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Special Forces Squad

Special Forces Squad

19879.01 Season5 EpisodesEnded
Created by Boris Kosinskiy
Written by Boris Kosinskiy, Eduard Volodarskiy, Leonard Tolstoy
NetworksCentral Television USSR

Top Cast

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Aleksandr Mikhaylov

Nikolay Kuznetsov/Nikolay Grachyov/Paul Siebert

Yuri Grebenshchikov

Yuri Grebenshchikov

Dmitriy Nikolaevich Medvedev

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Sergey Trofimovich Stekhov

Yuriy Zhuk

Yuriy Zhuk

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Lukin

Mikhail Zhigalov

Mikhail Zhigalov

general razvedki

Igor Komarov

Igor Komarov

podpolkovnik razvedki

Mikhail August

Mikhail August

Цесарский

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookred armygreat patriotic warsoviet spyintelligence servicewar against fascist germany

About Special Forces Squad

Special Forces Squad is a action & adventure, war & politics series that first aired in 1987 exploring themes of based on novel or book, red army, great patriotic war, soviet spy, intelligence service, war against fascist germany. Created by Boris Kosinskiy, it stars Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Yuri Grebenshchikov, Yuriy Kuznetsov.

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