Crime fiction drama series, based on real historical events set in the USSR. The storyline brings together tragic events: factory workers shot during the Novocherkassk (Rostov region) strike in 1962 and the story of the cruel and daring crimes of the Tolstopiatov brothers gang, known as the "Fantomas gang", who terrorized all of Rostov-on-Don between 1968 and 1973. USSR, June 2, 1962. After the management of the Budyonny factory manufacturing electric locomotives (NEVZ) in Novocherkassk lowered the workers' wages, while the price of meat and butter had increased throughout the country since June 1, 1962, the residents of Novocherkassk take to the streets for a peaceful protest march. The regional councilors appealed to the army, and the communist leadership in Moscow, without wasting time, gave the order to open fire on the demonstrators. Immediately, among the citizens gathered in front of the building of the Municipal Executive Committee (town hall), the first victims fell, including children who had come to watch the events, perched in the trees. The city and country authorities managed to suppress information about this tragedy by classifying it as top secret.
What he saw turned the outlook on life of Rostov artist and engineer Vyacheslav Tolstopiatov upside down. Together with his older brother, his wife, and a friend Alexander, he set up a criminal organization. They robbed savings banks and companies, hiding their faces under thick tights. The population nicknamed these bandits "Fantomas". For several years, the Tolstopiatov brothers' gang sowed terror in Rostov. For a long time they were elusive. The actions of this gang are among the most resounding criminal cases of the 20th century.
