August 1944. Fireman Stepan Koryagin spots a dangerous object in the coal and saves a troop train. A minute later, SMERSH Major Georgy Timofeevich Yakovenko orders his detention. Why did the man who saved others lie about how he spotted the threat?

While the sappers wait for departure, an inspection reveals another contradiction: after the alarm, the train is supposed to take a reserve line. Who knew in advance that the station would take this route? And what truth has Koryagin been hiding since the occupation?

The new war detective series "SMERSH: Yakovenko" features an investigation, a road through the forest, limited time, and the price of one honest act. Watch to the end and decide at what point you believed the fireman.

This is a fictional reconstruction. The characters, the Lesnaya station, Koryagin's arrest, and the specific operation are fictitious. The historical background is based on documents about German intelligence, counter-sabotage measures on the railway, and the events of 1944; the sources cited below do not describe this fictitious case.

00:00 — The stoker saved the train. The major ordered it detained
02:40 — Evening departure and people in the carriages
06:20 — Koryagin's lie and the German tag
09:45 — The engineer cannot remove the danger
12:00 — A find that should have been discovered
14:05 — The rule leading the train into the forest
16:00 — The stoker's secret and the fate of his brother
20:00 — Who assigned Koryagin to this locomotive?
23:30 — The trail leads to a locked cabinet
27:20 — Another suspect at the station
29:30 — Yakovenko gives a false kilometer
33:00 — The savior returns to the booth
35:00 — A man with a lantern near the embankment
36:40 — The train stops before the trap
39:40 — A chain of evidence against the commandant
42:10 — Koryagin's final check and the finale

Historical context:
• History of Baranovichi on the website of the city executive committee: the city was liberated on July 8, 1944 — https://www.baranovichi-gik.gov.by/ru...
• From the report of the Main Directorate of the SMERSH Directorate No. 228/A on German agents sent to sabotage railway transport, September 12, 1943 — https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod...
• From the SMERSH operational plan for the 70th Army in preparation for an offensive operation, no later than July 7, 1944 — https://docs.historyrussia.org/ru/nod...

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What do you think: should Yakovenko have trusted Koryagin immediately after his confession or was he obliged to verify him thoroughly? Answer in the comments.

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