Prison. Betrayal. Smugglers. And ghosts? Your mechanic's past is messier than your search history.
Season 1 • Episode 32
LatestFormer border guard Sasha Dymov returns to his native village of Kordona after serving time in prison on false charges. There is nothing left of his previous life — his wife left for her best friend, it is impossible to return to law enforcement agencies. A faithful comrade Trofimych comes to the rescue — he takes Dymov under his wing and arranges an auto mechanic in his workshop. It would seem that there is no more peaceful occupation. But there is a border nearby, secret paths of smugglers, big money, weapons and criminals who dream of hiding from persecution behind the cordon… Only Sasha Dymov can stop this lawlessness. In addition to criminal showdowns, Sasha will have to find a way out of the love triangle. And it won't do without mysticism.
Acting
Pyotr Rykov simmers with wounded dignity in every frame
Production
Bleak borderlands so authentic you can taste the diesel and despair
Writing
Love triangles that actually sting, not just stall the plot
Creators
Evgeny Serov, Yuriy Osipov, Igor Romashchenko, Darya Bulatnikova
Pyotr Rykov
Саша Дымов
Vladimir Kapustin
Трофимыч
Aleksey Anishchenko
Сергей Погорелов
Anastasia Ryseva
Маша
Aleksandr Alyoshkin
Тарасов
Alla Malkova
баба Шура
Yuliya Sules
Прасковья Васина
Oleg Kassin
Ильич
Andrey Butin
Лукич
Maksim Bityukov
Сорокин
Olga Sarycheva
Сорокина
Miroslava Mikhaylova
Света Васина
Ella Zvereva
Микрюкова
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in actual Belarus-Poland border regions, capturing real smuggling routes and post-Soviet economic desperation rarely shown to Western audiences.
The 'cordon' refers to both the physical border zone and the psychological barrier between Dymov and any normal life—the title works in three languages.
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