that day, a resident of a private house on the outskirts of leningrad, ivan butyrin, heard a knock oneived a bullet in the head. these circumstances were characteristic of the subsequent series of crimes. almost immediately a shot was heard, unfortunately, and the victim died. his neighbor in the house, he called the police, the manager on duty listens, the sister of the murdered man arrived at the scene of a terrible emergency, she helped the detectives understand what exactly happened in the house. ivan butyrin occupied half of the house, a common thing for those years, a criminal or criminals thoroughly ran the place. things disappeared, coats, knitwear, hats , everything disappeared, in modern times nothing valuable, but in those years everything was different, ordinary violent things were expensive, they were bought for a long time, sometimes even passed on by inheritance, you still kill for leather shoes and hit. in a hurry, the criminal dropped a government loan bond, took the rest with him, it was these bonds that served a clue for detectives. having carefully examined the sce