Manje yebo. Manje sekwindla. Umoya uyavunguza, amazinga okushisa ekugcineni anciphile nemvula encane isiwile. Siswele iqhwa neqhwa, kodwa bazofika futhi ngiyethemba bazohlala unyaka wonke. Labo bethu abajabule ngaphansi kwezingubo zokulala, nezikhafu nekhofi elishisayo bayaqhubeka encenga onkulunkulu bamakhaza. Okwamanje sihamba nomcabango siya ezindaweni ezinhle kakhulu ukuzithola. Futhi akekho ongcono kune iRussia ebandayo yobugebengu obubandayo nabaphenyi abazixazulula ngekhono nangokuningi kobuqili.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, siphakathi kwekhulu leminyaka leNguquko ka-1917. Kepha ne-ejenti yezobunhloli Leo Demidov nokaputeni we-Moscow Criminal Investigation Division, U-Alexei Korolev, siya esikhathini esithile kamuva: ama-30s nama-50s. Abadali bayo, ababhali UTom Rob Smith noWilliam RyanBabazi ukuthi bangahamba kanjani phakathi koqhekeko lwezepolitiki, ababulali ababulalayo nokubanda, kubanda kakhulu. 

UTom rob smith

UTom rob smith (1979) wazalwa wakhulela eLondon futhi uyindodana Umama waseSweden nobaba oyiNgisi. Uthole i-BA in English Literature eNyuvesi yaseCambridge. Ngenxa ye- UHarper umfundaze waya ePavia e-Italy wayofunda i-Creative Writing. Lapho ebuya, waqala ukusebenza njengombhali wombhalo ochungechungeni lwethelevishini.

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Leo Demidov

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2008 kwaba inoveli yakhe yokuqala futhi uSmith wabhekwa njengombhali wentuthuko yalowo nyaka. Unqobile U-Ian Fleming Steel Dagger we-Best Thriller inikezwe yiCrime Writers 'Association. USmith kukhuthazwe impilo yombulali waseRussia u-Andrei Chikatilo, okwathi phakathi kweminyaka yama-70s kuya kwengu-90 kwabulala abantu abangama-52, iningi labo okuyizingane.

Isethwe ku-Stalinist Russia e 1953. Ulandisa kanjani Leo Stepanovich Demidov, iqhawe lempi elisebenza kwezobunhloli baseSoviet, kufanele liphenye uchungechunge lokubulala. Lokhu kuzomholela nokuthi abuze ngezingqinamba ezithile zobuntwana bakhe obunzima. Futhi nakuba ekuqaleni wayekholelwa ngobumpumputhe ku-propaganda esemthethweni yohlelo, lapho ephoqeleka ukuba ahlole umkakhe ngezinsolo zokuvukela umbuso, uDemidov udumele.

Su ukungahambisaniYize imihlobiso yakhe nerekhodi elihle lomsebenzi, wehliswa esikhundleni waxoshwa eMoscow. Ufakwe emkhakheni wezempi wedolobha lezimboni, uzohlangana nodaba lwabathile ukubulawa kwezingane kuvalwe ngezinsolo ngabaphathi. Demidov uzozama ukuxazulula imfihlakalo yedwa.

Amalungelo okumyisa kuma-movie atholwe ngu Ridley Scott futhi ku 2015 Umqondisi waseSweden uDaniel Espinosa uqondise ukuguqulwa kwayo. Badlale kuwo UTom Hardy noNoomi Rapace futhi wayephethe isekondari kanokusho njengoGary Oldman noma uCharles Dance.

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Kusukela ngo-2009 1956. UDemidov ubuyele eMoscow futhi uhlala nomkakhe uRaisa namadodakazi abo okutholwa uZoya no-Elena. Kepha umlando wakhe wasendulo nefa lomsebenzi wakhe wakudala - njengabangani nomndeni walabo ababoshwe njengesikhulu sezokuphepha kuhulumeni - kuyaqhubeka nokumkhathaza. A uchungechunge olusha lokubulala izosongela ukwephula lokho kuzinza okubuthaka. Yini enye, impilo yendodakazi yakhe uZoya izobe isengozini.

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Yisihloko sokugcina kulolu chungechunge futhi sashicilelwa ngo-2011, kodwa kukhulunywa ngesingisi kuphela. Iqala kakade esikhathini se- Impi Yomshoshaphansi. URaisa namadodakazi akhe amabili baya e-United States ngenhloso yokubonisana, kepha eyodwa usizi olungalindelekile konakalisa konke okwakwakhiwe nguLeo Demidov noRaisa.

UWilliam Ryan

URyan uyi Umbhali wase-Ireland ozinze eLondon, lapho asebenza khona iminyaka eminingana njengommeli eDolobheni, ngaphezu kokusebenzisana ngezikhathi ezithile kuthelevishini nakwifilimu.

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U-Alexei Korolev

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Kwakungokwakhe ukuqala kwezincwadi ngalolu chungechunge olwaludlala ukaputeni we-Moscow Criminal Investigation Division, U-Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev.

Umzimba ongenampilo wentokazi livela ealtare lesonto elingcwelisiwe. Leli cala linikezwe uCaptain Korolev, ozothola ukuthi isisulu siyisakhamuzi saseMelika. I- NKVD unquma ukungenelela bese u-Korolev ulandelwa ngaphansi kokubhekisisa. Noma ikuphi ukunyakaza okungalungile kungachaza ukudingiselwa kwakho eSiberia. Kuzongena uKorolev endaweni yabafileyo AmaMuscovites ukukhuluma nabaholi bawo ngenkathi ezwa ingcindezi evela kubaphathi babo futhi ezibuza ukuthi ngubani abangamethemba.

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