1926. The Height Of The NEP. The Novgorod swindler foundling, running away from local bandits, gets to Leningrad. The police mistaken him for a famous detective, who was recently appointed head of the CID. The foundling plans to disappear unnoticed, but after learning that the city has a large warehouse of expensive evidence and expropriated things, decides not to hurry. To Rob the room, having on hands the certificate of the militiaman, quite easily, and the criminal thinks over kidnapping…