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| | Menty and the Petersburg myth: TV Cops in Russia's 'Crime Capital' - JCJPC, Volume 10, Issue 2 |
 | | The intellectual and moral core is Captain Larin (Aleksei Nilov), whose name, as Sergei Fomin (1999) notes, evokes Tat’iana Larina, familiar to the Russian audience as the celebrated heroine of Aleksander Pushkin’s novel in verse Eugene Onegin (p. |
 | | Although the series has employed various directors (which contributes to an unevenness of quality and continuity), the episodes consistently and deliberately feature the city’s imposing architectural ensemble, not merely as a backdrop, but as a key element in the story. |
 | | As Fomin (1999) argues, "the atmosphere of the place of action plays a role in the plot development of any self-respecting detective mystery. |
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