The Vanished Impresario

Petersburg is celebrating Maslenitsa. No one suspects that the detective police managed to prevent a monstrous explosion at the Hermitage Theater. The terrorists’ target was the imperial family and top officials. The executioner of the act—Lieutenant Colonel Stoletov—was killed, but the organizer, Anna Istomina, nicknamed “Belka,” managed to escape. And besides the detective police, she is now being searched for by her party comrades and by a mysterious gentleman who hides his slanted eyes behind glasses with blue lenses.

Loud and cheerful Shalyapin brings a fresh stream into Lipov’s complicated, care-filled life—introducing him to the singer Valdaytseva. This acquaintance will become a turning point in the detective’s life.

Episode 7. The Disappeared Impresario

Singer Larisa Valdaytseva caught her husband with the maid and ordered him out. After he left, she discovered that all the jewels were gone. Lipov begins searching.

Meanwhile, unexpected guests arrive at the country house in Kolomyagi, where Belka is hiding with her new partner—the leaders of the combat wing of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. They suspect that Istomina betrayed them.