At Any Price / Lyuboy tsenoy (1977)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 12: 'Bouquet' Is Standing By / 'Buket' na priyome (1977)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 13: Until The Third Shot / Do tretyego vystrela (1978)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 14: Herdsboy With A Cucumber / Podpasok s ogurtsom (1979)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 15: Went And Never Returned / Ushel i ne vernulsya (1980)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 16: From The Life Of A Fruits / Iz zhizni fruktov (1981)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 17: He's Somewhere Here / On gde-to zdes' (1982)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 18: Midday Thief / Poludennyy vor (1985)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 19: The Fire / Pozhar (1985)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 20: Boomerang / Bumerang (1987)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 21: Without The Knife And A Knuckleduster / Bez nozha i kasteta (1988)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 22: Mafia / Mafiya (1989)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 23: Arbitrator / Treteyskiy sudiya (2002)
• Sledstvie vedut znatoki 24: Pood Of Gold / Pud zolota (2003)

External links

• Episode 01, Episode 02, Episode 03, Episode 04, Episode 05, Episode 06, Episode 07, Episode 08,
• Episode 09, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13, Episode 14,
• Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17, Episode 18, Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21, Episode 22, Episode 23 at IMDB