This gangster saga takes viewers on a rollercoaster from daring burglaries and chilling murders to triumphs of law and order. Post-war Leningrad has just survived the blockade and is still recovering from hunger, destruction, and death. Detective Yuri Rebrov investigates high-profile cases: gangster robberies, murders, and attacks. His work is the background for a serieslong confrontation between Rebrov and Igor Danilov. Danilov was a good man whose life went sideways after he returned from the Great Patriotic War. He lost his home, his job, his family, and fell to the very bottom of criminal Leningrad. Over time, he abandoned his principles and became the Teacher, a formidable, elusive gangster.
