Failure of Engineer Garin(1973)

Failure of Engineer Garin is a Soviet science fiction series set in late 1920s Petrograd. When a corpse resembling engineer Garin surfaces on Krestovsky Island, the man himself has already fled Russia with a stolen invention—a devastating apparatus based on scientist Mantsev's breakthrough discovery. Faking his own death, Garin assumes a new identity as a French businessman and begins cultivating connections with European financial powerbrokers, particularly the influential Rolling. His ambitions stretch far beyond profit: Garin seeks nothing less than global domination. As various factions pursue the dangerous technology, a tense game of espionage and deception unfolds across continents. The series explores themes of scientific ambition, political intrigue, and the corrupting allure of unchecked power during a turbulent era of international tension.