Шеф 2012

Overview

The television series Shef, released in 2012, centers on the professional and personal life of Viktor Rastorguev. Rastorguev is a police colonel who relocates to St. Petersburg along with his wife, Olga, and their sixteen-year-old son, Pavel. This move follows a conflict in Moscow involving an official, which made it impossible for Rastorguev to continue his service there peacefully. Upon arriving in St. Petersburg, Rastorguev assumes the role of head of the district police department. While the family attempts to settle into their new environment, they encounter various difficulties that prevent their lives from proceeding as they had hoped. The narrative explores the challenges faced by the family as they adapt to their new surroundings while Rastorguev navigates his responsibilities as a police leader in a new city. The series documents the complications that arise for the Rastorguev family as they try to establish a stable life following their abrupt departure from Moscow and the subsequent career transition for the family patriarch.