The series was filmed entirely in St. Petersburg, including quite famous places such as the Kresty detention center, the Benois House, the Angleterre Hotel, etc.
Restaurant Dionysus
In movie
Scene where Chelishchev meets with Viktor Palych, and there is a scuffle between him and Goose.
Real
Scene was shot in a house on Petrogradka, there used to be a restaurant there, but it is long gone, as is the design of the entrance. Now there is a flower store there.
St. Petersburg
Entrance at the Chelishchev house
In movie
Scene where Chelishchev goes up to his apartment
Real
Scene was shot all the scenes were filmed in Entrance, the house where the apartment is. But it is no longer the same house, which is shown in the filming of scenes of the courtyard of the house. The interior of the front room has not changed much, only the paint on the walls has been renewed.
St. Petersburg
Interior Ministry building
In movie
Scene where Chelishchev and Subbotin meet at the entrance of the building about the investigation into his Parents murder.
Real
Scene was shot outside the IAB building. The facade of the building has not changed, it has only been repaired and painted since those times. Now the building houses a police department: the Petrogradsky District Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and the Department for Combating Economic Crimes. The building often appears in TV series and movies where it is necessary to show the work of the police, for example, it is in "The Ments", "Streets of Broken Lights", "Homicidal Force".
St. Petersburg
